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(2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re-
designated) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(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 428(g) (20 U.S.C. 1078(g)). 
(B) Section 428A(c)(2) (20 U.S.C. 1078–
1(c)(2)). 
(C) Section 428A(c)(5) (20 U.S.C. 1078–
1(c)(5)). 
(D) Section 455(b)(7)(B) (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(b)(7)(B)), as redesignated by section 
423(b)(3). 
(E) Section 483(c) (20 U.S.C. 1090(c)). 
(F) Section 486(e) (20 U.S.C. 1093(e)).
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(G) 
Section 
486(f)(3)(A) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1093(f)(3)(A)). 
(H) Section 486(f)(3)(B) (20 U.S.C. 
1093(f)(3)(B)). 
(I) 
Section 
487A(a)(5) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1094a(a)(5)). 
(J) 
Section 
487A(b)(2) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1094a(b)(2)). 
(K) Section 487A(b)(3)(B) (20 U.S.C. 
1094a(b)(3)(B)). 
(L) Section 498B(d)(1) (20 U.S.C. 1099c–
2(d)(1)). 
(M) 
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) 
Section 
437(c)(1) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1087(c)(1)).
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(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 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’’. 
(4) 
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’’. 
(5) 
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’’.
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(6) 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’’. 
(7) 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’’. 
(8) 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