---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2491...2494"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2491...2494"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 662(1), Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 188"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2491...2494"
units:
  - "Chapter 27 — Loan Service of Captioned Films and Educational Media for Handicapped"
---

# [§2491...2494. Repealed. Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 662(1), Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 188 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 2491, Pub. L. 85–905, § 1, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1742; Pub. L. 87–715, § 1(a), Sept. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 654; Pub. L. 89–258, Oct. 19, 1965, 79 Stat. 983; Pub. L. 90–247, title I, § 155(a), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 804, contained statement of purposes for the provisions.

Section 2492, Pub. L. 85–905, § 2, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1742; Pub. L. 89–258, Oct. 19, 1965, 79 Stat. 983; Pub. L. 90–247, title I, § 155(b), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 805; Pub. L. 91–61, § 1(2), Aug. 20, 1969, 83 Stat. 103, defined “Secretary”, “United States”, “deaf person”, “handicapped”, and “construction”.

Section 2493, Pub. L. 85–905, § 3, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1742; Pub. L. 87–715, § 1(b), Sept. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 654; Pub. L. 89–258, Oct. 19, 1965, 79 Stat. 983; Pub. L. 90–247, title I, § 155(c), (d)(1), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 805; Pub. L. 91–61, § 1(1), Aug. 20, 1969, 83 Stat. 102, provided for establishment of a loan service of captioned films and educational media for handicapped and authority of Secretary.

Section 2494, Pub. L. 85–905, § 4, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1743; Pub. L. 87–715, § 1(c), Sept. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 654; Pub. L. 89–258, Oct. 19, 1965, 79 Stat. 984; Pub. L. 90–247, title I, § 155(e), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 805; Pub. L. 91–61, § 1(3), Aug. 20, 1969, 83 Stat. 103, authorized appropriations for fiscal years ending as indicated: $3,000,000 (June 30, 1966, and 1967), $8,000,000 (June 30, 1968, and 1969), $10,000,000 (June 30, 1970), $12,500,000 (June 30, 1971), $15,000,000 (June 30, 1972), and $20,000,000 (June 30, 1973 and thereafter).

Such former provisions are covered by various sections of Title 20, Education, as follows:


| Former Sections | Title 20 Sections |
| --- | --- |
| 2491 | 1451 |
| 2492(1) | 1401(14) |
| 2492(2) | 1401(2) |
| 2492(3) | Repealed |
| 2492(4) | 1401(1) |
| 2492(5) | 1401(4) |
| 2493(a), (b) | 1452(a), (b) |
| 2493(c)(1)(A) to (C) | 1453(a)(1) to (3) |
| 2493(c)(1)(D) | 1232b |
| 2493(c)(2) | 1453(b) |
| 2493(c)(3) | 1404 |
| 2494 | 1454 |

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 662, Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 188, provided that the repeal is effective July 1, 1971.