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until expended: Provided, That from the total amount available,
the University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment
program as authorized under section 207.
VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, the Adult
Education and Family Literacy Act, and title VIII–D of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended, and Public Law 102–73,
$1,656,750,000, of which $3,500,000 shall remain available until
expended, and of which $833,150,000 shall become available on
July 1, 2000 and shall remain available through September 30,
2001 and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October
1, 2000 and shall remain available through September 30, 2001:
Provided, That of the amounts made available for the Carl D.
Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, $4,600,000 shall
be for tribally controlled vocational institutions under section 117:
Provided further, That $9,000,000 shall be for carrying out section
118 of such act for all activities conducted by and through the
National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available for the Adult
Education and Family Literacy Act, $14,000,000 shall be for
national leadership activities under section 243 and $6,000,000
shall be for the National Institute for Literacy under section 242:
Provided further, That $19,000,000 shall be for Youth Offender
Grants, of which $5,000,000, which shall become available on July
1, 2000, and remain available through September 30, 2001, shall
be used in accordance with section 601 of Public Law 102–73
as that section was in effect prior to the enactment of Public
Law 105–220.
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
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, as amended,
$9,435,000,000, which shall remain available through September
30, 2001.
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible
during award year 2000–2001 shall be $3,300: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 401(g) of the Act, if the Secretary determines,
prior to publication of the payment schedule for such award year,
that the amount included within this appropriation for Pell Grant
awards in such award year, and any funds available from the
fiscal year 1999 appropriation for Pell Grant awards, are insufficient
to satisfy fully all such awards for which students are eligible,
as calculated under section 401(b) of the Act, the amount paid
for each such award shall be reduced by either a fixed or variable
percentage, or by a fixed dollar amount, as determined in accordance
with a schedule of reductions established by the Secretary for
this purpose.
For an additional amount for ‘‘STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE’’
for payment of allocations to institutions of higher education for
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants for award
years 1999–2000 and 2000–2001, made under title IV, part A,
subpart 3, of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended,
$10,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
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of law, the Secretary of Education may waive or modify any statu-
tory or regulatory provision applicable to the Federal Supplemental
Educational Opportunity Grant program and the determination
of need for such grants, that the Secretary deems necessary to
assist individuals who suffered financial harm resulting from the
hurricanes, and the flooding associated with the hurricanes, that
struck the eastern United States in August and September 1999,
and who, at the time of the disaster were residing, attending
an institution of higher education, or employed within an area
affected by such a disaster on the date which the President declared
the existence of a major disaster (or, in the case of an individual
who is a dependent student, whose parent or stepparent suffered
financial harm from such disaster, and who resided, or was
employed in such an area at that time): Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 437 of the General Education Provisions
Act (20 U.S.C. 1232) and section 553 of title 5, United States
Code, the Secretary shall, by notice in the Federal Register, exercise
this authority, through publication of waivers or modifications of
statutory and regulatory provisions, as the Secretary deems nec-
essary to assist such individuals: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 413D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, alloca-
tions from such additional amount shall not be taken into account
in determining institutional allocations under such section in future
years: Provided further, That the entire amount made available
under this paragraph is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and that the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request for the entire amount, that includes designation
of the entire amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed
student loans authorized by title IV, part B, of the Higher Education
Act of 1965, as amended, $48,000,000.
