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(c) LIMITATION.—Section 112(c) of the Education of 
the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4332(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ‘‘in-
stitution’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Roch-
ester Institute of Technology’’; and 
(2) in the matter following paragraph (2), by 
striking ‘‘the applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘RIT’’. 
SEC. 905. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 201 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 
(20 U.S.C. 4351) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (3); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(7) as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(7) The term ‘RIT’ means the Rochester Insti-
tute of Technology.’’. 
SEC. 906. AUDIT. 
(a) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE AU-
THORITY.—Section 203(a) of the Education of the Deaf 
Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4353(a)) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘GENERAL AC-
COUNTING OFFICE’’ and inserting ‘‘GOVERNMENT 
ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE’’; and
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(2) in the matter following paragraph (2), by 
striking ‘‘General Accounting Office’’ and inserting 
‘‘Government Accountability Office’’. 
(b) INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL
AND COMPLIANCE 
AUDIT.—Section 203(b)(1) of the Education of the Deaf 
Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4353(b)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing the second sentence and inserting the following: 
‘‘NTID shall have an annual independent financial and 
compliance audit made of RIT programs and activities, 
including NTID programs and activities.’’. 
(c) COMPLIANCE.—Section 203(b)(2) of the Edu-
cation of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4353(b)(2)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘sections’’ and all that follows and 
inserting ‘‘sections 102(b), 105(b)(4), 112(b)(5), 203(c), 
207(b)(2), subsections (c) through (f) of section 207, and 
subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 209.’’. 
(d) SUBMISSION OF AUDITS.—Section 203(b)(3) of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 
4353(b)(3)) is amended—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘Secretary’’ the following: 
‘‘and the Committee on Education and the Work-
force of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
of the Senate’’; and
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(2) by striking ‘‘or the institution authorized to 
establish and operate the NTID under section 
112(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘or RIT’’. 
(e) LIMITATIONS
REGARDING
EXPENDITURE
OF 
FUNDS.—Section 203(c)(2)(A) of the Education of the 
Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4353(c)(2)(A)) is amended 
in the fifth sentence by striking ‘‘the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Sen-
ate’’ and inserting ‘‘the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
Senate’’. 
SEC. 907. REPORTS. 
(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 204 of the 
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4354) is 
amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
(1) by striking ‘‘or other governing body of the 
institution of higher education with which the Sec-
retary has an agreement under section 112’’ and in-
serting ‘‘of RIT’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Labor and Human Resources of the Sen-
ate’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Education and
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the Workforce of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate’’. 
(b) CONTENTS
OF REPORT.—Section 204 of the 
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4354) is 
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘pre-
paratory,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘upon 
graduation/completion’’ and inserting ‘‘within one 
year of graduation/completion’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘of the in-
stitution of higher education with which the Sec-
retary has an agreement under section 112, includ-
ing specific schedules and analyses for all NTID 
funds, as required under section 203’’ and inserting 
‘‘of RIT programs and activities’’. 
SEC. 908. MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND REPORTING. 
Section 205(a) of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986 (20 U.S.C. 4305) is amended in the first sentence 
by striking ‘‘preparatory,’’. 
SEC. 909. LIAISON FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. 
Section 206(a) of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986 (20 U.S.C. 4356(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Not
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later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 
SEC. 910. FEDERAL ENDOWMENT PROGRAMS FOR GAL-
LAUDET UNIVERSITY AND THE NATIONAL 
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF. 
Section 207(a)(2) of the Education of the Deaf Act 
of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4357(a)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘or other governing body of the institution of higher edu-
cation with which the Secretary has an agreement under 
section 112’’ and inserting ‘‘of RIT’’. 
SEC. 911. OVERSIGHT AND EFFECT OF AGREEMENTS. 
Section 208(a) of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986 (20 U.S.C. 4359(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘the institution of higher edu-
cation with which the Secretary has an agreement 
under part B of title I’’ and inserting ‘‘RIT’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Committee on Labor and 
Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce of the House of 
Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate’’.
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SEC. 912. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. 
(a) ENROLLMENT.—Section 209(a) of the Education 
of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4359a(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘preparatory, undergraduate,’’ and inserting 
‘‘undergraduate’’. 
(b) TUITION SURCHARGE.—Section 209(b) of the 
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4359a(b)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘preparatory, undergraduate’’ and 
inserting ‘‘undergraduate’’. 
(c) DEFINITION.—Section 209(d) of the Education of 
the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4359a(d)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘1990 per capita income’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘per-capita income of not more than $5,125, 
measured in 2002 United States dollars and adjusted by 
the Secretary to reflect inflation since 2002.’’. 
SEC. 913. RESEARCH PRIORITIES. 
Section 210(b) of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986 (20 U.S.C. 4359b(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘Com-
mittee on Labor and Human Resources’’ and inserting 
‘‘Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions’’. 
SEC. 914. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) MONITORING AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.—
Section 205(c) of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 
(20 U.S.C. 4355(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 
1998 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2007 
through 2012’’.