this Act or any other Act for Pell Grant awards in such 
award year, and any funds available from the fiscal year 
2011 appropriation for Pell Grant awards, are insufficient 
to satisfy fully all such awards for which students are eli-
gible, as calculated under section 401(b) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, the amount paid for each such 
award shall be reduced by either a fixed or variable per-
centage, or by a fixed dollar amount, as determined in ac-
cordance with a schedule of reductions established by the 
Secretary for this purpose. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 
D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 4, 9 and 10 of part A, 
and parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965, $992,012,000: Provided, That not less 
than $370,314,000 shall be used to carry out loan serv-
icing activities. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘HEA’’) 
and section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-
nical Education Act of 2006, $1,628,052,000: Provided, 
That $600,000 shall be for data collection and evaluation 
activities for programs under the HEA, including such ac-
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tivities needed to comply with the Government Perform-
ance and Results Act of 1993. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For 
partial 
support 
of 
Howard 
University, 
$234,507,000, of which not less than $3,593,000 shall be 
for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 
University Endowment Act and shall remain available 
until expended. 
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 
PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 
121 of the HEA, $460,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY 
CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,188,000, as au-
thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$279,393,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-
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nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 
III of the HEA, $353,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assess-
ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 
208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, 
and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act, $620,903,000, of which $551,253,000 shall be 
available through September 30, 2013: Provided, That up 
to $10,000,000 of the funds available to carry out section 
208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be 
used for State data coordinators and for awards to public 
or private organizations or agencies to improve data co-
ordination, quality, and use. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-
cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$449,815,000, of which $2,711,000 to remain available 
until expended, shall be for relocation of, and renovation 
of buildings occupied by, Department staff. 
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OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 
Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $102,818,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $59,933,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for 
the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in 
order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school 
system, or for the transportation of students or teachers 
(or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) 
in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any 
school or school system. 
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act 
shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the trans-
portation of any student to a school other than the school 
which is nearest the student’s home, except for a student 
requiring special education, to the school offering such 
special education, in order to comply with title VI of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section 
an indirect requirement of transportation of students in-
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cludes the transportation of students to carry out a plan 
involving the reorganization of the grade structure of 
schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, 
or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing, or 
clustering. The prohibition described in this section does 
not include the establishment of magnet schools. 
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-
priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 
be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 
such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority 
granted by this section shall be available only to meet 
emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new 
program or to fund any project or activity for which no 
funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad-
vance of any transfer and approve such transfer. 
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(4) promulgate or enforce any new regulation 
or rule with respect to the definition or application 
of the term ‘‘gainful employment’’ under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 on or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 308. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) implement, administer, or enforce section 
600.4(a)(3), 600.5(a)(4), 600.6(a)(3), 600.9, or 
668.43(b) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations 
(relating to State authorization), as added or 
amended by the final regulations published by the 
Department of Education in the Federal Register on 
October 29, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 66832 et seq.); or 
(2) implement, administer, or enforce the defi-
nition of the term ‘‘credit hour’’ in section 600.2 of 
title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, as added by 
the final regulations published by the Department of 
Education in the Federal Register on October 29, 
2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 66946), or subsection (k)(2)(ii) 
of section 668.8 of such title, as amended by such 
final regulations (75 Fed. Reg. 66949 et seq.). 
SEC. 309. (a) FEDERAL
PELL
GRANT
ELIGI-
BILITY.— 
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(1) 
NO
LESS
THAN
HALF-TIME.—Section 
401(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking 
‘‘basis (including a student who attends an institu-
tion of higher education on less than a half-time 
basis)’’ and inserting ‘‘basis, but at least a half-time 
basis,’’. 
(2) MINIMUM
LEVEL.—Section 401(b)(4) of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(4)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘, except that’’ and all that follows and in-
serting a period. 
(3) DURATION
OF
AWARD
PERIOD.—Section 
401(c)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070a(c)(5)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘18’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘12’’; and 
(B) by striking the last sentence. 
(b) INCOME PROTECTION ALLOWANCE.— 
(1) DEPENDENT
STUDENTS.—Subparagraph 
(D) of section 475(g)(2) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087oo(g)(2)(D) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(D) an income protection allowance of 
$3,290 (or a successor amount prescribed by 
the Secretary under section 478);’’. 
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(2) INDEPENDENT
STUDENTS
WITHOUT
DE-
PENDENTS OTHER THAN A SPOUSE.—Clause (iv) of 
section 476(b)(1)(A) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1087pp(b)(1)(A)(iv)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(iv) an income protection allowance 
of the following amount (or a successor 
amount prescribed by the Secretary under 
section 478)— 
‘‘(I) $6,620 for single students; 
‘‘(II) $6,620 for married stu-
dents where both are enrolled pursu-
ant to subsection (a)(2); and 
‘‘(III) $10,620 for married stu-
dents where one is enrolled pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2);’’. 
(3) INDEPENDENT STUDENTS WITH DEPEND-
ENTS OTHER THAN A SPOUSE.—Paragraph (4) of 
section 477(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087qq(b)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) INCOME
PROTECTION
ALLOWANCE.—The 
income protection allowance is determined by the fol-
lowing table (or a successor table prescribed by the 
Secretary under section 478): 
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‘‘Income Protection Allowance 
Family Size 
Number in College 
(including student) 
For each 
additional 
subtract: 
$16,780 
$13,910 
$2,860
20,880 
18,030 
$15,170 
..............
..............
25,800 
22,930 
20,070 
$17,200 
..............
