‘‘(1) AUTHORIZING
COMMITTEES.—The term
‘authorizing committees’ means the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Education and the Work-
force of the House of Representatives.’’.
(b) COMMITTEES.—
(1) The following provisions are each amended
by striking ‘‘Committee on Labor and Human Re-
sources of the Senate and the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ and inserting ‘‘authorizing commit-
tees’’:
(A) Section 131(a)(3)(B) (20 U.S.C.
1015(a)(3)(B)).
(B) 
Section 
131(c)(4) 
(20 
U.S.C.
1015(c)(4)).
(C) Section 206(d) (20 U.S.C. 1026(d)).
(D) 
Section 
207(c)(1) 
(20 
U.S.C.
1027(c)(1)).
(E) Section 428(g) (20 U.S.C. 1078(g)).
(F) Section 428A(a)(4) (20 U.S.C. 1078–
1(a)(4)).
(G) Section 428A(c)(2) (20 U.S.C. 1078–
1(c)(2)).
(H) Section 428A(c)(3) (20 U.S.C. 1078–
1(c)(3)).
(I) Section 428A(c)(5) (20 U.S.C. 1078–
1(c)(5)).
(J) Section 455(b)(7)(B) (20 U.S.C.
1087e(b)(7)(B)).
(K) Section 483(c) (20 U.S.C. 1090(c)).
(L) Section 486(e) (20 U.S.C. 1093(e)).
(M) Section 486(f)(3)(A) (20 U.S.C.
1093(f)(3)(A)).
(N) Section 486(f)(3)(B) (20 U.S.C.
1093(f)(3)(B)).
(O) 
Section 
487A(a)(5) 
(20 
U.S.C.
1094a(a)(5)).
(P) 
Section 
487A(b)(2) 
(20 
U.S.C.
1094a(b)(2)).
(Q) Section 487A(b)(3)(B) (20 U.S.C.
1094a(b)(3)(B)).
(R) Section 498B(d)(1) (20 U.S.C. 1099c–
2(d)(1)).
(S) Section 498B(d)(2) (20 U.S.C. 1099c–
2(d)(2)).
(2) The following provisions are each amended
by striking ‘‘Committee on Education and the Work-
force of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Labor and Human Resources of the Sen-
ate’’ and inserting ‘‘authorizing committees’’.
(A) Section 141(d)(4)(B) (20 U.S.C.
1018(d)(4)(B)).
(B) 
Section 
428(n)(4) 
(20 
U.S.C.
1078(n)(4)).
(C) The last sentence of section 432(n) (20
U.S.C. 1082(n)).
(D) Section 485(f)(5)(A) (20 U.S.C.
1092(f)(5)(A)).
(E) Section 485(g)(4)(B) (20 U.S.C.
1092(g)(4)(B)).
(3) Section 206(a) (20 U.S.C. 1026(a)) is
amended by striking ‘‘, the Committee on Labor and
Human Resources of the Senate, and the Committee
on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘and the authorizing
committees’’.
(4) Section 401(f)(3) (20 U.S.C. 1070a(f)(3))
is amended by striking ‘‘Committee on Appropria-
tions and the Committee on Labor and Human Re-
sources of the Senate and the Committee on Appro-
priations and the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives and the author-
izing committees’’.
(5) 
Section 
428(c)(9)(K) 
(20 
U.S.C.
1078(c)(9)(K)) is amended by striking ‘‘House Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce and the
Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources’’
and inserting ‘‘authorizing committees’’.
(6) Section 428I(h) (20 U.S.C. 1078–9(h)) is
amended by striking ‘‘Chairman of the Senate Labor
and Human Resources Committee and the House
Committee on Education and Labor’’ and inserting
‘‘chairpersons of the authorizing committees’’.
(7) 
Section 
432(f)(1)(C) 
(20 
U.S.C.
1082(f)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘Committee
on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives or the Committee on Labor and
Human Resources of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘ei-
ther of the authorizing committees’’.
(8) Section 439(d)(1)(E)(iii) (20 U.S.C. 1087–
2(d)(1)(E)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘Chairman
and the Ranking Member on the Committee on
Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the
Chairman and the Ranking Member of the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor of the House of
Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘chairpersons and
ranking minority members of the authorizing com-
mittees’’.
(9) Paragraphs (3) and (8)(C) of section 439(r)
(20 U.S.C. 1087–2(r)) are each amended by striking
‘‘Chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the
Senate, the Chairman and ranking minority member
of the Committee on Education and Labor of the
House of Representatives,’’ and inserting ‘‘chair-
persons and ranking minority members of the au-
thorizing committees’’.
(10) Paragraphs (5)(B) and (10) of section
439(r) (20 U.S.C. 1087–2(r)) are each amended by
striking ‘‘Chairman and ranking minority member of
the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Re-
sources and to the Chairman and ranking minority
member of the House Committee on Education and
Labor’’ and inserting ‘‘chairpersons and ranking mi-
nority members of the authorizing committees’’.
