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105–244; 112 Stat. 1581 et seq.) is amended by repealing 
sections 821 and 841. 
(d) HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1992.— 
The Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (Public Law 
102–325; 106 Stat. 448 et seq.) is amended by repealing 
section 1543. 
(e) UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE ACT.— 
The United States Institute of Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 
et seq.) is repealed. 
TITLE IX—AMENDMENTS TO 
OTHER LAWS 
PART A—EDUCATION OF THE DEAF ACT OF 1986 
SEC. 901. EDUCATION OF THE DEAF ACT OF 1986. 
(a) BOARD OF TRUSTEES.—Section 103(a)(1) of the 
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4303(a)(1)) 
is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘twenty-one’’ and inserting ‘‘twenty- 
three’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘three public’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘four public’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘one shall’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘, and’’ and inserting ‘‘two 
shall be United States Senators, of whom one 
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shall be appointed by the Majority Leader of 
the Senate and one shall be appointed by the 
Minority Leader of the Senate, and’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘appointed by the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives’’ and inserting 
‘‘, of whom one shall be appointed by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and 
one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader 
of the House of Representatives’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘eighteen’’ 
and inserting ‘‘nineteen’’. 
(b) LAURENT CLERC NATIONAL DEAF EDUCATION 
CENTER.—Section 104(b)(5) of the Education of the Deaf 
Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4304(b)(5)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(5) The University, for purposes of the ele-
mentary and secondary education programs carried 
out by the Clerc Center, shall— 
‘‘(A)(i)(I) provide an assurance to the Sec-
retary that it has adopted and is implementing 
challenging State academic standards that meet 
the requirements of section 1111(b)(1) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)); 
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‘‘(II) demonstrate to the Secretary that the 
University is implementing a set of high-quality 
student academic assessments in mathematics, 
reading or language arts, and science, and any 
other subjects chosen by the University, that 
meet the requirements of section 1111(b)(2) of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)); and 
‘‘(III) demonstrate to the Secretary that 
the University is implementing an account-
ability system consistent with section 1111(c) of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 6311(c)); or 
‘‘(ii)(I) select the challenging State aca-
demic standards and State academic assess-
ments of a State, adopted and implemented, as 
appropriate, pursuant to paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of section 1111(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
6311(b)); and 
‘‘(II) adopt the accountability system, con-
sistent with section 1111(c) of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 6311(c)), of such State; and 
‘‘(B) publicly report, except in a case in 
which such reporting would not yield statis-
tically reliable information or would reveal per-
sonally identifiable information about an indi-
vidual student— 
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‘‘(i) the results of the academic as-
sessments implemented under subpara-
graph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) the results of the annual evalua-
tion of the programs at the Clerc Center, 
as determined using the accountability sys-
tem adopted under subparagraph (A).’’. 
(c) REPEAL OF CULTURAL EXPERIENCES GRANTS 
PROGRAM.—Part C of title I of the Education of the Deaf 
Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4341) is repealed. 
(d) REPEAL
OF AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—Subsection 
(c) of section 205 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986 (20 U.S.C. 4355(c)) is repealed. 
(e) FEDERAL ENDOWMENT FUNDS.—Section 207 of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4357) 
is amended— 
(1) in the heading of subsection (b), by striking 
‘‘FEDERAL PAYMENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘PAYMENTS’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraphs 
(1) and (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) From amounts provided by the Secretary 
from funds appropriated under subsections (a) and 
(b) of section 212, respectively, the University and 
NTID may make payments, in accordance with this 
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section, to the Federal endowment fund of the insti-
tution involved. 
‘‘(2) Subject to paragraph (3), in any fiscal 
year, the total amount of payments made under 
paragraph (1) to the Federal endowment fund may 
not exceed the total amount contributed to the fund 
from non-Federal sources during such fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraph (2), the trans-
fer of funds by an institution involved to the Federal 
endowment fund from another endowment fund of 
such institution shall not be considered a contribu-
tion from a non-Federal source.’’; 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Federal pay-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘payment under subsection 
(b)’’; 
(4) in subsection (f), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Federal payments’’ and 
inserting ‘‘payments’’; 
(5) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘Federal 
payments to such fund’’ and inserting ‘‘payments 
made under subsection (b)’’; 
(6) by repealing subsection (h); and 
(7) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 
(h). 
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(f) REPEAL OF NATIONAL STUDY.—Section 211 of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4360) 
is repealed. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
212 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 
4360a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2009 
through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘$121,275,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2024’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2009 
through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘$70,016,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2019 through 2024’’. 
(h) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Education of 
the Deaf Act of 1986 is further amended— 
(1) 
in 
section 
112(b)(3) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
4332(b)(3)), by striking ‘‘Education and Labor’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Education and the Workforce’’; 
(2) in section 203 (20 U.S.C. 4353)— 
(A) in the heading of subsection (a), by 
striking ‘‘GENERAL ACCOUNTING’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY’’; 
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(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘General 
Accounting’’ and inserting ‘‘Government Ac-
countability’’; 
(C) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘Edu-
cation and Labor’’ and inserting ‘‘Education 
and the Workforce’’; and 
(D) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking 
‘‘Education and Labor’’ and inserting ‘‘Edu-
cation and the Workforce’’; 
(3) in section 204 (20 U.S.C. 4354), by striking 
‘‘Education and Labor’’ and inserting ‘‘Education 
and the Workforce’’; 
(4) in section 208(a) (20 U.S.C. 4359(a)), by 
striking ‘‘Education and Labor’’ and inserting 
‘‘Education and the Workforce’’; and 
(5) in section 210(b) (20 U.S.C. 4359b(b)), by 
striking ‘‘Education and Labor’’ and inserting 
‘‘Education and the Workforce’’. 
