---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 7974"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "7974"
heading: "Preemption"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/7974"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter VIII — General Provisions"
  - "Part F — Uniform Provisions"
  - "Subpart 5 — environmental tobacco smoke"
---

# §7974. Preemption


Nothing in this subpart[^1] is intended to preempt any provision of law of a [State](/usc/20/7171.md?p=b-6) or political subdivision of a [State](/usc/20/7171.md?p=b-6) that is more restrictive than a provision of this subpart.[^1]


## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8574, formerly title IV, § 4304, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IV, § 401, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1776; renumbered title IX, § 9564, renumbered title VIII, § 8574, Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, § 4001(a)(4)(A), (B), (C)(ii), title VIII, § 8001(a)(9), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1966, 2088, 2089.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This subpart, referred to in text, was in the original “this part”, and was translated as reading “this subpart”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Pub. L. 114–95 redesignated part C of title IV of Pub. L. 89–10 as subpart 5 of part F of title VIII of Pub. L. 89–10, which is classified to this subpart.

### Codification

Section was classified to section 7184 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 114–95.