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the 3 most recent years for which United States Citizen-
ship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admit-
ted for legal permanent residence are available, except 
that no State shall be allocated an amount less than 
$60,000: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available for the Adult Education and Family Literacy 
Act, $6,878,000 shall be for national leadership activities 
under section 243 and $6,468,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Institute for Literacy under section 242: Provided 
further, That $88,000,000 shall be available to support the 
activities authorized under subpart 4 of part D of title 
V of the ESEA, of which up to 5 percent shall become 
available October 1, 2008, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2010, for evaluation, technical as-
sistance, school networks, peer review of applications, and 
program outreach activities, and of which not less than 
95 percent shall become available on July 1, 2009, and 
remain available through September 30, 2010, for grants 
to local educational agencies: Provided further, That funds 
made available to local educational agencies under this 
subpart shall be used only for activities related to estab-
lishing smaller learning communities within large high 
schools or small high schools that provide alternatives for 
students enrolled in large high schools. 
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STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING DEFERRAL OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, part 
C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, $19,156,973,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2010. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 
be eligible during award year 2009–2010 shall be $4,860. 
Of 
the 
funds 
made 
available 
under 
section 
401A(e)(1)(D) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
$887,000,000 shall not be available until October 1, 2009. 
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 pro-
vided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Higher Edu-
cation 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 
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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 available through September 30, 
2010, shall be available to fund fellowships for academic 
year 2010–2011 under subpart 1 of part A of title VII 
of the HEA, under the terms and conditions of such sub-
part 1: Provided further, That $609,000 shall be for data 
collection and evaluation activities for programs under the 
HEA, including such activities needed to comply with the 
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 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 Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used 
to support visits and study in foreign countries by individ-
uals 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 informa-
tion dissemination activities: Provided further, That up to 
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$6,556,000 shall be available to continue funding for re-
cipients of multi-year awards under section 204 of the 
HEA, as that Act was in effect prior to the date of enact-
ment 
of 
the 
Higher 
Education 
Opportunity 
Act 
(‘‘HEOA’’), in accordance with the terms of their awards: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, funds available under section 371 of the HEA 
for Tribal Colleges and Universities may be used for con-
struction grants, including such funds to recipients of con-
tinuation 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 section, shall receive under section 316, 
as amended by the HEOA, not less than the amount that 
such recipient would have received under such a continu-
ation award: Provided further, That the portion of the 
funds received under section 316 by a recipient described 
in the preceding proviso that is equal to the amount of 
such continuation award shall be used in accordance with 
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the terms of such continuation award: Provided further, 
That $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available to carry out a scholarship program for the 
purpose of increasing the skilled workforce for industrial 
health and safety occupations, including mine safety: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Education shall iden-
tify these scholarships as ‘‘Erma Byrd Scholarships’’: Pro-
vided further, That such scholarships shall be awarded 
without regard to an applicant’s prior work experience, 
but the Secretary shall, notwithstanding section 437 of the 
General Education Provisions Act and 5 U.S.C. 553, by 
notice in the Federal Register, establish the eligibility re-
quirements, 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 scholarship funds may be used to re-
place a student’s expected family contribution, but institu-
tions accepting such scholarship funds may not use these 
funds to supplant existing institutional aid: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall be authorized to accept con-
tributions for such scholarships from private sources: Pro-
vided further, That these funds shall be used for scholar-
ships for academic year 2009–2010 and may be available 
for scholarships in academic year 2010–2011: Provided 
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