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1087dd(c)(1)(F)), whichever is applicable to such 
loan. 
(c) FACILITATION
OF
CLAIMS.—The Secretary 
shall— 
(1) establish procedures for the filing of appli-
cations for discharge or cancellation under this sec-
tion by regulations that shall be prescribed and pub-
lished within 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act and without regard to the requirements of 
section 553 of title 5, United States Code; and 
(2) take such actions as may be necessary to 
publicize the availability of discharge or cancellation 
of Federal student loan indebtedness under this sec-
tion. 
(d) AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS
FOR PAYMENTS.— 
Funds available for the purposes of making payments to 
lenders in accordance with section 437(a) for the dis-
charge of indebtedness of deceased or disabled individuals 
shall be available for making payments under section 
437(a) to lenders of loans as required by this section. 
(e) APPLICABLE TO OUTSTANDING DEBT.—The pro-
visions of this section shall be applied to discharge or can-
cel only Federal student loans (including consolidation 
loans) on which amounts were owed on September 11, 
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2001. Nothing in this section shall be construed to author-
ize any refunding of any repayment of a loan. 
SEC. 922. AMENDMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION AMEND-
MENTS OF 1998. 
(a) 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Amendments of 1998 are repealed: 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 FED-
ERAL 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
MOBILIZA-
TION.—Part C of title VIII (20 U.S.C. 1070 note). 
(5) INCARCERATED
YOUTH.—Part D of title 
VIII (20 U.S.C. 1151). 
(6) 
IMPROVING
UNITED
STATES
UNDER-
STANDING OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECH-
NOLOGY IN EAST ASIA.—Part F of title VIII (42 
U.S.C. 1862 note). 
(7) WEB-BASED
EDUCATION
COMMISSION.— 
Part J of title VIII. 
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(b) EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORIZATIONS AND STUD-
IES.— 
(1) TRANSFER OF CREDIT.—Section 804(b) of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 1099b note) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2007’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and policies of institu-
tions of higher education’’ after ‘‘agencies or 
associations’’. 
(2) COHORT DEFAULT RATE STUDY.—Section 
806 of such Act is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘higher 
education at which less’’ and inserting ‘‘higher 
education. The study shall also review the effect 
of cohort default rates specifically on institu-
tions of higher education at which less’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 1999,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2007,’’. 
(3) UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.—Subsection (c) 
of section 841 (20 U.S.C. 1153(c)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
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$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 
SEC. 923. TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGE OR UNIVER-
SITY ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1978. 
(a) TITLE I AUTHORIZATION.—Section 110(a) of the 
Tribally Controlled Community College or University As-
sistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1810(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘1999’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘2007’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘4 succeeding’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘5 succeeding’’. 
(b) TITLE III REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 306(a) 
of the Tribally Controlled Community College or Univer-
sity Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1836(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2007’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘4 succeeding’’ and inserting ‘‘5 
succeeding’’. 
(c) TITLE IV REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 403 of 
the Tribal Economic Development and Technology Re-
lated Education Assistance Act of 1990 (25 U.S.C. 1852) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2007’’; 
and 
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(2) by striking ‘‘4 succeeding’’ and inserting ‘‘5 
succeeding’’. 
(d) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.—The Tribally Con-
trolled Community College or University Assistance Act 
of 1978 is further amended— 
(1) in section 2(a)(6) (25 U.S.C. 1801(a)(6)), 
by striking ‘‘in the field of Indian education’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in the field of Tribal Colleges and Univer-
sities and Indian higher education’’; 
(2) in section 2(b), by striking paragraph (5) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(5) Eligible credits earned in a continuing 
education program shall be determined as one credit 
for every 10 contact hours for institutions on a 
quarter system, and 15 contact hours for institu-
tions on a semester system, of participation in an or-
ganized continuing education experience under re-
sponsible sponsorship, capable direction, and quali-
fied instruction, as described in the criteria estab-
lished by the International Association for Con-
tinuing Education and Training, and may not exceed 
20 percent of an institution’s total Indian student 
count.’’; and 
(3) in section 103 (25 U.S.C. 1804), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (2), by striking the 
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period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’, and by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) has been accredited by a nationally recog-
nized accrediting agency or association determined 
by the Secretary of Education to be a reliable au-
thority as to the quality of training offered, or is, ac-
cording to such an agency or association, making 
reasonable progress toward accreditation.’’. 
SEC. 924. NAVAJO COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACT. 
Section 5(a)(1) of the Navajo Community College Act 
(25 U.S.C. 640c–1(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2007’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘4 succeeding’’ and inserting ‘‘5 
succeeding’’. 
SEC. 925. EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1992. 
Section 1543(d) of the Education Amendments of 
1992 (20 U.S.C. 1070 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2007’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘4 succeeding’’ and inserting ‘‘5 
succeeding’’. 
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