30,440 
27,560 
24,710 
21,850 
$18,990 
35,600 
32,730 
29,880 
27,000 
24,160 
For each 
additional 
add: 
4,020 
4,020 
4,020 
4,020 
4,020 
’’. 
(4) UPDATED TABLES.—Section 478(b) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(b) INCOME PROTECTION ALLOWANCE..— 
‘‘(1) REVISED
TABLES.—For each academic 
year after academic year 2012-2013, the Secretary 
shall develop a revised table or list, as appropriate, 
of income protection allowances under sections 
475(g)(2)(D), 476(b)(1)(A)(iv), and 477(b)(4) by in-
creasing each of the dollar amounts contained in 
each such table or list by a percentage equal to the 
estimated percentage increase in the Consumer Price 
Index (as determined by the Secretary) between De-
cember 2011 and the December next preceding the 
beginning of such academic year, and rounding the 
result to the nearest $10. 
‘‘(2) TABLE FOR PARENTS.—For each academic 
year after academic year 2008-2009, the Secretary 
shall develop the revised table of income protection 
allowances under section 475(c)(4) by increasing 
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each of the dollar amounts contained in the table by 
a percentage equal to the estimated percentage in-
crease in the Consumer Price Index (as determined 
by the Secretary) between December 1992 and the 
December next preceding the beginning of such aca-
demic year, and rounding the result to the nearest 
$10’’. 
(c) ZERO EXPECTED FAMILY CONTRIBUTION.—Sec-
tion 479(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1087ss(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘$30,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$15,000’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘$30,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$15,000’’. 
(d) DEFINITION
OF UNTAXED INCOME.—Section 
480(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087vv) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) UNTAXED INCOME AND BENEFITS.—The term 
‘untaxed income and benefits’ means— 
‘‘(1) child support received; 
‘‘(2) workman’s compensation; 
‘‘(3) veteran’s benefits such as death pension, 
dependency, and indemnity compensation, but ex-
cluding veterans’ education benefits as defined in 
subsection (c); 
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‘‘(4) interest on tax-free bonds; 
‘‘(5) housing, food, and other allowances (ex-
cluding rent subsidies for low-income housing) for 
military, clergy, and others (including cash payments 
and cash value of benefits), except that the value of 
on-base military housing or the value of basic allow-
ance for housing determined under section 403(b) of 
title 37, United States Code, received by the par-
ents, in the case of a dependent student, or the stu-
dent or student’s spouse, in the case of an inde-
pendent student, shall be excluded; 
‘‘(6) cash support or any money paid on the 
student‘s behalf, except, for dependent students, 
funds provided by the student’s parents; 
‘‘(7) untaxed portion of pensions; 
‘‘(8) payments to individual retirement accounts 
and Keogh accounts excluded from income for Fed-
eral income tax purposes; 
‘‘(9) the amount of additional child tax credit 
claimed for Federal income tax purposes; 
‘‘(10) welfare benefits, including assistance 
under a State program funded under part A of title 
IV of the Social Security Act and aid to dependent 
children; 
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‘‘(11) the amount of earned income credit 
claimed for Federal income tax purposes; 
‘‘(12) the amount of credit for Federal tax on 
special fuels claimed for Federal income tax pur-
poses; 
‘‘(13) the amount of foreign income excluded 
for purposes of Federal income taxes; 
‘‘(14) untaxed social security benefits; and 
‘‘(15) any other untaxed income and benefits, 
such as Black Lung Benefits, Refugee Assistance, or 
railroad retirement benefits, or benefits received 
through participation in employment and training 
activities under title I of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.).’’. 
(e) STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT HIGH SCHOOL GRAD-
UATES.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 484(d) of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(d)) is 
amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘meet one of the following stand-
ards:’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(4); and 
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(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘(3) The 
student has’’ and inserting ‘‘have’’. 
(2) CONFORMING CHANGE.—Section 101(a)(1) 
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 484(d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
484(d)’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on July 1, 2012. 
(g) 
INAPPLICABILITY
OF
NEGOTIATED
RULE-
MAKING.—Sections 482(c) and 492 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1089(c), 1098a) shall not 
apply to the amendments made by this section, or to any 
regulations promulgated under those amendments. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2012’’. 
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
established by Public Law 92–28, $5,396,000. 
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (‘‘the Corporation’’) to 
carry out title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973, $207,833,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For close out activities of the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service, as provided under section 
501(a)(5) of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 and under section 504(a) of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973, $65,868,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For close out activities of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, as established by the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$5,763,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 
under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 
overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 
first three years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, 
and thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share re-
quirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code 
of Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating 
costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member 
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support Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990, and subject 
to partial waiver consistent with section 2521.70 of title 
45, Code of Federal Regulations. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
Of the funds provided to the ‘‘Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting’’ in title IV of division D of Public Law 111– 
117 for fiscal year 2012, $6,000,000 shall support the 
digitization program: Provided, That none of the funds 
made available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
in title IV of division D of Public Law 111–117 for fiscal 
year 2012 may be used to pay dues to, acquire programs 
from, or otherwise support National Public Radio. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func-
tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 
1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex-
penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 
Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 
Reform Act, $46,250,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for 
special training activities and other conflict resolution 
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services and technical assistance, including those provided 
to foreign governments and international organizations, 
and for arbitration services shall be credited to and 
merged with this account, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv-
ices shall be available only for education, training, and 
professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Service is author-
ized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts 
of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid 
of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdic-
tion. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $22,417,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS 
AND ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer-
ican History and Culture Act, $226,362,000: Provided, 
That none of the funds made available in this account be 
used to pay indirect cost rates on a contract, grant, or 
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