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(3) in subsection (c), in the first sentence, by 
striking ‘‘the Navajo Community College’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Dine´ College’’. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 5 
of the Navajo Community College Act (25 U.S.C. 640c–1) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$2,000,000’’ and all that follows through the 
end of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘such sums 
as are necessary for fiscal years 2008 through 
2013.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) Sums described in paragraph (2) shall be used 
to provide grants for construction activities, including the 
construction of buildings, water and sewer facilities, roads, 
information technology and telecommunications infrastruc-
ture, classrooms, and external structures (such as walk-
ways).’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the Navajo Community 
College’’ and inserting ‘‘Dine´ College’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘, for each fiscal year’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘for—’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such sums as are necessary for fis-
cal years 2008 through 2013 to pay the cost 
of—’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘college’’ and inserting 
‘‘College’’; 
(ii) in clauses (i) and (iii), by striking 
the commas at the end of the clauses and 
inserting semicolons; and 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘, and’’ 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
comma at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(D) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘, 
and’’ at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(E) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) improving and expanding the College, 
including by providing, for the Navajo people 
and others in the community of the College— 
‘‘(i) higher education programs; 
‘‘(ii) career and technical education; 
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‘‘(iii) activities relating to the preser-
vation and protection of the Navajo lan-
guage, philosophy, and culture; 
‘‘(iv) employment and training oppor-
tunities; 
‘‘(v) economic development and com-
munity outreach; and 
‘‘(vi) a safe learning, working, and liv-
ing environment.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the Navajo 
Community College’’ and inserting ‘‘Dine´ College’’. 
(e) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Section 6 of the Navajo 
Community College Act (25 U.S.C. 640c–2) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the Navajo Community College’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Dine´ College’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘college’’ and 
inserting ‘‘College’’. 
(f) PAYMENTS; INTEREST.—Section 7 of the Navajo 
Community College Act (25 U.S.C. 640c–3) is amended by 
striking ‘‘the Navajo Community College’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Dine´ College’’. 
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PART C—HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 
1998; HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1992 
SEC. 941. GRANTS FOR TRAINING FOR INCARCERATED INDI-
VIDUALS. 
Part D of title VIII of the Higher Education Amend-
ments of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1151) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘PART D—GRANTS FOR TRAINING FOR 
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS 
‘‘SEC. 821. GRANTS FOR IMPROVED WORKPLACE AND COM-
MUNITY TRANSITION TRAINING FOR INCAR-
CERATED INDIVIDUALS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘in-
carcerated individual’ means a male or female of-
fender who is incarcerated in a State or Federal pris-
on, including a prerelease facility. 
‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
‘‘(b) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary— 
‘‘(1) shall establish a program in accordance 
with this section to provide grants to the State correc-
tional education agencies in the States, and to the 
Federal Bureau of Prisons, to assist and encourage 
incarcerated individuals to acquire educational and 
job skills, through— 
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‘‘(A) coursework to prepare students to take 
college-level courses, such as remedial math and 
English for postsecondary preparation; 
‘‘(B) the pursuit of a postsecondary edu-
cation certificate, or an associate or bachelor’s 
degree, provided by a regionally or nationally 
accredited body while in prison; and 
‘‘(C) employment counseling and other re-
lated services which start during incarceration 
and end not later than 1 year after release from 
confinement; and 
‘‘(2) may establish such performance objectives 
and reporting requirements for State correctional 
education agencies and the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
receiving grants under this section as the Secretary 
determines are necessary to assess the effectiveness of 
the program under this section. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section, a State correctional education agency or the 
Federal Bureau of Prisons shall submit to the Secretary a 
proposal for an incarcerated individual program that— 
‘‘(1) identifies the scope of the problem, including 
the number of incarcerated individuals in need of 
postsecondary education and vocational training; 
