115 HR 4508 IH: Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2017-12-01
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act
or the PROSPER Act
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. References.
Sec. 3. General effective date.
Title I—General provisions
Part A—Definitions
Sec. 101. Definition of institution of higher education.
Sec. 102. Institutions outside the United States.
Sec. 103. Additional definitions.
Sec. 104. Regulatory relief.
Part B—Additional General Provisions
Sec. 111. Free speech protections.
Sec. 112. National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity.
Sec. 113. Repeal of certain reporting requirements.
Sec. 114. Programs on drug and alcohol abuse prevention.
Sec. 115. Campus access for religious groups.
Sec. 116. Secretarial prohibitions.
Sec. 117. Ensuring equal treatment by governmental entities.
Part C—Cost of Higher Education
Sec. 121. College Dashboard website.
Sec. 122. Net price calculators.
Sec. 123. Text book information.
Part D—Administrative Provisions for Delivery of Student Financial Assistance
Sec. 131. Performance-based organization for the delivery of Federal student financial assistance.
Sec. 132. Administrative data transparency.
Part E—Lender and Institution Requirements Relating to Education Loans
Sec. 141. Modification of preferred lender arrangements.
Part F—Addressing sexual assault
Sec. 151. Addressing sexual assault.
Title II—Expanding Access to In-Demand Apprenticeships
Sec. 201. Repeal.
Sec. 202. Grants for access to high-demand careers.
Title III—Institutional Aid
Sec. 301. Strengthening institutions.
Sec. 302. Strengthening historically Black colleges and universities.
Sec. 303. Historically Black college and university capital financing.
Sec. 304. Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program.
Sec. 305. Strengthening historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving
institutions.
Sec. 306. General provisions.
Title IV—STUDENT ASSISTANCE
Part A—Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education
Sec. 401. Federal Pell Grants.
Sec. 402. Federal TRIO programs.
Sec. 403. Gaining early awareness and readiness for undergraduate programs.
Sec. 404. Special programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal
farmwork.
Sec. 405. Child care access means parents in school.
Sec. 406. Repeals.
Sec. 407. Sunset of TEACH grants.
Part B—Federal Family Education Loan Program
Sec. 421. Federal Direct Consolidation Loans.
Sec. 422. Loan rehabilitation.
Sec. 423. Loan forgiveness for teachers.
Sec. 424. Loan forgiveness for service in areas of national need.
Sec. 425. Loan repayment for civil legal assistance attorneys.
Sec. 426. Sunset of cohort default rate and other conforming changes.
Sec. 427. Closed school and other discharges.
Part C—Federal Work-Study Programs
Sec. 441. Purpose; authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 442. Allocation formula.
Sec. 443. Grants for Federal work-study programs.
Sec. 444. Flexible use of funds.
Sec. 445. Job location and development programs.
Sec. 446. Community service.
Sec. 447. Work colleges.
Part D—Federal Direct Student Loan Program
Sec. 451. Termination of Federal Direct Loan Program under part D and other conforming amendments.
Sec. 452. Borrower defenses.
Sec. 453. Administrative expenses.
Sec. 454. Loan cancellation for teachers.
Part E—Federal ONE Loans
Sec. 461. Wind-down of Federal Perkins Loan Program.
Sec. 462. Federal ONE Loan program.
Part F—Need Analysis
Sec. 471. Cost of attendance.
Sec. 472. Simplified needs test.
Sec. 473. Discretion of student financial aid administrators.
Sec. 474. Definitions of total income and assets.
Part G—General Provisions Relating to Student Assistance
Sec. 481. Definitions of academic year and eligible program.
Sec. 482. Programmatic loan repayment rates.
Sec. 483. Master calendar.
Sec. 484. FAFSA Simplification.
Sec. 485. Student eligibility.
Sec. 486. Statute of limitations.
Sec. 487. Institutional refunds.
Sec. 488. Information disseminated to prospective and enrolled students.
Sec. 489. Early awareness of financial aid eligibility.
Sec. 490. Distance education demonstration programs.
