H. R. 3784
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five 
An Act 
To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Higher Education Extension 
Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS. 
(a) EXTENSION OF DURATION.—The authorization of appropria-
tions for, and the duration of, each program authorized under 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) shall 
be extended through December 31, 2005. 
(b) PERFORMANCE OF REQUIRED AND AUTHORIZED FUNCTIONS.—
If the Secretary of Education, a State, an institution of higher 
education, a guaranty agency, a lender, or another person or 
entity—
(1) is required, in or for fiscal year 2004, to carry out 
certain acts or make certain determinations or payments under 
a program under the Higher Education Act of 1965, such acts, 
determinations, or payments shall be required to be carried 
out, made, or continued during the period of the extension 
under this section; or 
(2) is permitted or authorized, in or for fiscal year 2004, 
to carry out certain acts or make certain determinations or 
payments under a program under the Higher Education Act 
of 1965, such acts, determinations, or payments are permitted 
or authorized to be carried out, made, or continued during 
the period of the extension under this section. 
(c) EXTENSION AT CURRENT LEVELS.—The amount authorized 
to be appropriated for a program described in subsection (a) during 
the period of extension under this section shall be the amount 
authorized to be appropriated for such program for fiscal year 
2004, or the amount appropriated for such program for such fiscal 
year, whichever is greater. Except as provided in any amendment 
to the Higher Education Act of 1965 enacted during fiscal year 
2005 or 2006, the amount of any payment required or authorized 
under subsection (b) in or for the period of the extension under 
this section shall be determined in the same manner as the amount 
of the corresponding payment required or authorized in or for 
fiscal year 2004. 
(d) ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND OTHER ENTITIES CONTINUED.—
Any advisory committee, interagency organization, or other entity
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that was, during fiscal year 2004, authorized or required to perform 
any function under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001 et seq.), or in relation to programs under that Act, shall 
continue to exist and is authorized or required, respectively, to 
perform such function for the period of the extension under this 
section. 
(e) ADDITIONAL EXTENSION
NOT PERMITTED.—Section 422 of 
the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1226a) shall not 
apply to further extend the authorization of appropriations for 
any program described in subsection (a) on the basis of the extension 
of such program under this section. 
(f) EXCEPTION.—The programs described in subsection (a) for 
which the authorization of appropriations, or the duration of which, 
is extended by this section include provisions applicable to institu-
tions in, and students in or from, the Freely Associated States, 
except that those provisions shall be applicable with respect to 
institutions in, and students in or from, the Federated States of 
Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands only to the 
extent specified in Public Law 108–188.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.