An Act making appropriations for the Education Division and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976, and for other purposes.
PL 94-94 (H.R.5901), enacted 09/10/1975

89 STAT. 468 
PUBLIC LAW 94-94—SEPT. 10, 1975 
Sept. 10. 1975 
[H.R. 5901] 
Education 
Division and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriation 
Act, 1976. 
Public Law 94-94 
94th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the Education Division and related agencies, for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate 
mid House of Bepresentatives 
of the 
United /States of America 
in Congress assembled, That the following 
8ums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the Education Division and related agencies, 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1976, and the period ending Septem-
ber 30, 1976, and for other purposes, namely: 
T I T L E I — E D U C A T I O N D I V I S I O N 
OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
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880b. 
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238, 239, 240. 
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seq. 
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, title I, part 
A ($2,023,981,000), title I, part B ($24,769,000), title IV, part C 
($172,888,000), and title V I I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act ($97,770,000); title V I I of the Education Amendments of 
1974; the Environmental Education Act ($3,000,000); section 417(a) 
(2) of the General Education Provisions Act; part J of the Vocational 
Education Act; part I V of title I I I of the Communications Act of 
1934; the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act; and part B of 
the Headstart-Follow Through Act ($59,000,000), $2,414,158,000, of 
which $12,500,000 shall be for educational broadcasting facilities and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amounts 
appropriated above the following amounts shall become available for 
obligation on July 1, 1976, and shall remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1977: title I, part A 
($2,023,981,000), title I, part 
B 
($24,769,000), title IV, part C ($172,888,000) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act and section 417(a) (2) of the General Edu-
cation Provisions Act ($1,250,000) : Provided 
further, 
That amounts 
appropriated for carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act in the fiscal year 1976, shall be available for carrying 
out section 822 of Public Law 93-380. For carrying out title I V of 
the 
Elementary 
and 
Secondary 
Education 
Act 
an 
additional 
$11,633,852 for fiscal year 1977: Provided, 
That none of such funds 
may be paid to any State for which the allocation for fiscal year 1977 
exceeds the allocation for comparable purposes for fiscal year 1974. 
SCHOOL ASSISTANCE IN FEDERALLY AFFECTED AREAS 
For carrying out title I of the Act of Septem'ber 30,1950, as amended 
(20 U.S.C., ch. 13), $660,000,000 of which $46,000,000 shall be for 
payments under section 6, $603,000,000 shall be for payments under 
sections 2, 3, and 4 in accordance with subsection 5(c) of said Act, and 
$11,000,000 shall be for payments under subparagraphs (B) and (C) 
of section 305 of the Education Amendments of 1974. For carrying out 
the Act of September 23, 1950, as amended (20 U.S.C, ch. 19), 
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89 STAT. 469 
$20,000,000, which shall remain available until expended, shall be for 
providing school facilities as authorized by said Act of September 23, 
1950: Provided, That, with the exception of up to $5,000,000 for repairs 
for facilities constructed under section 10, none of the funds contained 
herein for providing school facilities shall be available to pay for any 
other section of the Act of September 23,1950, until payment has been 
made of 100 per centum of the amounts payable under section 5 and 
subsections 14(a) and 14(b) : Provided further, That of the funds 
provided herein for carrying out the Act of September 23, 1950, no 
more than 47.5 per centum may be used to fund section 5 of said Act: 
Provided further, That the Commissioner of Education is hereby 
authorized to provide amounts necessary to meet the costs of providing 
increased school facilities in communities located near the Trident 
Support Site, Bangor, Washington; notwithstanding section 421A 
(c) (2) (A) of the General Education Provisions Act, the Commis-
sioner is authorized to approve applications for funds for this purpose 
on such terms and conditions as he may reasonably require without 
regard to any provision in law. For "School assistance in federally 
affected areas" for the period July 1,1976, through September 30,1976, 
$70,000,000. 
EMERGENCY SCHOOL AID 
For carrying out title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the 
Emei-gency School Aid Act, $241,700,000. For carrying out title IV of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Emergency School Aid Act, for 
the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $325,000. 
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note. 
EDUCATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Educa-
tion of the Handicapped Act, $236,375,000: Provided, That of this 
amount, $110,000,000 for part B shall become available for obligation 
on July 1, 1976, and shall remain available until September 30, 1977. 
