submit to the Congress a report on the results of 
such evaluation.’’. 
(c) ELIMINATION OF TUITION SENSITIVITY PROVI-
SION.—Section 401(b) is further amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) though (8) 
as paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively. 
SEC. 
102. 
COLLEGE 
AFFORDABILITY 
AND 
ACCOUNT-
ABILITY. 
(a) STATE COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE COLLEGE 
EDUCATION.—Title I is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 131 (20 U.S.C. 1015) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 132. STATE COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE COLLEGE 
EDUCATION. 
‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE
OF EFFORT REQUIRED.—No 
State shall reduce the total amount provided by the State 
for public institutions of higher education in such State 
for any academic year beginning on or after July 1, 2005, 
to an amount which is less than the average amount pro-
vided by such State to such institutions of higher edu-
cation during the academic years between July 1, 1998, 
and July 1, 2003. 
‘‘(b) WITHHOLDING OF ALL EDUCATION ADMINIS-
TRATIVE FUNDS FOR VIOLATIONS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Education shall
withhold from any State that violates subsection (a) any 
amount that would otherwise be available to the State for 
administrative expenses and costs under any Federal edu-
cation program until such State has corrected such viola-
tion.’’. 
(b) COST CONTAINMENT STRATEGIES.—Title I is 
further amended by inserting after section 132 (as added 
by section 4) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 133. COST CONTAINMENT STRATEGIES. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Each institution of higher 
education shall in accordance with the requirements of this 
section engage in, and report upon, cost containment 
strategies. Such strategies may include (but are not lim-
ited to) the following activities: 
‘‘(1) bulk purchasing; 
‘‘(2) joint faculty appointments; 
‘‘(3) streamlining administration; 
‘‘(4) energy conservation and savings; 
‘‘(5) technological innovations; and 
‘‘(6) joint degree offerings. 
‘‘(b) FIVE-YEAR PLANS.—Within 2 years after the 
enactment of the Act, each institution of higher education 
shall submit a 5-year plan on their cost containment strat-
egies and any progress made to date to the Secretary of 
Education.
‘‘(c) RESEARCH INTO COST CONTAINMENT METH-
ODS.—
‘‘(1) 
RESEARCH
AUTHORIZED.—From 
the 
funds appropriated under paragraph (2), the Sec-
retary is authorized—
‘‘(A) to conduct or provide for the conduct 
of research to identify methods of cost contain-
ment currently utilized by institutions of higher 
education and systems of such institutions, and 
research into other possible methods of cost 
containment; 
‘‘(B) to disseminate—
‘‘(i) the information obtained by such 
research to such institutions and systems; 
and 
‘‘(ii) other research that has identified 
successful methods of cost containment; 
‘‘(C) to publicly recognize institutions of 
higher education that are doing an effective job 
at cost containment; and 
‘‘(D) to work together with such institu-
tions and systems to implement these methods. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and