Sec. 491. Contents of program participation agreements.
Sec. 492. Regulatory relief and improvement.
Sec. 493. Transfer of allotments.
Sec. 494. Administrative expenses.
Sec. 494A. Repeal of advisory committee.
Sec. 494B. Regional meetings and negotiated rulemaking.
Sec. 494C. Deferral of loan repayment following active duty.
Sec. 494D. Contracts; matching program.
Part H—Program Integrity
Sec. 495. Repeal of and prohibition on State authorization regulations.
Sec. 496. Recognition of accrediting agency or association.
Sec. 497. Eligibility and certification procedures.
Title V—Developing Institutions
Sec. 501. Hispanic-serving institutions.
Sec. 502. Promoting postbaccalaureate opportunities for Hispanic Americans.
Sec. 503. General provisions.
Title VI—International Education Programs
Sec. 601. International and foreign language studies.
Sec. 602. Business and international education programs.
Sec. 603. Repeal of assistance program for Institute for International Public Policy.
Sec. 604. General provisions.
Title VII—Graduate and postsecondary improvement programs
Sec. 701. Graduate education programs.
Sec. 702. Repeal of Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education.
Sec. 703. Programs for students with disabilities.
Sec. 704. Repeal of college access challenge grant program.
Title VIII—Other Repeals
Sec. 801. Repeal of additional programs.
Title IX—Amendments to other laws
Part A—Education of the Deaf Act of 1986
Sec. 901. Education of the Deaf Act of 1986.
Part B—Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978; Dine´ College Act
Sec. 911. Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978.
Sec. 912. Dine´ College Act.
2.Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
3.Except as otherwise provided in this Act or the amendments made by this Act, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
<enum>I</enum><header>General provisions</header>
<part id="H0C6251EBBCB840E5B9DB3056A5FEC839"><enum>A</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<section id="H7D172B7F9F1B4ACAB0A57AFC71FF9D7F"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definition of institution of higher education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title I (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by striking section 101 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF127FEF0E9D54650B3F5B117B5D5D7E7" style="OLC">
<section id="HC383356626734A29B50523ECF96C7B65"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definition of institution of higher education</header>
<subsection id="H8B672E2B42C44B4A86804E71124E2B63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>For purposes of this Act, the term <term>institution of higher education</term> means an educational institution in any State that—</text> <paragraph id="HFAB51EE9374A4B8BBD0037CA92992F4C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>admits as regular students only persons who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF69E78B7CF0A42168836B40143326540"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, or who meet the requirements of section 484(d);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H609DE418497C433D809D66F611244716"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance in the State in which the institution is located; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5886F6CE48B245FEAF436C8C699A5D41"><enum>(C)</enum><text>will be dually or concurrently enrolled in the institution and a secondary school;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5DB4663456D84628B26E27DED280CAC0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is legally authorized by the State in which it maintains a physical location to provide a program of education beyond secondary education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBBDB2782042141C09980BBCF144CD674"><enum>(3)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA9155F4D3C264569ABE7B96AFA6C4F7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3C868DDE6F84CC6BCDC7F471502643F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if not so accredited, is an institution that has been granted preaccreditation status by such an agency or association that has been recognized by the Secretary for the granting of preaccreditation status, and the Secretary has determined that there is satisfactory assurance that the institution will meet the accreditation standards of such an agency or association within a reasonable time; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0557CFF4C2CF43B8AB254919A6DB2F2D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provides—</text> <subparagraph id="H64CF9D6B0CFB4A5E83B3458FE37B3EE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an educational program for which the institution awards a bachelor’s degree, graduate degree, or professional degree;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35BB034F980949F0A0F36881CD88D738"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not less than a 2-year educational program which is acceptable for full credit towards a bachelor’s degree; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB04B81B139A148BD87F39DD9229F5FF9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a non-degree program leading to a recognized educational credential that meets the definition of an eligible program under section 481(b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFCEB1DB1CD4A4D1993ADAA43A23D5B16"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional limitations</header>
<paragraph id="H1BF9EA5B4C084E338EDDFADE56FFA32A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Proprietary institutions of higher education</header>
