Department of Education

COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM

Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request

CONTENTS

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Appropriations language .........................................................................................................T-1

Analysis of Language Provisions and Changes.......................................................................T-2

Amounts Available for Obligation ............................................................................................T-3

Obligations by Object Classification ........................................................................................T-4

Summary of Changes .............................................................................................................T-5

Authorizing Legislation............................................................................................................T-6

Appropriations History.............................................................................................................T-7

Federal Administration........................................................................................................ T-8
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Appropriations language

For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities related to existing facility loans 

pursuant to section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $434,000.

NOTE

A full-year 2017 appropriation for this account was not enacted at the time the budget was prepared; therefore, 

the budget assumes this account is operating under the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 (P.L. 114-254). 

The amounts included for 2017 reflect the annualized level provided by the continuing resolution. The Department of 

Education Appropriations Act, 2017, provided $20.484 million which is equal to the 2016 level for this account

Each language provision that is followed by a footnote reference is explained in the Analysis of Language 

Provisions and Changes document which follows the appropriations language. 
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Analysis of Language Provisions and Changes

Language Provision Explanation

For Federal administrative expenses to carry 

out activities related to existing facility loans 

pursuant to section 121 of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, $434,000

In accordance with the Federal Credit Reform 

Act of 1990 this language appropriates funds 

to service existing facilities loans obligations. 

Section 121 of the Higher Education Act 

extends the legal requirements of the program 

authorities which have expired.
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Amounts Available for Obligation

(dollars in thousands)

Appropriation and Adjustments 2016 2017 2018

Discretionary: ............................................................

Discretionar y: Appropriation.......................................................... $435 $434 $434

Mandatory..................................................................

Mandator y: Appropriation .......................................................... 88 54 0

Total, discretionary and mandatory

appropriation.......................................... 523 488 434
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Obligations by Object Classification

(dollars in thousands)

Obj ect Class C ode Object Class 2016 2017 2018

Change 

from 2017 

to 2018

11.10 Full-time permanent 241 237 233 -4

11.31 Full-time temporary 0 0 0 0

11.32 Part-time 0 0 0 0

11.52 Awards 1 1 1 0

Compensation subtotal 242 238 234 -4

12.00 Benefits 72 72 72 0

Comp/benefits subtotal 314 310 306 -4

21.00 Travel 1 2 1 -1

23.10 Rental payments to GSA 50 31 32 +1

Subtotal Travel/Rent 51 33 33 0

25.21 Other services 0 1 1 0

25.22 Training/tuition contracts 1 3 2 -1

25.30 

Goods/services from Federal 

sources 37 42 42 0

25.72 IT services/contracts 32 45 50 +5

Subtotal 25 70 91 95 +4

Total, Obligations 435 434 434 0
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Summary of Changes

(dollars in thousands)

2017 Annualized CR .................................................................... $435

2018............................................................................................. 434

Net change ........................................................... -1
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Authorizing Legislation

(dollars in thousands)

Activity 2017 

Authorized

2017 

Annualized 

CR

2018 

Authorized

2018

Request

Federal administration 

Career and T echnical: Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.section 505(e) and 

Higher Education Act; section 212.......................................

Indefinite $435 Indefinite $434

Reestimate of existing loan subsidies

Adult educati on: Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, section 504(f) 

(Mandatory) ..........................................................................

Indefinite 54 Indefinite 0

Total discretionary appropriation.............................................. 489 434

Total mandatory appropriation ................................................. 54 0
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Appropriations History

(dollars in thousands)

Year

Budget 

Estimate 

to Congress

House 

Allowance

Senate 

AllowanceFootnote AppropriationFootnote

2009 $461 $4611 $4611 $461

2010 461 461 4612 461

2011 461 4613 4612 4604

2012 478 4605 4605 459

2013 459 4596 4596 435

2014 435 N/A7

4352435

2015 435 N/A7

4358435

2016 450 4359

4359435

2017 434 43410 43410 435

10

2018 434

 

1 The levels for the House and Senate reflect action on the regular annual 2009 appropriations bill, which proceeded 

in the 110th Congress only through the House Subcommittee and the Senate Committee. 2 The level for the Senate allowance reflects Committee action only.

3 The level for the House allowance reflects the House-passed full-year continuing resolution. 4 The level for appropriation reflects the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act 2011 

(P.L. 112-10). 5 The level for the House allowance reflects an introduced bill; the level for the Senate allowance reflects Senate 

Committee action only.

6 The level for the House and Senate allowances reflect action on the regular annual 2013 appropriations bill, which 

proceeded in the 112th Congress only through the House Subcommittee and the Senate Committee.

7 The House allowance is shown as N/A because there was no Subcommittee action. 8 The level for the Senate allowance reflects Senate Subcommittee action only 9 The levels for House and Senate allowances reflect action on the regular annual 2016 appropriations bill, which 

proceeded in the 114th Congress only through the House Committee and Senate Committee.

10 The levels for House and Senate allowances reflect Committee action on the regular annual 2017 appropriation bill; 

the Appropriation reflects the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017.
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Federal Administration

(Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, Section 505(e) and Higher Education Act, Section 121)

(dollars in thousands)

FY 2018 Authorization: Indefinite

Budget Authority:

Period of fund availability: 

2016

2017 

Annualized CR

2017 

Appropriation 2018 Change

Personnel 

costs $311 $311 $311 $306 -$4

Nonpersonnel 

costs 124 124 124 128 +4

Total 435 435 435 434 0

Full-time 

equivalent 3 3 3 3 0

FY 2018 BUDGET REQUEST

For fiscal year 2018, the Administration requests $434,000 for Federal administration of the 

facilities loans program $1 thousand less than the 2017 annualized Continuing Resolution level. 

The Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2017, provided $435 thousand for this 

program. Between 1950 and 1993, the College Housing Loans, Higher Education Facilities 

Loans, and College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans programs (CHAFL) helped to 

ensure that postsecondary institutions were able to make the capital improvements they needed 

to maintain and increase their ability to provide a high-quality education. P. L. 104-19 repealed 

the programs’ authority to subsidize gross loan obligations after 1994; since that time, the 

Administration’s role has been to manage the outstanding loans.
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PROGRAM OUTPUT MEASURES

(dollars in thousands)

Output Measures 2016

2017

Annualized CR 2018

College Housing and Academic Facilities 

Loans:

CHAFL:Number of outstanding loans 26 26 26

CHAFL:Outstanding principal $24,696 $21,748 $18,714

College Housing Loans:

CHL:Number of outstanding loans 84 42 42

CHL:Outstanding principal $29,775 $19,586 $14,282

Higher Education Facilities Loans:

 Number of outstanding loans 2 2 2

HEOutstanding principal $4,657 $4,063 $3,449

Total number of outstanding loans 112 70 70

Total outstanding principal $59,128 $45,397 $36,445