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‘‘(2) lists the accredited public or private edu-
cational institution or institutions with campuses es-
tablished outside the prison facility that will provide 
postsecondary preparatory or postsecondary edu-
cational services; 
‘‘(3) lists the cooperating agencies, public and 
private, or businesses that will provide related serv-
ices, such as counseling in the areas of career develop-
ment, substance abuse, health, and parenting skills; 
‘‘(4) describes specific performance objectives and 
evaluation methods (in addition to, and consistent 
with, any objectives established by the Secretary 
under subsection (b)(2)) that the State correctional 
education agency or the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
will use in carrying out its proposal, including— 
‘‘(A) specific and quantified student out-
come measures that are referenced to outcomes 
for non-program participants with similar de-
mographic characteristics; and 
‘‘(B) measures, consistent with the data ele-
ments and definitions described in subsection 
(d)(1)(A), of— 
‘‘(i) program completion, including an 
explicit definition of what constitutes a pro-
gram completion within the proposal; 
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‘‘(ii) knowledge and skill attainment, 
including specification of instruments that 
will measure knowledge and skill attain-
ment; 
‘‘(iii) attainment of employment both 
prior to and subsequent to release; 
‘‘(iv) success in employment indicated 
by job retention and advancement; and 
‘‘(v) recidivism, including such sub-
indicators as time before subsequent offense 
and severity of offense; 
‘‘(5) describes how the proposed programs are to 
be integrated with existing State and Federal correc-
tional education programs (such as adult education, 
graduate education degree programs, and vocational 
training) and State and Federal prison industry pro-
grams; and 
‘‘(6) describes how the proposed programs will 
have considered or will utilize technology to deliver 
the services under this section. 
‘‘(d) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Each State correc-
tional education agency and Federal Bureau of Prisons en-
tity receiving a grant under this section shall— 
‘‘(1) annually report to the Secretary regard-
ing— 
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‘‘(A) the results of the evaluations conducted 
using data elements and definitions provided by 
the Secretary for the use of State correctional 
education programs and the Federal Bureau of 
Prisons; 
‘‘(B) any objectives or requirements estab-
lished by the Secretary pursuant to subsection 
(b)(2); 
‘‘(C) the additional performance objectives 
and evaluation methods contained in the pro-
posal described in subsection (c)(4) as necessary 
to document the attainment of project perform-
ance objectives; and 
‘‘(D) how the funds provided under this sec-
tion are being allocated among postsecondary 
preparatory education, postsecondary academic, 
and vocational education programs; and 
‘‘(2) provide to each State and the Federal Bu-
reau of Prisons for each student eligible under sub-
section (e) not more than— 
‘‘(A) $3,000 annually for tuition, books, 
and essential materials; and 
‘‘(B) $300 annually for related services such 
as career development, substance abuse coun-
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seling, parenting skills training, and health edu-
cation. 
‘‘(e) EDUCATION DELIVERY SYSTEMS.—State correc-
tional education agencies, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, 
and cooperating institutions shall, to the extent practicable, 
use high-tech applications in developing programs to meet 
the requirements and goals of this section. 
‘‘(f) LENGTH OF PARTICIPATION.—Services carried out 
with a grant under this section shall be available to incar-
cerated individuals as follows: 
‘‘(1) Educational services shall start during the 
period of incarceration or prerelease and shall end 
upon release. 
‘‘(2) Related services shall start during the pe-
riod of incarceration or prerelease and may continue 
for not more than one year after release. 
‘‘(g) FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS GRANT ELIGI-
BILITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Federal Bureau of Prisons shall be eligible to apply for and 
receive a grant under this section, provided that the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons meets the application and program re-
quirements under this section. 
‘‘(h) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) STATES.—From the funds appropriated 
pursuant to subsection (i) for each fiscal year, the 
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Secretary shall allot to each State an amount that 
bears the same ratio to such funds as the total number 
of incarcerated individuals in such State bears to the 
total number of such incarcerated individuals in all 
States. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL
BUREAU
OF
PRISONS
FACILI-
TIES.—From the funds appropriated pursuant to sub-
section (h) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
allot to each Federal Bureau of Prisons facility an 
amount that bears the same ratio to such funds as the 
total number of inmates in such facility bears to the 
total number of inmates in all Bureau of Prisons fa-
cilities. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each 
of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 
SEC. 942. UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. 