<subparagraph id="HBFD0A4019918467EA2551250FECE31C6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Length of existence</header><text>A proprietary institution shall not be considered an institution of higher education unless such institution has been in existence for at least 2 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0D1F725F6B3B47F5811EF62E689B7E17"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Institutional ineligibility for minority serving institution programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A proprietary institution shall not be considered an institution of higher education for the purposes of any program under title III or V.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H383E07962CDE4D5EB2677A427F815D8D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Postsecondary vocational institutions</header><text>A nonprofit or public institution that offers only non-degree programs described in subsection (a)(4)(C) shall not be considered an institution of higher education unless such institution has been in existence for at least 2 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H879710A5564647A287597E2701BAA5F2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitations based on management</header><text>An institution shall not be considered an institution of higher education if—</text> <subparagraph id="HA970D714D67A4B818D5BD90C69D24AAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the institution, or an affiliate of the institution that has the power, by contract or ownership interest, to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the institution, has filed for bankruptcy; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7F48724434C45E08AF4BC2C044E8961"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the institution, the institution’s owner, or the institution’s chief executive officer has been convicted of, or has pled nolo contendere or guilty to, a crime involving the acquisition, use, or expenditure of Federal funds, or has been judicially determined to have committed a crime involving the acquisition, use, or expenditure involving Federal funds.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC90B0A9FC37C4FA783E4A3775DB2AC20"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation on course of study or enrollment</header><text>An institution shall not be considered an institution of higher education if such institution—</text> <subparagraph id="HA7B238ABECC543549EDACC5EFECF3741"><enum>(A)</enum><text>offers more than 50 percent of such institution’s courses by correspondence education, unless the institution is an institution that meets the definition in section 3(3)(C) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD79CD4516C4F4841B2B2D9F4CC3BBFB5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enrolls 50 percent or more of the institution’s students in correspondence education courses, unless the institution is an institution that meets the definition in section 3(3)(C) of such Act, except that the Secretary, at the request of the institution, may waive the applicability of this subparagraph to the institution for good cause, as determined by the Secretary in the case of an institution of higher education that provides a 2- or 4-year program of instruction (or both) for which the institution awards an associate or baccalaureate degree, respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6FA5D0EF426B42AAA530B6A81E7EC848"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has a student enrollment in which more than 25 percent of the students are incarcerated, except that the Secretary may waive the limitation contained in this subparagraph for an institution that provides a 2- or 4-year program of instruction (or both) for which the institution awards an associate’s degree or a postsecondary certificate, or a bachelor’s degree, respectively; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D0C2F92454C45A98437797239412B0A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a student enrollment in which more than 50 percent of the students either do not have a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, or do not meet the requirements of section 484(d), and does not provide a 2- or 4-year program of instruction (or both) for which the institution awards an associate’s degree or a bachelor’s degree, respectively, except that the Secretary may waive the limitation contained in this subparagraph if an institution demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the institution exceeds such limitation because the institution serves, through contracts with Federal, State, or local government agencies, significant numbers of students who do not have a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent or do not meet the requirements of section 484(d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF1F80C31C7A0444BBE058D333E937BE7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>List of accrediting agencies</header><text>For purposes of this section, the Secretary shall publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies or associations that the Secretary determines, pursuant to subpart 2 of part H of title IV, to be reliable authority as to the quality of the education offered.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H683F049E9E6E457D9061EC134B98893E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The Secretary shall certify, for the purposes of participation in title IV, an institution’s qualification as an institution of higher education in accordance with the requirements of subpart 3 of part H of title IV.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2B184465089F48DF9C665E2E979E0C00"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Loss of eligibility</header><text>An institution of higher education shall not be considered to meet the definition of an institution of higher education for the purposes of participation in title IV if such institution is removed from eligibility for funds under title IV as a result of an action pursuant to part H of title IV.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H39486FC7244C40D7AA7963160409DBF9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in subsection (a)(2) relating to State authorization shall be construed to—</text> <paragraph id="H5F133190D9DA418D9AECD40B01CEC209"><enum>(1)</enum><text>impede or preempt State laws, regulations, or requirements on how States authorize out-of-State institutions of higher education; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H148166CFF1804C4EB00B2D6692B40266"><enum>(2)</enum><text>limit, impede, or preclude a State’s ability to collaborate or participate in a reciprocity agreement to permit an institution within such State to meet any other State’s authorization requirements for out-of-State institutions.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H1DA65F960662466EBE631EFFD321F013" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Institutions outside the United States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title I (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref> et seq.) is further amended by striking section 102 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8D076539A1DF4B1B9AF3BFE13B27163B" style="OLC">
