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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
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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,’’.
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(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(b)(2)(D) (20 U.S.C. 1087–
1(b)(2)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘division (i) of 
this subparagraph’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (i) of this 
subparagraph’’. 
(13) Section 438(c)(6) (20 U.S.C. 1087–
1(c)(6)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘SLS AND PLUS’’ in the 
heading and inserting ‘‘PLUS’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘428A or’’. 
(14) Section 438(c)(7) (20 U.S.C. 1087–
1(c)(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘428A or’’. 
(15) 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).
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TITLE IX—AMENDMENTS TO 
OTHER EDUCATION LAWS 
PART A—EDUCATION OF THE DEAF ACT OF 1986
SEC. 901. LAURENT CLERC NATIONAL DEAF EDUCATION 
CENTER. 
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 104(a)(1)(A) of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 
4304(a)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘maintain 
and operate’’ the following: ‘‘, at the Laurent Clerc Na-
tional Deaf Education Center,’’. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(b) of the Edu-
cation of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4304(b)) 
is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) of paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘elementary 
and secondary education programs’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education 
Center’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘elemen-
tary and secondary education programs’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Laurent Clerc National Deaf Edu-
cation Center’’. 
(2) ACADEMIC CONTENT STANDARDS, ACHIEVE-
MENT
STANDARDS, 
AND
ASSESSMENTS.—Section
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104(b) of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 
(20 U.S.C. 4304(b)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) The University, in consultation with the Sec-
retary, shall—
‘‘(A) not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of the College Access and Oppor-
tunity Act of 2005, adopt and implement academic 
content standards, academic achievement standards, 
and academic assessments as described in section 
1111(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 for the Laurent Clerc National 
Deaf Education Center; 
‘‘(B) develop adequate yearly progress stand-
ards for the Center as described in section 
1111(b)(2)(C) of such Act; and 
‘‘(C) make available to the public the results of 
such assessments, except in such case in which such 
reporting would not yield statistically reliable infor-
mation or would reveal personally identifiable infor-
mation about an individual student.’’. 
SEC. 902. AUTHORITY. 
Section 111 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 
(20 U.S.C. 4331) is amended by striking ‘‘the institution 
of higher education with which the Secretary has an agree-
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ment under this part’’ and inserting ‘‘the Rochester Insti-
tute of Technology’’. 
SEC. 903. AGREEMENT FOR THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL IN-
STITUTE FOR THE DEAF. 
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 112(a) of the 
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4332(a)) 
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the first sentence—
(i) by striking ‘‘an institution of high-
er education’’ and inserting ‘‘the Rochester 
Institute of Technology, Rochester, New 
York,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘of a’’ and inserting 
‘‘of the’’; and 
(B) by striking the second sentence; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘the institution of higher edu-
cation with which the Secretary has an agree-
ment under this section’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Rochester Institute of Technology’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the 
institution’’ and inserting ‘‘the Rochester Insti-
tute of Technology’’.
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(b) PROVISIONS OF AGREEMENT.—Section 112(b) of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 
4332(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or other gov-
erning body of the institution’’ and inserting ‘‘of the 
Rochester Institute of Technology’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or other governing body of 
the institution’’ and inserting ‘‘of the Rochester 
Institute of Technology’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the institution of higher 
education under the agreement with the Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Rochester Institute 
of Technology by the National Technical Insti-
tute for the Deaf’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘Committee on Education 
and Labor of the House of Representatives and 
to the Committee on Labor and Human Re-
sources of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce of the 
House of Representatives and to the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate’’. 
(c) LIMITATION.—Section 112(c) of the Education of 
the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4332(c)) is amended in
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paragraphs (1) and (2) by striking ‘‘institution’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Rochester Institute of 
Technology’’. 
SEC. 904. 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. 905. 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 
(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
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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 
through ‘‘section 207’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 102(b), 
105(b)(4), 112(b)(5), 203(c), 207(b)(2), subsections (c) 
through (f) of section 207’’. 
(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 
(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