HIGHER EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, section
121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended, and the Mutual Educational
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961; $1,466,826,000, of which
$12,000,000 for interest subsidies authorized by section 121 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, shall remain available until
expended: Provided, That of the funds available for part A, subpart
2 of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $10,000,000
shall be available to fund awards for academic year 2000–2001,
and $10,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 2001,
shall be available to fund awards for academic year 2001–2002,
for fellowships under part A, subpart 1 of title VII of said Act,
under the terms and conditions of part A, subpart 1: Provided
further, That section 852(b)(1) of the Higher Education Amendments
of 1998 is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘14’’ and inserting ‘‘16’’;
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(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon;
(3) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and inserting
a semicolon; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(G) one member shall be appointed by the Chairperson
of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate from among members of the Senate;
and
‘‘(H) one member shall be appointed by the Chairperson
of the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the
House of Representatives from among members of the
House of Representatives.’’:
Provided further, That the matter preceding paragraph (1) of section
853(b) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 is amended
by striking ‘‘6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘12 months’’: Provided further,
That the amounts provided under this heading in division A, section
101(f ) of Public Law 105–277 for the Web-Based Education Commis-
sion, authorized by part J of title VIII of the Higher Education
Amendments of 1998, shall remain available through September
30, 2000: Provided further, That $3,000,000 is for data collection
and evaluation activities for programs under the Higher Education
Act of 1965, including such activities needed to comply with the
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: Provided further,
That of the funds available for title IV, part A, subpart 8 of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 and notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $3,000,000 shall be awarded to the University
of South Florida for a distance learning program, $190,000 shall
be awarded to the New York Global Communication Center in
West Islip, New York for a distance learning program, $1,000,000
shall be awarded to the Alliance for Technology, Learning and
Society (ATLAS) at the University of Colorado for technology-
enhanced learning, $2,500,000 shall be awarded to the Illinois
Community College Board to develop a systemwide, on-line virtual
degree program for the community college system in Illinois, and
$1,250,000 shall be made available to the University of Idaho Inter-
active Learning Environments to develop and improve Internet-
based delivery of education programs.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 121 et
seq.), $219,444,000, of which not less than $3,530,000 shall be
for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University
Endowment Act (Public Law 98–480) and shall remain available
until expended.
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM
For Federal administrative expenses authorized under section
121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $737,000 to carry out
activities related to existing facility loans entered into under the
Higher Education Act of 1965.
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HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to section 344
of title III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall
not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds shall not
exceed zero.
For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black
College and University Capital Financing Program entered into
pursuant to title III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended, $207,000.
EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT
For carrying out activities authorized by the Educational
Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of
1994, including part E; the National Education Statistics Act of
1994, including sections 411 and 412; section 2102 of title II, and
parts A, B, and K and section 10102 and section 10601 of title
X, and part C of title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965, as amended, and title VI of Public Law 103–
227, $492,679,000: Provided, That $25,000,000 shall be available
to demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive school reform,
to be allocated and expended in accordance with the instructions
relating to this activity in the statement of managers on the con-
ference report accompanying Public Law 105–78 and in the state-
ment of the managers on the conference report accompanying Public
Law 105–277: Provided further, That the funds made available
for comprehensive school reform shall become available on July
1, 2000, and remain available through September 30, 2001, and
in carrying out this initiative, the Secretary and the States shall
support only approaches that show the most promise of enabling
children to meet challenging State content standards and chal-
lenging State student performance standards based on reliable
research and effective practices, and include an emphasis on basic
academics and parental involvement: Provided further, That
$10,000,000 of the funds provided for the national education
research institutes shall be allocated notwithstanding subparagrphs
(B) and (C) of section 931(c)(2) of Public Law 103–227: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated under section 10601 of
title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
as amended, $1,500,000 shall be used to conduct a violence preven-
tion demonstration program: Provided further, That of the funds
available for part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, $10,000,000 shall be awarded to the National
Constitution Center, established by Public Law 100–433, for exhi-
bition design, program planning and operation of the center,
$10,000,000 shall be provided to continue a demonstration of public
school facilities to the Iowa Department of Education, $1,000,000
shall be made available to the New Mexico Department of Education
for school performance improvement and drop-out prevention,
$300,000 shall be made available to Semos Unlimited, Inc., in
New Mexico to support bilingual education and literacy programs,
$700,000 shall be awarded to Loyola University Chicago for recruit-
ment and preparation of new teacher candidates for employment
in rural and inner-city schools, $500,000 shall be awarded to Shedd
Aquarium/Brookfield Zoo for science education/exposure programs