<section id="H89C0CE5927CE419C8C91DCA9B0EC93C9"><enum>102.</enum><header>Institutions outside the United States</header>
<subsection id="H84D2939A3BC24B07BD632DD4C68633FA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Institutions outside the United States</header>
<paragraph id="H24C6F03BB20849EDB45FCBC53CA5C344"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Only for purposes of part D or E of title IV, the term <term>institution of higher education</term> includes an institution outside the United States (referred to in this part as a <quote>foreign institution</quote>) that is comparable to an institution of higher education as defined in section 101 and has been approved by the Secretary for purposes of part D or E of title IV, consistent with the requirements of section 452(d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF46418BE55064F0F868698EFB04DB95F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Only for the purposes of students receiving aid under title IV, an institution of higher education may not qualify as a foreign institution under paragraph (1), unless such institution—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H374CD3844CE7466E817CD8F282883B22"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is legally authorized to provide an educational program beyond secondary education by the education ministry (or comparable agency) of the country in which the institution is located;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFAF86005CB474006AB3FC78735876F63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is not located in a State;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF8ED27513D104EC4B7C3530C15A287AE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided with respect to clinical training offered by the institution under 600.55(h)(1), section 600.56(b), or section 600.57(a)(2) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to subsection (b))—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H241A157AD78B4EC1A79EB6A3DDDD4575"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not offer any portion of an educational program in the United States to students who are citizens of the United States;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HB5E5FB2A2E9A4AF5846B94290A7136F0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has no written arrangements with an institution or organization located in the United States under which students enrolling at the foreign institution would take courses from an institution located in the United States; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H6FB5BDCD189E472CA8513912AE1CDD6D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not allow students to enroll in any course offered by the foreign institution in the United States, including research, work, internship, externship, or special studies within the United States, except that independent research done by an individual student in the United States for not more than one academic year is permitted, if the research is conducted during the dissertation phase of a doctoral program under the guidance of faculty and the research is performed at a facility in the United States;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4E5E9F59A0A43F89F801F54D6BD2B58"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">awards degrees, certificates, or other recognized educational credentials in accordance with section 600.54(e) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to subsection (b)) that are officially recognized by the country in which the institution is located; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF929FB2C762A46D8B9EEF5412E676012"><enum>(E)</enum><text>meets the applicable requirements of subsection (b).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDF961946C602459CB311618A9045598E" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Institutions with locations In and outside the United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a case of an institution of higher education consisting of two or more locations offering all or part of an educational program that are directly or indirectly under common ownership and that enrolls students both within a State and outside the United States, and the number of students who would be eligible to receive funds under title IV attending locations of such institution outside the United States, is at least twice the number of students enrolled within a State—</text>
<subparagraph id="H059AC32C52ED474BB923A03D1B6D5764" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the locations outside the United States shall apply to participate as one or more foreign institutions and shall meet the requirements of paragraph (1) of this definition, and the other requirements of this part; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7E685FE3AD194070ADA94F3A722360DB" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the locations within a State shall be treated as an institution of higher education under section 101.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HACE92762EFB941B0A42017B8FB016EE1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of certain regulations</header>
<paragraph id="H30133EEB2AFA445B9CCC29D4ED447ED9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Force and effect</header>
<subparagraph id="HBB10EC2D8F7A4DEA8BBEB601B82732E6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, referred to in subparagraph (B), as such provisions were in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>, shall have the force and effect of enacted law until changed by such law and are deemed to be incorporated in this subsection as though set forth fully in this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H33F733F6A8CE45239DF74A411754CE3C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicable provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, referred to in this subparagraph are the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HE08FB488293E48F8A451AF1C4F3E1656"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Subject to paragraph (2)(A), section 600.41(e)(3).</text> </clause><clause id="H05D2401BF8AC485A83B171C5EEE5100E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2)(B), section 600.52.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H9E347971F8F84B9F9DAB4E29C8CA5F66"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2)(C), section 600.54, except that paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of such section shall have no force or effect.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H1ED950ACAC134175BC5CE1474244DC64"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (2), section 600.55, except that paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of such section shall have no force or effect.</text>