For "Education for the handicapped" for the period July 1, 1976, 
through September 30, 1976, $10,500,000. 
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note. 
OCCUPATIONAL, VOCATIONAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, section 102 
(b) ($20,000,000), parts B and C ($433,529,100), D, F ($40,994,000), 
G ($19,500,000), H ($9,849,000) and I of the Vocational Education 
Act of 1963, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1241-1391), and parts B-1, D, and 
F of the Education Professions Development Act, and the Adult 
Education Act of 1966, $669,650,100, including $16,000,000 for exem-
plary programs under part D of said 1963 Act of which 50 per centum 
shall remain available until expended and 50 per centum shall remain 
available throug'h June 30, 1977, and not to exceed $18,000,000 for 
research and training under part C of said 1963 Act: Provided, That 20 USC 1281 
of this amount $71,500,000 for the Adult Education Act shall become 
available for obligation on July 1, 1976, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 1977. For "Occupational, vocational, and adult 
education" for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, 
$151,000,000. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
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For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles I, III, 
IV, and parts A, B, C, and D of title IX and section 1203 of the Higher 
Education Act, the Emergency Insured Student Loan Act of 1969, 20 use 1001, 
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1134i, 1134n, 
1142b. 
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PUBLIC LAW 94-94—SEPT. 10, 1975 
as amended, section 207 and title V I of the National Defense Education 
Act, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, 
section 22 of the Act of June 29, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 329), 
section 421 of the General Education Provisions Act, title I X of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and Public Law 92-506, 
$2,439,309,000, of which $240,093,000 for supplemental educational 
opportunity grants and amounts available for work-study grants and 
for incentive grants shall remain available through September 30,1977, 
$23,750,000 shall be for veterans cost-of-instruction payments to insti-
tutions of higher education, $715,000,000 shall be for basic opportunity 
grants 
(including not to exceed $11,500,000 for administrative 
expenses) of which $703,500,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 1977, and $452,000,000 for subsidies on guaranteed student 
loans shall remain available until expended. For "Higher education" 
for the period July 1,1976, through September 30,1976, $124,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
LIBRARY RESOURCES 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles I 
($49,155,000) and I I I ($2,594,000) of the Library Services and Con-
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struction Act (20 U.S.C, ch. 16); titles I I and V I ($7,500,000) of the 
355e. 
Higher Education Act; and title IV, part B ($147,330,000) of the Ele-
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mentary and Secondary Education Act, $218,054,000: Provided, 
That 
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^^® amount appropriated above for title IV, part B of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act shall become available for obligation on 
July 1,1976, and shall remain available until September 30,1977. 
INNOVATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS 
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For carrying out the Special Projects Act (Public Law 93-380), 
note. 
$36,893,000. 
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Depart-
ment determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United 
States, for necessary expenses of the Office of Education, as authorized 
by law, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropria-
tions to such office, for payments in the foregoing currencies. 
For "Educational activities overseas (special foreign currency pro-
gram)" for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, 
$200,000, to remain available until expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the General 
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Education Provisions Act, and the Education Amendments of 1974, 
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$105,224,000. 
For "Salaries and expenses" for the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30,1976, $24,643,000. 
STUDENT LOAN INSURANCE 
FUND 
For the Student Loan Insurance Fund authorized by the Higher 
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Education Act of 1965, $201,787,000, to remain available until 
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expended. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-94—SEPT. 10, 1975 
89 STAT. 471 
For the "Student Loan Insurance Fund" for the period July 1,1976, 
through September 30, 1976, $30,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES LOAN AND INSURANCE FUND 
For the payment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the 
trustee on account of outstanding beneficial interest or participations 
in assets of the Office of Education authorized by the Department of 
Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1968, to be issued 81 Stat. 386. 
pursuant to section 302(c) of the Federal National Mortgage Associ-
ation Charter Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(c)), $2,192,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, and the Secretary is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available in the Higher 
Education Facilities Loan and Insurance Fund, and in accord with 
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitation as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act (31 U.S.C. 849) as may be necessary in 
carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for such fund. 
