H. R. 6
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight
An Act
To extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Higher
Education Amendments of 1998’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. References.
Sec. 3. General effective date.
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 101. Revision of title I.
Sec. 102. Conforming amendments.
TITLE II—TEACHER QUALITY
Sec. 201. Teacher quality enhancement grants.
TITLE III—INSTITUTIONAL AID
Sec. 301. Transfers and redesignations.
Sec. 302. Findings.
Sec. 303. Strengthening institutions.
Sec. 304. Strengthening HBCU’s.
Sec. 305. Endowment challenge grants.
Sec. 306. HBCU capital financing.
Sec. 307. Minority science and engineering improvement program.
Sec. 308. General provisions.
TITLE IV—STUDENT ASSISTANCE
PART A—GRANTS TO STUDENTS
Sec. 401. Federal Pell Grants.
Sec. 402. Federal TRIO programs.
Sec. 403. Gear up program.
Sec. 404. Academic achievement incentive scholarships.
Sec. 405. Repeals.
Sec. 406. Federal supplemental educational opportunity grants.
Sec. 407. Leveraging educational assistance partnership program.
Sec. 408. Special programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant and
seasonal farmwork.
Sec. 409. Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program.
Sec. 410. Child care access means parents in school.
Sec. 410A. Learning anytime anywhere partnerships.
PART B—FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM
Sec. 411. Limitation repealed.
Sec. 412. Advances to reserve funds.
Sec. 413. Guaranty agency reforms.
Sec. 414. Scope and duration of Federal loan insurance program.
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Sec. 415. Limitations on individual federally insured loans and Federal loan insur-
ance.
Sec. 416. Applicable interest rates.
Sec. 417. Federal payments to reduce student interest costs.
Sec. 418. Voluntary flexible agreements with guaranty agencies.
Sec. 419. Federal PLUS loans.
Sec. 420. Federal consolidation loans.
Sec. 421. Default reduction program.
Sec. 422. Requirements for disbursements of student loans.
Sec. 423. Unsubsidized loans.
Sec. 424. Loan forgiveness for teachers.
Sec. 425. Loan forgiveness for child care providers.
Sec. 426. Notice to Secretary and payment of loss.
Sec. 427. Legal powers and responsibilities.
Sec. 428. Student loan information by eligible lenders.
Sec. 429. Definitions.
Sec. 430. Delegation of functions.
Sec. 431. Discharge.
Sec. 432. Debt management options.
Sec. 433. Special allowances.
Sec. 434. Federal family education loan insurance fund.
PART C—FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS
Sec. 441. Authorization of appropriations; community services.
Sec. 442. Allocation of funds.
Sec. 443. Grants for Federal work-study programs.
Sec. 444. Flexible use of funds.
Sec. 445. Work colleges.
PART D—WILLIAM D. FORD FEDERAL DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM
Sec. 451. Selection of institutions.
Sec. 452. Terms and conditions.
Sec. 453. Contracts.
Sec. 454. Funds for administrative expenses.
Sec. 455. Authority to sell loans.
Sec. 456. Loan cancellation for teachers.
PART E—FEDERAL PERKINS LOANS
Sec. 461. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 462. Allocation of funds.
Sec. 463. Agreements with institutions of higher education.
Sec. 464. Terms of loans.
Sec. 465. Cancellation for public service.
Sec. 466. Distribution of assets from student loan funds.
Sec. 467. Perkins Loan Revolving Fund.
PART F—NEED ANALYSIS
Sec. 471. Cost of attendance.
Sec. 472. Data elements.
Sec. 473. Family contribution for dependent students.
Sec. 474. Family contribution for independent students without dependents other
than a spouse.
Sec. 475. Family contribution for independent students with dependents other than
a spouse.
Sec. 476. Regulations; updated tables and amounts.
Sec. 477. Simplified needs test; zero expected family contribution.
Sec. 478. Discretion of student financial aid administrators.
Sec. 479. Treatment of other financial assistance.
Sec. 480. Clerical amendments.
Sec. 480A. Effective dates.
PART G—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 481. Master calendar.
Sec. 482. Forms and regulations.
Sec. 483. Student eligibility.
Sec. 484. State court judgments.
Sec. 485. Institutional refunds.
Sec. 486. Institutional and financial assistance information for students.
Sec. 487. National student loan data system.
Sec. 488. Distance education demonstration programs.