</clause><clause id="H107B3CC69AA7436B8CCCFC5EF5709729"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Section 600.56.</text> </clause><clause id="HD73CF884D10946EA83B4A953CD753394"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Subject to paragraph (2)(F), section 600.57.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H9DF38C1A5A71474EBD18A1D5BE8E4B4A"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraphs (G) and (H) of paragraph (2), section 668.23(h), except that clause (iii) of paragraph (1) of such section shall have no force or effect.</text>
</clause><clause id="HB7C865FA64414356A4C8A210B2DB9A6F"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Section 668.5.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H271C2A86BE1E4C909F2C979C2BBCE553"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Application to Federal ONE Loans</header><text>With respect to the provisions of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, referred to subparagraph (B), as modified by paragraph (2) any reference to a loan made under part D of title IV shall also be treated as a reference to a loan made under part E of title IV.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H83C9E3F1716E4DA9A7AD2F054702DDC7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Modifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following shall apply to the provisions of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, referred to in paragraph (1)(B):</text>
<subparagraph id="HDAF794D65B6C4AE59D89CAFB9484ECB4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 600.41(e)(3) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to paragraph (1)), if the basis for the loss of eligibility of a foreign graduate medical school to participate in programs under title IV is one or more annual pass rates on the United States Medical Licensing Examination below the threshold required in subparagraph (D) the sole issue is whether the aggregate pass rate for the preceding calendar year fell below that threshold. For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the case of a foreign graduate medical school that opted to have the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates calculate and provide the pass rates directly to the Secretary for the preceding calendar year as permitted under section 600.55(d)(2) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to paragraph (1)), in lieu of the foreign graduate medical school providing pass rate data to the Secretary under section 600.55(d)(1)(iii) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to paragraph (1)), the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates’ calculations of the school's rates are conclusive; and the presiding official has no authority to consider challenges to the computation of the rate or rates by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HACF8988FA86B42E88578C2C795156CA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 600.52 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to paragraph (1)), in this Act, the term <term>foreign institution</term> means an institution described in subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21396263204840AFB75674730526690B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 600.54(c) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to paragraph (1)), to be eligible to participate in programs under title IV, foreign institution may not enter into a written arrangement under which an institution or organizations that is not eligible to participate in programs under title IV provides more than 25 percent of the program of study for one or more of the eligible foreign institution's programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE43E5C8A2A542028B496D96A171E339"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 600.55(f)(1)(ii) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to paragraph (1)), for a foreign graduate medical school outside of Canada, for Step 1, Step 2–CS, and Step 2–CK, or the successor examinations, of the United States Medical Licensing Examination administered by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduate, at least 75 percent of the school's students and graduates who receive or have received title IV funds in order to attend that school, and who completed the final of these three steps of the examination in the year preceding the year for which any of the school's students seeks a loan under title IV shall have received an aggregate passing score on the exam as a whole; or except as provided in section 600.55(f)(2) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to paragraph (1)), for no more than two consecutive years, at least 70 percent of the individuals who were students or graduates of the graduate medical school outside the United States or Canada (who receive or have received title IV funds in order to attend that school) taking the United States Medical Licensing Examination exams in the year preceding the year for which any of the school’s students seeks a loan under title IV shall have received an aggregate passing score on the exam as a whole.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8AAA22599B6E452C935E7A29E4BB9DBC"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding 600.55(h)(2) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to paragraph (1)), not more than 25 percent of the graduate medical educational program offered to United States students, other than the clinical training portion of the program, may be located outside of the country in which the main campus of the foreign graduate medical school is located.