For "Higher Education Facilities Loan and Insurance Fund" for 
the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, for the pay-
ment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the trustee on 
account of outstanding beneficial interest or participations in assets 
of the Office of Education authorized by the Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1968, to be issued pur-
suant to section 302(c) of the Federal National Mortgage Association 
Charter Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(c)), $548,000, to remain available until 
expended, and the Secretary is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available in the Higher 
Education Facilities Loan and Insurance Fund, and in accord with 
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitation as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act (31 U.S.C. 849) as may be necessary in 
carrying out the program for the current fiscal period for such fund. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE or EDUCATION 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE or EDUCATION 
For carrying out section 405 of the General Education Provisions 
Act, including rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 20 USC 122 le. 
$70,000,000, of which up to $30,000,000 shall be made available by the 
Institute to the educational laboratories and research and development 
centers: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
heading may be used to award a grant or contract to any educational 
laboratory, research and development center, or any other project if 
any employee of said laboratory, center, or project is compensated, 
directly or indirectly, in whole or in part from Federal funds at an 
annual salary in excess of the salary paid to the U.S. Commissioner of 
Education or the Director of the National Institute of Education. 
For "National Institute of Education" for the period July 1, 1976, 
through September 30,1976, $20,000,000. 
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PUBLIC LAW 94-94—SEPT. 10, 1975 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out sections 402, 404, and 406 of the 
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General Education Provisions Act, $32,500,000, of which not to exceed 
1221d, 1221e-l. 
$1,500 may be for official reception and representation expenses. 
For "Salaries and expenses" for the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30,1976, $5,599,000, of which not to exceed $400 may be for 
official reception and representation expenses. 
TITLE II—EELATED AGENCIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 U.S.C. 
101-105), $2,408,000. 
For "American Printing House for the Blind" for the period 
July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $602,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For carrying out the National Technical Institute for the Deaf Act 
(20 U.S.C. 681, et seq.), $9,836,000. 
For "National Technical Institute for the Deaf" for the period 
July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $2,932,000. 
GALLAUDET COLLEGE 
For carrying out the Model Secondary School for the Deaf Act 
(80 Stat. 1027) and for the partial support of Gallaudet College 
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authorized by the Act of June 18,1954, $22,435,000, of which $2,255,000 
shall be for construction and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided^ That if requested by the college, such construction shall be 
supervised by the General Services Administration. 
For "Gallaudet College" for the period July 1, 1976, through Sep-
tember 30, 1976, $5,606,000. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For the partial support of Howard University, $84,158,000, of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for construction and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That if requested by the university, such con-
struction shall be supervised by the General Services Administration. 
For "Howard University" for the period July 1,1976, through Sep-
tember 30,1976, $18,728,000. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Experts and 
SEC. 301, Appropriations contained in this Act, available for salaries 
consultants. 
and expenses, shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C 
3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
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SEC. 302. Appropriations contained in this Act available for sal-
aries and expenses shall be available for expenses of attendance at meet-
ings which are concerned with the functions or activities for which the 
appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved conduct, 
supervision, or management of those functions or activities. 
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89 STAT. 473 
SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein except as provided in action 204 of Pub-
lic Law 93-554. 
SEC. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used to finance any Civil Service Interagency Board of Examiners. 
SEC. 305. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall 
be used to provide a loan, guarantee of a loan, a grant, the salary 
of or any remuneration whatever to any individual applying for 
admission, attending, employed by, teaching at, or doing research at 
an institution of higher education who has engaged in conduct on or 
after August 1, 1969, which involves the use of (or the assistance to 
others in the use of) force or the threat of force or the seizure of 
property under the control of an institution of higher education, to 
require or prevent the availability of certain curriculum, or to prevent 
the faculty, administrative officials, or students in such institution 
from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies at such 
institution. 
SEC. 306. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is 
authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to 
accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 
Act: Providedn^ That such transferred balances are used for the same 
purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they were orig-
inally appropriated. 
SEC. 307. Funds contained in this Act used to pay for contract serv-
ices by profitmaking consultant firms or to support consultant appoint-
ments shall not exceed the fiscal year 1973 level: Provided^ That 
obligations made from funds contained in this Act for consultant fees 
and services to any individual or group of consulting firms on any one 
project in excess of $25,000 shall be reported to the Senate and House 
of Representatives at least twice annually. 
SEC. 308. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used, other than ior normal and recognized executive-legislative 
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the prepara-
tion, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 
radio, television or film presentation designed to support or defeat 
legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the 
Congress itself. 