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PART 
B—TRIBALLY 
CONTROLLED 
COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1978; 
DINE′ COLLEGE ACT 
SEC. 911. TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGES AND UNIVER-
SITIES ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1978. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Tribally Con-
trolled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 1801) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (7), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (9); and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) Such number shall be calculated based on 
the number of Indian students who are enrolled— 
‘‘(A) at the conclusion of the third week of 
each academic term; or 
‘‘(B) on the fifth day of a shortened pro-
gram beginning after the conclusion of the third 
full week of an academic term.’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘for pur-
poses of obtaining’’ and inserting ‘‘solely for the 
purpose of obtaining’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (5), the 
following: 
‘‘(6) Enrollment data from the prior-prior aca-
demic year shall be used.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—The 
Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance 
Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after section 2 (25 U.S.C. 1801), the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) TITLES I AND IV.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated $57,412,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2024 to carry out titles I and IV. 
‘‘(b) TITLE V.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated $7,414,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 
2024 to carry out title V.’’. 
(c) REPEAL OF PLANNING GRANTS.—Section 104 of 
the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assist-
ance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1804a) is repealed. 
(d) GRANTS TO TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES.—Section 107 of the Tribally Con-
trolled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 1807) is amended— 
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(1) by striking subsection (c); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c). 
(e) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Section 108(b)(1) of the 
Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance 
Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1808(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘of the funds available for allot-
ment by October 15 or no later than 14 days after 
appropriations become available’’ and inserting ‘‘ of 
the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year on or 
before July 1 of that fiscal year’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘January 1’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30’’; 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
110(a) of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities 
Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1810(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$3,200,000 for fiscal year 
2009 and’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘for each of the five suc-
ceeding fiscal years’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘from the amount made 
available under section 3(a) for each fiscal 
year’’ after ‘‘necessary’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘for fiscal 
year 2009’’ and all that follows through the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘from the amount made 
available under section 3(a) for each fiscal year.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2009’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘from the amount made available 
under section 3(a) for each fiscal year.’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
(g) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—The Tribally Con-
trolled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended by striking section 
115 (25 U.S.C. 1815). 
(h) REPEAL OF ENDOWMENT PROGRAM.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Title III of the Tribally Con-
trolled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 
1978 (25 U.S.C. 1831 et seq.) is repealed. 
(2) TRANSITION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), title III of the Tribally Controlled 
Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 
1978 (25 U.S.C. 1831 et seq.), as such title 
was in effect on the day before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, shall apply with respect 
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to any endowment fund established or funded 
under such title before such date of enactment, 
except that the Secretary of the Interior may 
not make any grants or Federal capital con-
tributions under such title after such date. 
(B) 
TERMINATION.—Subparagraph 
(A) 
shall terminate on the date that is 20 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. On 
or after such date, a tribally controlled college 
or university may use the corpus (including the 
Federal and institutional capital contribution) 
of any endowment fund described in such sub-
paragraph to pay any expenses relating to the 
operation or academic programs of such college 
or university. 
(i) TRIBAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AUTHORIZA-
TION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 403 of the Tribally 
Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 
1978 (25 U.S.C. 1852) is amended by striking ‘‘for fiscal 
year 2009’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘from the amount made available under 
section 3(a) for each fiscal year.’’. 
(j) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED POSTSECONDARY CA-
REER AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS.—Section 504 of 
the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assist-
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ance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1864) is amended by striking 
‘‘for fiscal year 2009’’ and all that follows through the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘from the amount made 
available under section 3(b) for each fiscal year.’’ 
(k) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Tribally Con-
trolled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as amended by subsections (a) 
through (j), is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Bureau of Indian Affairs’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Bureau of Indian 
Education’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Navajo Community College 
Act’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Dine′ Col-
lege Act’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘colleges or universities’’ each 
place it appears, including in headings, and inserting 
‘‘colleges and universities’’ and conforming the font 
and typeface accordingly; and 
(4) in section 109 (25 U.S.C. 1809), by redes-
ignating the second subsection (c) as subsection (d). 
SEC. 912. DINE′ COLLEGE ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—The first section of Public Law 
92–189 is amended by striking ‘‘this Act may be cited as 
the ‘Navajo Community College Act’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘this 
Act may be cited as the ‘Dine′ College Act’ ’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the Navajo 
Community College Act in any law (other than this Act), 
regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the 
United States shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
Dine′ College Act. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
5 of Public Law 92–189 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘for fiscal 
years 2009 through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘from the 
amount made available under subsection (b)(1) for 
each fiscal year’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘such sums 
as are necessary for fiscal years 2009 through 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘$13,600,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2019 through 2024’’. 
Æ 
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