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H034F58A7BA674ABF98B5004FE39421AC"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Notwithstanding section 600.57(a)(5) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to paragraph (1)), a nursing school shall reimburse the Secretary for the cost of any loan defaults for current and former students during the previous fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AEC55762C284E54B419ADA52278EDB5"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 668.23(h)(1)(ii), of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to paragraph (1)), a foreign institution that received $500,000 or more in funds under title IV during its most recently completed fiscal year shall submit, in English, for each most recently completed fiscal year in which it received such funds, audited financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of the institution's home country provided that such accounting principles are comparable to the International Financial Reporting Standards.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H873A5F7AF45A4B5EB4A1AA4CD5DFE4BB"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 668.23(h)(1)(ii), of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to paragraph (1)), only in a case in which the accounting principles of an institution’s home country are not comparable to International Financial Reporting Standards shall the institution be required to submit corresponding audited financial statements that meet the requirements of section 668.23(d) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to paragraph (1)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H72D894F0D1944FB09818DE6C849F2C94"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special rules</header>
<paragraph id="H81C8C91FF77C4AD6AF016006CC1E441E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A foreign graduate medical school at which student test passage rates are below the minimum requirements set forth in subsection (b)(2)(D) for each of the two most recent calendar years for which data are available shall not be eligible to participate in programs under part D or E of title IV in the fiscal year subsequent to that consecutive two year period and such institution shall regain eligibility to participate in programs under such part only after demonstrating compliance with requirements under section 600.55 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to subsection (b)) for one full calendar year subsequent to the fiscal year the institution became ineligible unless, within 30 days of receiving notification from the Secretary of the loss of eligibility under this paragraph, the institution appeals the loss of its eligibility to the Secretary. The Secretary shall issue a decision on any such appeal within 45 days after its submission. Such decision may permit the institution to continue to participate in programs under part D or E of title IV, if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1007C8AE1D8647989F116780F0122221"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the institution demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the test passage rates on which the Secretary has relied are not accurate, and that the recalculation of such rates would result in rates that exceed the required minimum for any of these two calendar years; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B770F214E7A43C49A0673BD4C3543B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>there are, in the judgement of the Secretary, mitigating circumstances that would make the application of this paragraph inequitable.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF796818904BA426DBF029AC13143CDF8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Student eligibility</header><text>If, pursuant to this subsection, a foreign graduate medical school loses eligibility to participate in the programs under part D or E of title IV, then a student at such institution may, notwithstanding such loss of eligibility, continue to be eligible to receive a loan under such part while attending such institution for the academic year succeeding the academic year in which such loss of eligibility occurred.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H035F2F8111E74F36BC22DBBF62C1E6CA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of clinical training programs</header>
<subparagraph id="H14F3A5C0A20C47AA82ACDAB4FF55AF5E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Clinical training programs operated by a foreign graduate medical school with an accredited hospital or clinic in the United States or at an institution in Canada accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education shall be deemed to be approved and shall not require the prior approval of the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE144F3835FA4B96911E44788792FF09"><enum>(B)</enum><header>On-site evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any part of a clinical training program operated by a foreign graduate medical school located in a foreign country other than the country in which the main campus is located, in the United States, or at an institution in Canada accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, shall not require an on-site evaluation or specific approval by the institution’s medical accrediting agency if the location is a teaching hospital accredited by and located within a foreign country approved by the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H35B46D8A39784C7FA3CD29FB62516436"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Failure To release information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution outside the United States that does not provide to the Secretary such information as may be required by this section shall be ineligible to participate in the loan program under part D or E of title IV.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE52E84ACF8434731A65E8C9FD80B9DF6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Online education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 481(b)(2), an eligible program described in section 600.54 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect pursuant to subsection (b)) may not offer more than 50 percent of courses through telecommunications.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HB5369592DC6244BBB506DA405BE666D8"><enum>103.</enum><header>Additional definitions</header>