SEC. 309. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be Available for paying to the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration m excess of 90 percent of the standard level user 
charge established pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, for space and 
services. 
SEC. 310. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay 
any recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an 
amount equal to as much as the entire cost of such project. 
SEC. 311. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used for 
any activity the purpose of which is to require any recipient of any 
project grant for research, training, or demonstration made by any 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
88 Stat. 1784. 
Restrictions. 
Transfer of funds. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Funds restriction. 
Standard level 
user charges, 
limitation. 
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Research grants. 
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PUBLIC LAW 94-94—SEPT. 10, 1975 
Audit. 
Federal positions 
in Washington 
Forced student 
busing. 
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Short title. 
officer or employee of the Department of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare to pay to the United States any portion of any interest or other 
income earned on payments of such grant made before July 1,1964; 
nor shall any of the funds contained in this Act be used for any activ-
ity the purpose of which is to require payment to the United States of 
any portion of any interest or other income earned on payments made 
before July 1,1964, to the American Printing House for the Blind. 
SEC. 312. Funds appropriated in this Act to the Ajnerican Printing 
House for the Blind, Howard University, the National Technical 
Institute for the Deaf, and Gallaudet College shall be awarded to 
these institutions in the form of lump-sum grants and expenditures 
made therefrom shall be subject to audit by the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare. 
SEC. 313. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be available 
for additional permanent Federal positions in the Washington area 
if the proportion of additional positions in the Washington area in 
relation to the total new positions is allowed to exceed the proportion 
existing at the close of fiscal year 1966. 
SEC. 314. No part of the funds contained in this Act may be used to 
force any school or school district which is desegregated as that term is 
defined in title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 88-352, 
to take any action to force the busing of students; to force on account 
of race, creed, or color the abolishment of any school so desegregated; 
or to force the transfer or assignment of any student attending any 
elementary or secondary school so desegregated to or from a particu-
lar school over the protest of his or her parents or parent. 
SEC. 315. (a) No part of the funds contained in this Act shall be used 
to force any school or school district which is desegregated as that term 
is defined in title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 
88-352, to take any action to force the busing of students; to require the 
abolishment of any school so desegregated; or to force oh account of 
race, creed, or color the transfer of students to or from a particular 
school so desegregated as a condition precedent to obtaining Federal 
funds otherwise available to any State, school district, or school. 
(b) No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the transpor-
tation 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 teach-
ers (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. 
This Act may be cited as the "Education Division and Related Agen-
cies Appropriation Act, 1976". 
CARL ALBERT 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
RICHARD (DICK) STONE 
Acting President of the Senate pro tempore. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-94—SEPT. 10, 1975 
89 STAT. 475 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S., 
September 9, 1975. 
The House of Representatives having proceeded to reconsider the bill 
(H.R. 5901) entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Education 
Division and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, 
and the period ending September 30, 1976, and for other purposes", 
returned by the Presidejit of the United States with his objections, to the 
House of Representatives, in which it originated, it was 
Resolved, That the said bill pass, two-thirds of the House of Represen-
tatives agreeing to pass the same. 
Attest: 
W. PAT JENNINGS 
Clerk. 
By Benjamin J. Guthrie 
Assistant to the Clerk. 
I certify that this Act originated in the House of Representatives. 
W. PAT JENNINGS 
Clerk. 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, 
September 10, 1975. 
The Senate having proceeded to reconsider the bill (H.R. 5901) 
entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Education Division and 
related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the period 
ending September 30, 1976, and for other purposes", returned by the 
President of the United States with his objections to the House of 
Representatives, in which it originated, it was 
Resolved, That the said bill pass, two-thirds of the Senators present 
having voted in the affirmative. 
Attest: 
FRANCIS R. VALEO 
Secretary. 
89 STAT. 476 
PUBLIC LAW 94-94—SEPT. 10, 1975 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 94-142 (Comm. on Appropriations) 
and No. 94-347 (Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-198 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 121 (1975): 
Apr. 16, July 16, 18, considered and passed House. 
June 27, July 17, considered and passed Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 11, No. 30: 
July 25, vetoed; Presidential message. 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 121 (1975): 
Sept. 9, House overrode veto. 
Sept. 10, Senate overrode veto.