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with disabilities shall remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided further, That $20,000,000 of these funds 
shall be available to the Secretary for one-time emergency 
relief and restoration grants consistent with the purposes 
of the Randolph-Sheppard Act as authorized under 20 
U.S.C. 107f: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
use such funds to make grants to each State licensing 
agency in the same proportion as the number of blind ven-
dors operating a vending facility in such State as com-
pared to the number of blind vendors operating a vending 
facility in all the States on September 30, 2019: Provided 
further, That the State licensing agency shall use these 
grants to make financial relief and restoration payments 
to offset losses of blind vendors resulting from the 
COVID-19 emergency, but only to the extent that such 
losses are not otherwise compensated: Provided further, 
That any funds in excess of the amount needed for relief 
and restoration payments to blind vendors shall be used 
by the State licensing agency for other purposes author-
ized by section 395.9 of title 34, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, 
and determined through active participation with the 
State committee of blind vendors as required. 
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SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH 
DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education 
of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $32,931,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 
under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 
of 1986, $81,000,000: Provided, That from the total 
amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use 
funds for the endowment program as authorized under 
section 207 of such Act. 
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 
the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 
support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $139,861,000: 
Provided, That from the total amount available, the Uni-
versity may at its discretion use funds for the endowment 
program as authorized under section 207 of such Act. 
CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
cation Act of 2006 (‘‘Perkins Act’’) and the Adult Edu-
cation 
and 
Family 
Literacy 
Act 
(‘‘AEFLA’’), 
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$1,985,686,000, of which $1,194,686,000 shall become 
available on July 1, 2021, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2022, and of which $791,000,000 
shall become available on October 1, 2021, and shall re-
main available through September 30, 2022: Provided, 
That of the amounts made available for AEFLA, 
$13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities 
under section 242. 
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, 
and part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,565,352,000 which 
shall remain available through September 30, 2022. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 
be eligible during award year 2021–2022 shall be $5,435. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 
D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 
parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 
1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 
$1,768,943,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2022: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new 
student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 
servicers on the basis of their past performance compared 
to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, 
and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process 
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new and existing accounts and compliance with Federal 
and State law: Provided further, That for student loan 
contracts awarded prior to October 1, 2017, the Secretary 
shall allow student loan borrowers who are consolidating 
Federal student loans to select from any student loan 
servicer to service their new consolidated student loan: 
Provided further, That in order to promote accountability 
and high-quality service to borrowers, the Secretary shall 
not award funding for any contract solicitation for a new 
Federal student loan servicing environment, including the 
solicitation for the Federal Student Aid (FSA) Next Gen-
eration Processing and Servicing Environment, unless 
such an environment provides for the participation of mul-
tiple student loan servicers that contract directly with the 
Department of Education: Provided further, That the FSA 
Next Generation Processing and Servicing Environment, 
or any new Federal student loan servicing environment, 
shall include accountability measures that account for the 
performance of the portfolio and contractor compliance 
with FSA guidelines: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall re-allocate accounts from servicers for recur-
ring non-compliance with FSA guidelines, contractual re-
quirements, and Federal and State law, including for fail-
ure to sufficiently inform borrowers of available repayment 
options: Provided further, That such servicers shall be 
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evaluated based on their ability to meet contract require-
ments (including an understanding of Federal and State 
law), future performance on the contracts, and history of 
compliance with applicable consumer protections laws, in-
cluding Federal and State law: Provided further, That to 
the extent FSA permits student loan servicing subcon-
tracting, FSA shall hold prime contractors accountable for 
meeting the requirements of the contract, and the per-
formance and expectations of subcontractors shall be ac-
counted for in the prime contract and in the overall per-
formance of the prime contractor: Provided further, That 
FSA shall ensure that the Next Generation Processing 
and Servicing Environment, or any new Federal loan serv-
icing environment, incentivize more support to borrowers 
at risk of delinquency or default: Provided further, That 
FSA shall ensure that in such environment contractors 
have the capacity to meet and are held accountable for 
performance on service levels; are held accountable for and 
have a history of compliance with applicable consumer pro-
tection laws, including Federal and State law; and have 
relevant experience and demonstrated effectiveness: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall not delay, prevent, 
or otherwise obstruct, directly or indirectly, State over-
sight of the Department’s contractors conducting business 
in such State, including loan servicers: Provided further, 
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That the Secretary shall provide quarterly briefings to the 
Committees on Appropriations and Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives and the Committees on 
Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate on general progress related to solicita-
tions for Federal student loan servicing contracts: Pro-
vided further, That FSA shall strengthen transparency 
through expanded publication of aggregate data on stu-
dent loan and servicer performance: Provided further, 
That FSA shall provide a detailed strategic plan for Next 
Gen to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate within 60 days of enact-
ment of this Act, accounting for the cost of all activities 
associated with the full implementation of Next Gen, in-
cluding transition costs, the amount of funding that has 
been used from Student Aid Administration in each of the 
previous three fiscal years on Next Gen, including an ex-
planation of each cost and activity, details about contracts 
awarded, including any change request issued prior to en-
actment: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 
after enactment of this Act, FSA shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a detailed spend plan of anticipated uses 
made available in this account for fiscal year 2021, includ-
ing the following: contracts awarded, change requests, bo-
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