H. R. 244—415 
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, $121,275,000: Provided, That from the total amount 
available, the University 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 provided, the 
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 and 
the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), 
$1,720,686,000, of which $929,686,000 shall become available on 
July 1, 2017, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2018, and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 
1, 2017, and shall remain available through September 30, 2018: 
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, $24,198,210,000, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2018. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible 
during award year 2017–2018 shall be $4,860. 
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, $1,576,854,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2018: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall allocate new student loan borrower accounts to 
eligible student loan servicers on the basis of their performance 
compared to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, 
and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process new 
and existing accounts: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
no later than September 30, 2017, allow student loan borrowers 
who are consolidating Federal student loans to select from any 
student loan servicer to service their new consolidated student 
loan. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles 
II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the HEA, the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and section 117 of the Carl 
D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, 
$2,055,439,000: Provided, 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 Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits 
and study in foreign countries by individuals who are participating
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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 inter-
national 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 information dissemination activi-
ties: Provided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made 
available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of 
the HEA may be used for evaluation : Provided further, That, 
in making awards under section 402C of the HEA with funds 
appropriated by this Act, the Secretary shall announce new grant 
awards for which the notice inviting applications was published 
in the Federal Register on October 17, 2016 (81 F.R. 71,492) by 
June 1, 2017, and for all other new grant awards under such 
section by August 1, 2017: Provided further, That, in making 
continuation grant awards under subpart 2 of chapter 1 of part 
A of title IV of the HEA with funds appropriated by this Act, 
the Secretary shall issue continuation notifications no later than 
August 1, 2017. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For partial support of Howard University, $221,821,000, of 
which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for a matching endowment 
grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act and 
shall remain available until expended. 
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities 
related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the 
HEA, $435,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL 
FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as authorized 
pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2018: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$282,212,885: Provided further, That these funds may be used to 
support loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities without regard to the limitations within section 
344(a) of the HEA. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Histori-
cally Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, $334,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Education Sciences 
Reform Act of 2002, the National Assessment of Educational 
Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with
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Disabilities Education Act, $605,267,000, which shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2018: Provided, That funds available 
to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 
Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and secondary data 
systems with early childhood, postsecondary, and workforce data 
systems, or to further develop such systems: Provided further, That 
up to $6,000,000 of the funds available to carry out section 208 
of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 
to public or private organizations or agencies to support activities 
to improve data coordination, quality, and use at the local, State, 
and national levels. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three pas-
senger motor vehicles, $432,000,000, of which up to $1,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, may be for relocation of, and 
renovation of buildings occupied by, Department staff: Provided, 
That $2,000,000 of the unobligated funds available under this 
heading and ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ in this and prior appro-
priations acts that may be used for travel, printing, supplies and 
other administrative expenses shall be available for obligation for 
the Ready to Learn program. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as author-
ized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $108,500,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, 
as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education 
Organization Act, $59,256,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase 
of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial 
imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation 
of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such 
transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation 
of any school or school system. 
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be 
used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any 
student to a school other than the school which is nearest the 
student’s home, except for a student requiring special education, 
to the school offering such special education, in order to comply 
with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose 
of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students 
includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving 
the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing
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of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade 
restructuring, pairing, or clustering. The prohibition described in 
this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools. 
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer 
and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Edu-
cation in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 
by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted 
by this section shall not be used to create any new program or 
to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided 
in this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 305. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of Free 
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2017’’ for ‘‘2016’’. 
SEC. 306. Funds appropriated in this Act and consolidated 
for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the ESEA shall 
be available from July 1, 2017, through September 30, 2018. 
SEC. 307. (a) An institution of higher education that maintains 
an endowment fund supported with funds appropriated for title 
III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2017 may use the income 
from that fund to award scholarships to students, subject to the 
limitation in section 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such 
income for such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 
be considered to have been an allowable use of that income, subject 
to that limitation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and V of 
the HEA are reauthorized. 
SEC. 308. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
SEC. 309. Section 458(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)) is 
amended in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 310. (a) Section 401(b) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(8)(A) Effective in the 2017–2018 award year and there-
after, the Secretary shall award an eligible student not more 
than one and one-half Federal Pell Grants during a single 
award year to permit such student to work toward completion 
of an eligible program if, during that single award year, the 
student— 
‘‘(i) has received a Federal Pell Grant for an award 
year and is enrolled in an eligible program for one 
or more additional payment periods during the same 
award year that are not otherwise fully covered by 
the student’s Federal Pell Grant; and