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STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of 
title I, and subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and parts B, C, D, 
and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $753,402,000, 
which shall remain available until expended. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles 
II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(‘‘HEA’’), section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments of 
1992, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, 
title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, part I 
of subtitle A of title VI of the America COMPETES Act, section 
515 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and section 
117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
of 2006, $2,100,150,000: Provided, That $9,687,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2010, shall be available to fund fellow-
ships for academic year 2010–2011 under subpart 1 of part A 
of title VII of the HEA, under the terms and conditions of such 
subpart 1: Provided further, That $609,000 shall be for data collec-
tion and evaluation activities for programs under the HEA, 
including such activities needed to comply with the Government 
Performance and Results Act of 1993: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds made available 
in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) 
of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 
may be used to support visits and study in foreign countries by 
individuals who are participating in advanced foreign language 
training and international studies in areas that are vital to United 
States national security and who plan to apply their language 
skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, 
the professions, or international development: Provided further, 
That of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 
percent may be used for program evaluation, national outreach, 
and information dissemination activities: Provided further, That 
up to $6,556,000 shall be available to continue funding for recipients 
of multi-year awards under section 204 of the HEA, as that Act 
was in effect prior to the date of enactment of the Higher Education 
Opportunity Act (‘‘HEOA’’), in accordance with the terms of their 
awards: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds available under section 371 of the HEA for Tribal 
Colleges and Universities may be used for construction grants, 
including such funds to recipients of continuation grants for multi- 
year awards that were made in fiscal year 2008 under section 
316 of the HEA, as that Act was in effect prior to the date of 
enactment of the HEOA, in accordance with the terms of such 
multi-year awards: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, a recipient of a multi-year award under 
section 316 of the HEA, as that section was in effect prior to 
the date of enactment of the HEOA, that would have otherwise 
received a continuation award for fiscal year 2009 under that sec-
tion, shall receive under section 316, as amended by the HEOA, 
not less than the amount that such recipient would have received 
under such a continuation award: Provided further, That the portion 
of the funds received under section 316 by a recipient described
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in the preceding proviso that is equal to the amount of such continu-
ation award shall be used in accordance with the terms of such 
continuation award: Provided further, That $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available to carry out a scholar-
ship program for the purpose of increasing the skilled workforce 
for industrial health and safety occupations, including mine safety: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall identify 
these scholarships as ‘‘Erma Byrd Scholarships’’: Provided further, 
That such scholarships shall be awarded without regard to an 
applicant’s prior work experience, but the Secretary shall, notwith-
standing section 437 of the General Education Provisions Act and 
5 U.S.C. 553, by notice in the Federal Register, establish the eligi-
bility requirements, service obligations, payback requirements, and 
other program requirements similar to those specified in section 
515 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act as are necessary 
to implement such a program: Provided further, That such scholar-
ship funds may be used to replace a student’s expected family 
contribution, but institutions accepting such scholarship funds may 
not use these funds to supplant existing institutional aid: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to accept contribu-
tions for such scholarships from private sources: Provided further, 
That these funds shall be used for scholarships for academic year 
2009–2010 and may be available for scholarships in academic year 
2010–2011: Provided further, That $91,243,000 shall be used for 
the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading 
‘‘Higher Education’’ in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For partial support of Howard University, $234,977,000, of 
which not less than $3,464,000 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 activities 
related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, $461,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL 
FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 344(a) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’), the aggregate prin-
cipal amount of outstanding bonds insured under the Historically 
Black College and University Capital Financing Program is author-
ized to equal but not exceed $725,000,000, which may be used 
for loans to public and private historically black colleges and univer-
sities without regard to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 344(a). 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $10,000,000, as authorized 
pursuant to Part D of title III of the HEA: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
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$100,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing 
Program entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, 
$354,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Education Sciences 
Reform Act of 2002, the National Assessment of Educational 
Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act, $617,175,000, of which $312,241,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That funds 
available to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act may be used for Statewide data systems that include 
postsecondary and workforce information: Provided further, That 
up to $5,000,000 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 coordination. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three pas-
senger motor vehicles, $433,482,000, of which $5,400,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for relocation of, and renovation 
of buildings occupied by, Department staff. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as author-
ized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $96,826,000. 
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, $54,539,000. 
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 transportation 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