Section 841(c) of the Higher Education Amendments 
of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1153(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘this 
section’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘this section $3,000,000 for fiscal years 2009 
and the 4 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 
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SEC. 943. REPEALS OF EXPIRED AND EXECUTED PROVI-
SIONS. 
The following provisions of the Higher Education 
Amendments of 1998 are repealed: 
(1) STUDY OF MARKET MECHANISMS IN FEDERAL 
STUDENT LOAN PROGRAMS.—Section 801 (20 U.S.C. 
1018 note). 
(2) STUDY OF FEASIBILITY OF ALTERNATE FI-
NANCIAL
INSTRUMENTS
FOR
DETERMINING
LENDER 
YIELDS.—Section 802. 
(3) STUDENT RELATED DEBT STUDY.—Section 
803 (20 U.S.C. 1015 note). 
(4) COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP MOBILIZATION.— 
Part C of title VIII (20 U.S.C. 1070 note). 
(5) IMPROVING UNITED STATES UNDERSTANDING 
OF
SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND
TECHNOLOGY
IN 
EAST ASIA.—Part F of title VIII (42 U.S.C. 1862 
note). 
(6) WEB-BASED EDUCATION COMMISSION.—Part 
J of title VIII. 
SEC. 944. OLYMPIC SCHOLARSHIPS. 
Section 1543(d) of the Higher Education Amendments 
of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 1070 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’. 
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SEC. 945. ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
INTERNATIONAL AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE 
EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the Department of 
Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3412) is amended 
in subsection (b)(1)— 
(1) in subparagraph (E) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub-
paragraph (G); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F) an Assistant Secretary for International 
and Foreign Language Education; and’’. 
(b) FUNCTIONS.—Such section is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) The Assistant Secretary for International and 
Foreign Language Education— 
‘‘(1) shall be an individual with extensive back-
ground and experience in international and foreign 
language education; and 
‘‘(2) notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
shall report directly to the Secretary.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such section is fur-
ther amended in subsection (e)— 
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(1) in paragraph (4), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the 
end and inserting a period; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (6). 
(d) OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AND FOREIGN LAN-
GUAGE EDUCATION.—Title II of the Department of Edu-
cation Organization Act is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 207 (20 U.S.C. 3417) the following: 
‘‘OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE 
EDUCATION 
‘‘SEC. 207A. There shall be in the Department an Of-
fice of International and Foreign Language Education, to 
be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Inter-
national and Foreign Language Education appointed 
under section 202(b). In addition to performing such func-
tions affecting international and foreign language edu-
cation as the Secretary may prescribe, the Assistant Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(1) have responsibility for encouraging and 
promoting the study of foreign languages and the 
study of cultures of other countries at the elementary, 
secondary, and postsecondary levels in the United 
States; 
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‘‘(2) carry out the administration of all Depart-
ment programs on international and foreign language 
education and research; 
‘‘(3) coordinate with related international and 
foreign language education programs of other Federal 
departments and agencies; and 
‘‘(4) administer and coordinate the Department 
of Education’s activities in international affairs.’’. 
