IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3784 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Higher Education Ex-
tension Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS. 
(a) EXTENSION OF DURATION.—The authorization 
of appropriations for, and the duration of, each program 
authorized under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) shall be extended through December 
31, 2005. 
(b) PERFORMANCE OF REQUIRED AND AUTHORIZED 
FUNCTIONS.—If the Secretary of Education, a State, an 
institution of higher education, a guaranty agency, a lend-
er, or another person or entity— 
(1) is required, in or for fiscal year 2004, to 
carry out certain acts or make certain determina-
tions or payments under a program under the High-
er Education Act of 1965, such acts, determinations, 
or payments shall be required to be carried out, 
made, or continued during the period of the exten-
sion under this section; or 
(2) is permitted or authorized, in or for fiscal 
year 2004, to carry out certain acts or make certain 
determinations or payments under a program under 
the Higher Education Act of 1965, such acts, deter-
minations, or payments are permitted or authorized
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to be carried out, made, or continued during the pe-
riod of the extension under this section. 
(c) EXTENSION AT CURRENT LEVELS.—The amount 
authorized to be appropriated for a program described in 
subsection (a) during the period of extension under this 
section shall be the amount authorized to be appropriated 
for such program for fiscal year 2004, or the amount ap-
propriated for such program for such fiscal year, which-
ever is greater. Except as provided in any amendment to 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 enacted during fiscal 
year 2005 or 2006, the amount of any payment required 
or authorized under subsection (b) in or for the period 
of the extension under this section shall be determined in 
the same manner as the amount of the corresponding pay-
ment required or authorized in or for fiscal year 2004. 
(d) ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND OTHER ENTITIES 
CONTINUED.—Any advisory committee, interagency orga-
nization, or other entity that was, during fiscal year 2004, 
authorized or required to perform any function under the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), 
or in relation to programs under that Act, shall continue 
to exist and is authorized or required, respectively, to per-
form such function for the period of the extension under 
this section.
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(e) ADDITIONAL EXTENSION NOT PERMITTED.—Sec-
tion 422 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
U.S.C. 1226a) shall not apply to further extend the au-
thorization of appropriations for any program described 
in subsection (a) on the basis of the extension of such pro-
gram under this section. 
(f) EXCEPTION.—The programs described in sub-
section (a) for which the authorization of appropriations, 
or the duration of which, is extended by this section in-
clude provisions applicable to institutions in, and students 
in or from, the Freely Associated States, except that those 
provisions shall be applicable with respect to institutions 
in, and students in or from, the Federated States of Mi-
cronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands only to 
the extent specified in Public Law 108–188. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 20, 
2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.