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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