PART D—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS 
SEC. 951. LOAN REPAYMENT FOR PROSECUTORS AND DE-
FENDERS. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘PART JJ—LOAN REPAYMENT FOR 
PROSECUTORS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS 
‘‘SEC. 3111. GRANT AUTHORIZATION. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en-
courage qualified individuals to enter and continue employ-
ment as prosecutors and public defenders. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) 
PROSECUTOR.—The 
term 
‘prosecutor’ 
means a full-time employee of a State or local agency 
who— 
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‘‘(A) is continually licensed to practice law; 
and 
‘‘(B) prosecutes criminal or juvenile delin-
quency cases (or both) at the State or local level, 
including an employee who supervises, educates, 
or trains other persons prosecuting such cases. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC DEFENDER.—The term ‘public de-
fender’ means an attorney who— 
‘‘(A) is continually licensed to practice law; 
and 
‘‘(B) is— 
‘‘(i) a full-time employee of a State or 
local agency who provides legal representa-
tion to indigent persons in criminal or ju-
venile delinquency cases (or both), including 
an attorney who supervises, educates, or 
trains other persons providing such rep-
resentation; 
‘‘(ii) a full-time employee of a non-
profit organization operating under a con-
tract with a State or unit of local govern-
ment, who devotes substantially all of such 
full-time employment to providing legal 
representation to indigent persons in crimi-
nal or juvenile delinquency cases (or both), 
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including an attorney who supervises, edu-
cates, or trains other persons providing such 
representation; or 
‘‘(iii) employed as a full-time Federal 
defender attorney in a defender organiza-
tion established pursuant to subsection (g) 
of section 3006A of title 18, United States 
Code, that provides legal representation to 
indigent persons in criminal or juvenile de-
linquency cases (or both). 
‘‘(3) STUDENT LOAN.—The term ‘student loan’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) a loan made, insured, or guaranteed 
under part B of title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.); 
‘‘(B) a loan made under part D or E of 
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1087a et seq. and 1087aa et seq.); and 
‘‘(C) a loan made under section 428C or 
455(g) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1078–3 and 1087e(g)) to the extent that 
such loan was used to repay a Federal Direct 
Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct Unsubsidized 
Stafford Loan, or a loan made under section 428 
or 428H of such Act. 
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‘‘(c) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, establish 
a program by which the Department of Justice shall assume 
the obligation to repay a student loan, by direct payments 
on behalf of a borrower to the holder of such loan, in accord-
ance with subsection (d), for any borrower who— 
‘‘(1) is employed as a prosecutor or public de-
fender; and 
‘‘(2) is not in default on a loan for which the 
borrower seeks forgiveness. 
‘‘(d) TERMS OF LOAN REPAYMENT.— 
‘‘(1) BORROWER AGREEMENT.—To be eligible to 
receive repayment benefits under subsection (c), a bor-
rower shall enter into a written agreement with the 
Attorney General that specifies that— 
‘‘(A) the borrower will remain employed as 
a prosecutor or public defender for a required pe-
riod of service of not less than 3 years, unless in-
voluntarily separated from that employment; 
‘‘(B) if the borrower is involuntarily sepa-
rated from employment on account of mis-
conduct, or voluntarily separates from employ-
ment, before the end of the period specified in the 
agreement, the borrower will repay the Attorney 
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General the amount of any benefits received by 
such employee under this section; and 
‘‘(C) if the borrower is required to repay an 
amount to the Attorney General under subpara-
graph (B) and fails to repay such amount, a 
sum equal to that amount shall be recoverable by 
the Federal Government from the employee (or 
such employee’s estate, if applicable) by such 
methods as are provided by law for the recovery 
of amounts owed to the Federal Government. 
‘‘(2) REPAYMENT BY BORROWER.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any amount repaid by, 
or recovered from, an individual or the estate of 
an individual under this subsection shall be 
credited to the appropriation account from 
which the amount involved was originally paid. 
‘‘(B) 
MERGER.—Any 
amount 
credited 
under subparagraph (A) shall be merged with 
other sums in such account and shall be avail-
able for the same purposes and period, and sub-
ject to the same limitations, if any, as the sums 
with which the amount was merged. 
