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$16,712,000 for interest subsidies under title VII of the
Higher Education Act, as amended, shall remain available
until expended.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C.
121 et seq.), $170,366,000.
HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES LOANS
The Secretary is hereby authorized to make such ex-
penditures, within the limits of funds available under this
heading and in accord with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tation, as provided by section 104 of the Government Cor-
poration Control Act (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be nec-
essary in carrying out the program for the current fiscal
year.
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS
PROGRAM
For administrative expenses to carry out the existing
direct loan program of college housing and academic facili-
ties loans entered into pursuant to title VII, part C, of
the Higher Education Act, as amended, $700,000.
COLLEGE HOUSING LOANS
Pursuant to title VII, part C of the Higher Education
Act, as amended, for necessary expenses of the college
housing loans program, previously carried out under title
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IV of the Housing Act of 1950, the Secretary shall make
expenditures and enter into contracts without regard to
fiscal year limitation using loan repayments and other re-
sources available to this account. Any unobligated bal-
ances becoming available from fixed fees paid into this ac-
count pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 1749d, relating to payment
of costs for inspections and site visits, shall be available
for the operating expenses of this account.
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
CAPITAL FINANCING, PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to sec-
tion 724 of title VII, part B of the Higher Education Act
shall not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
of such bonds shall not exceed zero.
For administrative expenses to carry out the Histori-
cally Black College and University Capital Financing Pro-
gram entered into pursuant to title VII, part B of the
Higher Education Act, as amended, $166,000.
EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Im-
provement Act; the National Education Statistics Act;
part A of title III, parts A and B and section 10601 of
title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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of 1965, as amended, $255,107,000: Provided, That
$3,000,000 shall be for section 10601 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act: Provided further, That
$25,000,000 shall be for section 3136 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act (K–12 technology learning
challenge): Provided further, That none of the funds ap-
propriated in this paragraph may be obligated or expended
for the Goals 2000 Community Partnerships Program.
LIBRARIES
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, titles I and III of the Library Services and Con-
struction Act, $101,227,000.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-
cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and hire of two passenger motor vehicles,
$327,319,000.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil
Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department
of Education Organization Act, $53,951,000.
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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department
of Education Organization Act, $28,154,000.
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 trans-
portation 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 in-
cludes the transportation of students to carry out a plan
involving the reorganization of the grade structure of
schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools,
or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clus-
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tering. The prohibition described in this section does not
include the establishment of magnet schools.
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may
be used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools.
SEC. 304. No funds appropriated under this Act shall
be made available for opportunity to learn standards or
strategies.
SEC. 305. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds available for section 458 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act shall not exceed $320,000,000 for fiscal year
1996, of which $160,000,000 shall be available for the
payment of administrative cost allowances to guaranty
agencies. The Department of Education shall, within 30
days of enactment, develop a plan for the payment of ad-
ministrative cost allowances which shall be submitted to
the Chairs of the House Committee on Economic and
Educational Opportunities and the Senate Committee on
Labor and Human Resources. Notwithstanding section
458 of the Higher Education Act, the Secretary may not
use funds available under that section for subsequent fis-
cal years for administrative expenses of the William D.
Ford Direct Loan Program during fiscal year 1996, nor
may the Secretary require the return of guaranty agency
reserve funds during fiscal year 1996.
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No funds available to the Secretary may be used for
(1) marketing, advertising or promotion of the William D.
Ford Direct Loan Program, or for the hiring of advertis-
ing agencies or other third parties to provide advertising
services, or (2) payment of administrative fees relating to
the William D. Ford Direct Loan Program to institutions
of higher education.
None of the funds provided by this Act may be used
to hire staff at the Department of Education if such hiring
would increase on-board employment at the Department
as of the date of enactment of this Act.
None of the funds provided by this Act may be used
to conduct an evaluation of the William D. Ford Direct
Loan Program except as administered by the Advisory
Committee on Student Financial Assistance.
None of the funds provided by this Act may be used
by the Department of Education to implement new Indi-
vidual Procurement Agreements (IPAs).
SEC. 306. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be obligated or expended to carry out sections 727,
932, and 1002 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, sec-
tion 621(b) of Public Law 101–589, the President’s Advi-
sory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic
Americans, and the President’s Board of Advisors on His-
torically Black Colleges and Universities.