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to local educational agencies under this subpart shall be used
only for activities related to establishing smaller learning commu-
nities in high schools: Provided further, That funds made available
to carry out part C of title VII of the ESEA may be used for
construction: Provided further, That funds made available to carry
out part B of title VII of the ESEA may be used for construction,
renovation and modernization of any elementary school, secondary
school, or structure related to an elementary school or secondary
school, run by the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii,
that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body: Pro-
vided further, That $387,000,000 shall be for subpart l of part
A of title VI of the ESEA: Provided further, That no funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used to carry out section 5494
under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Provided fur-
ther, That $814,660,000 shall be available to carry out part D
of title V of the ESEA: Provided further, That $212,160,000 of
the funds for subpart l, part D of title V of the ESEA shall be
available for the projects and in the amounts specified in the
statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying
this Act.
INDIAN EDUCATION
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise
provided, title VII, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965, $122,368,000.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
For carrying out title III, part A of the ESEA, $690,000,000,
of which $494,000,000 shall become available on July 1, 2003,
and shall remain available through September 30, 2004.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act, $10,095,639,000, of which $4,135,233,000 shall become avail-
able for obligation on July 1, 2003, and shall remain available
through September 30, 2004, and of which $5,672,000,000 shall
become available on October 1, 2003, and shall remain available
through September 30, 2004, for academic year 2003–2004: Pro-
vided, That $10,000,000 shall be for Recording for the Blind and
Dyslexic to support the development, production, and circulation
of recorded educational materials: Provided further, That $1,500,000
shall be for the recipient of funds provided by Public Law 105–
78 under section 687(b)(2)(G) of the Act to provide information
on diagnosis, intervention, and teaching strategies for children with
disabilities: Provided further, That the amount for section 611(c)
of the Act shall be equal to the amount available for that section
in the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2002, increased
by the amount of inflation as specified in section 611(f)(1)(B)(ii)
of the Act: Provided further, That $7,715,000 of the funds for
section 672 of the Act shall be available for the projects and in
the amounts specified in the statement of the managers of the
conference report accompanying this Act.
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REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998,
and the Helen Keller National Center Act, $2,956,382,000, of which
$1,000,000 shall be used to improve the quality of applied orthotic
and prosthetic research and help meet the demand for provider
services: Provided, That the funds provided for title I of the Assistive
Technology Act of 1998 (‘‘the AT Act’’) shall be allocated notwith-
standing section 105(b)(1) of the AT Act: Provided further, That
section 101(f) of the AT Act shall not limit the award of an extension
grant to 3 years: Provided further, That no State or outlying area
awarded funds under section 101 shall receive less than the amount
received in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That $3,540,000
of the funds for section 303 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
shall be available for the projects and in the amounts specified
in the statement of the managers on the conference report accom-
panying this Act.
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20
U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $15,500,000.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles
I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C.
4301 et seq.), $54,050,000, of which $1,600,000 shall be for construc-
tion and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That
from the total amount available, the Institute may at its discretion
use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section
207.
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model
Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet
University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf
Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $98,438,000: Provided, That
from the total amount available, the University may at its discretion
use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section
207.
VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act,
and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, and title VIII–
D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and Public
Law 102–73, $1,956,060,000, of which $1,158,060,000 shall become
available on July 1, 2003 and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2004 and of which $791,000,000 shall become available
on October 1, 2003 and shall remain available through September
30, 2004: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law or any regulation, the Secretary of Education shall not require
the use of a restricted indirect cost rate for grants issued pursuant
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to section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Tech-
nology Education Act: Provided further, That of the amount provided
for Adult Education State Grants, $70,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for integrated English literacy and civics education services
to immigrants and other limited English proficient populations:
Provided further, That of the amount reserved for integrated
English literacy and civics education, notwithstanding section 211
of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, 65 percent shall
be allocated to States based on a State’s absolute need as deter-
mined by calculating each State’s share of a 10-year average of
the Immigration and Naturalization Service data for immigrants
admitted for legal permanent residence for the 10 most recent
years, and 35 percent allocated to States that experienced growth
as measured by the average of the 3 most recent years for which
Immigration and Naturalization Service data for immigrants
admitted for legal permanent residence are available, except that
no State shall be allocated an amount less than $60,000: Provided
further, That of the amounts made available for the Adult Education
and Family Literacy Act, $9,500,000 shall be for national leadership
activities under section 243 and $6,560,000 shall be for the National
Institute for Literacy under section 242: Provided further, That
$23,500,000 shall be for Youth Offender Grants, of which $5,000,000
shall be used in accordance with section 601 of Public Law 102–
73 as that section was in effect prior to the enactment of Public
Law 105–220.
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, section 428K,
part C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended, $13,450,500,000, which shall remain available
through September 30, 2004.
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible
during award year 2003–2004 shall be $4,050.
HIGHER EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, section
121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’), as amended, section 1543 of the Higher Edu-
cation Amendments of 1992, title VIII of the Higher Education
Amendments of 1998, and the Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchange Act of 1961, $2,100,701,000, of which $3,000,000 for
interest subsidies authorized by section 121 of the HEA, shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That $10,000,000, to
remain available through September 30, 2004, shall be available
to fund fellowships for academic year 2004–2005 under part A,
subpart 1 of title VII of said Act, under the terms and conditions
of part A, subpart 1: Provided further, That $1,000,000 is for data
collection and evaluation activities for programs under the HEA,
including such activities needed to comply with the Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds made available
in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6)
of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961
may be used to support visits and study in foreign countries by
individuals who are participating in advanced foreign language
training and international studies in areas that are vital to United
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States national security and who plan to apply their language
skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of government,
the professions, or international development: Provided further,
That up to 1 percent of the funds referred to in the preceding
proviso may be used for program evaluation, national outreach,
and information dissemination activities: Provided further, That
$140,599,000 of the funds for part B of title VII of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 shall be available for the projects and in
the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the
conference report accompanying this Act.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 121 et
seq.), $240,000,000, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be
for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University
Endowment Act (Public Law 98–480) and shall remain available
until expended.
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM
For Federal administrative expenses authorized under section
121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $762,000 to carry out
activities related to existing facility loans entered into under the
Higher Education Act of 1965.
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds insured
pursuant to section 344 of title III, part D of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 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 Historically Black
College and University Capital Financing Program entered into
pursuant to title III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended, $208,000.
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES
For carrying out activities authorized by Public Law 107–279,
$450,887,000: 
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$140,000,000 shall be available for obligation through September
30, 2004: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be available to
extend for 1 additional year the contract for the Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
authorized under section 2102(a)(2) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965, prior to its amendment by the
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public Law 107–110.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three pas-
senger motor vehicles, $412,545,000, of which $12,795,000, to