(11) Section 439(r)(6)(B) (20 U.S.C. 1087–
2(r)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘Chairman and
ranking minority member of the Committee on
Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and to
the Chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of
Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘chairpersons and
ranking minority members of the authorizing com-
mittees’’.
(12) Section 439(s)(2)(A) (20 U.S.C. 1087–
2(s)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘Chairman and
Ranking Member of the Committee on Labor and
Human Resources of the Senate and the Chairman
and Ranking Member of the Committee on Eco-
nomic and Educational Opportunities of the House
of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘chairpersons and
ranking minority members of the authorizing com-
mittees’’.
(13) Section 439(s)(2)(B) (20 U.S.C. 1087–
2(s)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘Chairman and
Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on
Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and
Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportu-
nities of the House of Representatives’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘chairpersons and ranking minority members of
the authorizing committees’’.
(14) Section 482(d) (20 U.S.C. 1089(d)) is
amended by striking ‘‘Committee on Labor and
Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee
on Education and Labor of the House of Represent-
atives’’ and inserting ‘‘authorizing committees’’.
(c) ADDITIONAL CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Clauses (i) and (ii) of section 425(a)(2)(A)
(20 U.S.C. 1075(a)(2)(A)) are each amended by
striking ‘‘428A or 428B’’ and inserting ‘‘428B or
428H’’.
(2) 
Section 
428(a)(2)(E) 
(20 
U.S.C.
1078(a)(2)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘428A or’’.
(3) Clauses (i) and (ii) of section 428(b)(1)(B)
(20 U.S.C. 1078(b)(1)(B)) are each amended by
striking ‘‘428A or 428B’’ and inserting ‘‘428B or
428H’’.
(4) 
Section 
428(b)(1)(Q) 
(20 
U.S.C.
1078(b)(1)(Q)) is amended by striking ‘‘sections
428A and 428B’’ and inserting ‘‘section 428B or
428H’’.
(5) 
Section 
428(b)(7)(C) 
(20 
U.S.C.
1078(b)(7)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘428A,
428B,’’ and inserting ‘‘428B’’.
(6) Section 428G(c)(2) (20 U.S.C. 1078–
7(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘428A’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘428H’’.
(7) The heading for section 433(e) (20 U.S.C.
1083(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘SLS LOANS AND’’.
(8) Section 433(e) (20 U.S.C. 1083(e)) is
amended by striking ‘‘428A, 428B,’’ and inserting
‘‘428B’’.
(9) Section 435(a)(3) (20 U.S.C. 1085(a)(3)) is
amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A);
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (B).
(10) 
Section 
435(d)(1)(G) 
(20 
U.S.C.
1085(d)(1)(G)) is amended by striking ‘‘428A(d),
428B(d), 428C,’’ and inserting ‘‘428B(d), 428C,
428H,’’.
(11) Section 435(m) (20 U.S.C. 1085(m)) is
amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘,
428A,’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(D), by striking
‘‘428A’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘428H’’.
(12) Section 438(c)(6) (20 U.S.C. 1087–
1(c)(6)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘SLS AND’’ in the heading;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘428A or’’.
(13) Section 438(c)(7) (20 U.S.C. 1087–
1(c)(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘428A or’’.
(14) Nothing in the amendments made by this
subsection shall be construed to alter the terms, con-
ditions, and benefits applicable to Federal supple-
mental loans for students (‘‘SLS loans’’) under sec-
tion 428A as in effect prior to July 1, 1994 (20
U.S.C. 1078–1).
(d) HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1998.—
(1) Section 801(d) of the Higher Education
Amendments of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1018 note) is
amended by striking ‘‘Committee on Education and
the Workforce of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the
Senate,’’ and inserting ‘‘authorizing committees’’.
(2) Section 802(b) of the Higher Education
Amendments of 1998 is amended by striking ‘‘Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on
Labor and Human Resources of the Senate’’ and in-
serting ‘‘authorizing committees’’.
(3) The following provisions of the Higher Edu-
cation Amendments of 1998 are each amended by
striking ‘‘Committee on Labor and Human Re-
sources of the Senate and the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ and inserting ‘‘authorizing commit-
tees’’.
(A) Section 803(b) (20 U.S.C. 1015 note).
(B) Section 805(b) (20 U.S.C. 1001 note).
(C) Section 806(c).
(4) Section 804(b) of the Higher Education
Amendments of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1099b note) is
amended by striking ‘‘Chairman and Ranking Mi-
nority Member of the Committee on Education and
the Workforce of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of
the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘chairpersons and rank-
ing minority members of the authorizing commit-
tees’’.
(5) Section 861(b) of the Higher Education
Amendments of 1998 is amended by striking ‘‘Com-
mittees on Ways and Means and on Education and
the Workforce of the House of Representatives and
the Committees on Finance and on Labor and
Human Resources of the Senate’’ and inserting
‘‘Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Finance of the
Senate, and the authorizing committees’’.
SEC. 4. NO DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION.
Sections 482(c) and 492 of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1089(c), 1098a) shall not apply to
the regulations implementing the amendments made by
this Act.
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