‘‘(C) WAIVER.—The Attorney General may 
waive, in whole or in part, a right of recovery 
under this subsection if it is shown that recovery 
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is the beneficiary of any other student loan re-
payment program), as determined by the Attor-
ney General; or 
‘‘(B) who— 
‘‘(i) received repayment benefits under 
this section during the preceding fiscal year; 
and 
‘‘(ii) have completed less than 3 years 
of the first required period of service speci-
fied for the borrower in an agreement en-
tered into under subsection (d). 
‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General is author-
ized to issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
out the provisions of this section. 
‘‘(h) REPORT
BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Not later 
than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall 
submit to Congress a report on— 
‘‘(1) the cost of the program authorized under 
this section; and 
‘‘(2) the impact of such program on the hiring 
and retention of prosecutors and public defenders. 
‘‘(i) GAO STUDY.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall conduct a study of, and report to Congress on, 
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the impact that law school accreditation requirements and 
other factors have on the costs of law school and student 
access to law school, including the impact of such require-
ments on racial and ethnic minorities. 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 
2013.’’. 
SEC. 952. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General of the United 
States is authorized to make grants, through the Office of 
Community Oriented Policing Services, to establish and op-
erate a National Center for Campus Public Safety (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Center’’). The Center shall— 
(1) provide quality education and training for 
campus public safety agencies and the agencies’ col-
laborative partners, including campus mental health 
agencies; 
(2) foster quality research to strengthen the safe-
ty and security of the institutions of higher education 
in the United States; 
(3) serve as a clearinghouse for the identification 
and dissemination of information, policies, proce-
dures, and best practices relevant to campus public 
safety, including the prevention of violence against 
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persons and property and emergency response and 
evacuation procedures; 
(4) develop protocols, in conjunction with the At-
torney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
the Secretary of Education, State, local, and tribal 
governments and law enforcement agencies, private 
and nonprofit organizations and associations, and 
other stakeholders, to prevent, protect against, respond 
to, and recover from, natural and man-made emer-
gencies or dangerous situations involving an imme-
diate threat to the health or safety of the campus com-
munity; 
(5) promote the development and dissemination 
of effective behavioral threat assessment and manage-
ment models to prevent campus violence; 
(6) coordinate campus safety information and 
resources available from the Department of Justice, 
the Department of Homeland Security, the Depart-
ment of Education, State, local, and tribal govern-
ments and law enforcement agencies, and private and 
nonprofit organizations and associations; 
(7) increase cooperation, collaboration, and con-
sistency in prevention, response, and problem-solving 
methods among law enforcement, mental health, and 
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other agencies and jurisdictions serving institutions of 
higher education in the United States; 
(8) develop standardized formats and models for 
mutual aid agreements and memoranda of under-
standing between campus security agencies and other 
public safety organizations and mental health agen-
cies; and 
(9) report annually to Congress and the Attorney 
General on activities performed by the Center during 
the previous 12 months. 
(b) COORDINATION WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES.— 
In establishing the Center, the Attorney General shall— 
(1) consult with the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, the Secretary of Education, and the Attorneys 
General of each State; and 
(2) coordinate the establishment and operation of 
the Center with campus public safety resources that 
may already be available within the Department of 
Homeland Security and the Department of Edu-
cation. 
(c) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—In this section, the term ‘‘institution of higher 
education’’ has the meaning given the term in section 101 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
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(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$2,750,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 and 2009 and 
such sums as may be necessary thereafter. 
SEC. 953. PRIVATE LOAN FORGIVENESS. 
Section 209 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) This section does not prohibit— 
‘‘(1) a public or private institution of higher 
education from providing an officer or employee of 
the executive branch of the United States Government, 
of any independent agency of the United States, or of 
the District of Columbia who is a current or former 
student of such institution, financial assistance for 
the purpose of repaying a student loan or providing 
forbearance of student loan repayment: Provided, that 
such repaying or providing forbearance— 
‘‘(A) is not provided exclusively to officers 
and employees of the executive branch of the 
United States Government, of any independent 
agency of the United States, and of the District 
of Columbia; and 
‘‘(B) is provided to any such officer or em-
ployee— 
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