<subsection id="HD4FE9BC10F8E450EB2609AD7FC3AC501"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Diploma mill</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103(5)(B) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1003">20 U.S.C. 1003(5)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 102</quote> and inserting <quote>section 101 or 102</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H64928C36D2C74EDFB5309A8858400890"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Correspondence education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103(7) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1003">20 U.S.C. 1003(7)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HA1610531D97744EE9CB9A4A9D1390B2F"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Correspondence Education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>correspondence education</term> means education that is provided by an institution of higher education under which—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HC3C976E3C3834FECA912E5F55BFAC547"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the institution provides instructional materials (including examinations on the materials) by mail or electronic transmission to students who are separated from the instructor; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3A78DEF8D7114705B0D62E60032184B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>interaction between the institution and the student is limited and the academic instruction by faculty is not regular and substantive, as assessed by the institution’s accrediting agency or association under section 496.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE1749A88221D4701881454C0998F0851"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Early childhood education program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103(8) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1003">20 U.S.C. 1003(8)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B5BBF0B7F2A4E3EBE72FC33F357E39E" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HBD5AD905886C42AC91539DF19D404E89"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Early childhood education program</header><text>The term <term>early childhood education program</term> means a program—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8110B428D1A84666A09BED9DDDFF8F92"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that serves children of a range of ages from birth through age five that addresses the children’s cognitive (including language, early literacy, and early mathematics), social, emotional, and physical development; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E9643600B144A19848D4C2EBDA14336"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that is—</text> <clause id="HDBBAF54C089948AAAC5912856226A59F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a Head Start program or an Early Head Start program carried out under the Head Start Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9831">42 U.S.C. 9831</external-xref> et seq.), including a migrant or seasonal Head Start program, an Indian Head Start program, or a Head Start program or an Early Head Start program that also receives State funding;</text>
</clause><clause id="H677309B5208142F38B06087EA21FC59E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a State licensed or regulated child care program;</text> </clause><clause id="H053CFDDB440C479096735B7E5D52754C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a State-funded prekindergarten or child care program;</text>
</clause><clause id="H60072C658D664FCB90E843A2ABDF0B08"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a program authorized under section 619 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or part C of such Act; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H3B6DEA7DD1D244FAABEB153630CE00E5"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a program operated by a local educational agency.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H25C1C26172E944399465F560C890DF1E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Nonprofit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103(13) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1003">20 U.S.C. 1003(13)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HA8CBE8BADD8C4BA18229307F64D8875F"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Nonprofit</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB4EF626841E5402AA0FCE4D3F2518BB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <term>nonprofit</term>, when used with respect to a school, agency, organization, or institution means a school, agency, organization, or institution owned and operated by one or more nonprofit corporations or associations, no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7A64A92000984E40B7E76B7F6D21BCDB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term <term>nonprofit</term>, when used with respect to foreign institution means—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H0F84A770181E4F2CB78C245921E72041"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an institution that is owned and operated only by one or more nonprofit corporations or associations; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HDFC6B480483844069E4EC8557B157FB2"><enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA8E0E58A8E9E4D129D49E0FFCFB7EF5D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>if a recognized tax authority of the institution’s home country is recognized by the Secretary for purposes of making determinations of an institution’s nonprofit status for purposes of title IV, the institution is determined by that tax authority to be a nonprofit educational institution; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H880A17B5269E4DAD8EF4BFABD794961A" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if no recognized tax authority of the institution’s home country is recognized by the Secretary for purposes of making determinations of an institution’s nonprofit status for purposes of title IV, the foreign institution demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that it is a nonprofit educational institution.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H6F41E341B7F24CB0A5952659D1F541E3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Competency-Based education; Competency-based education program</header><text>Section 103 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1003">20 U.S.C. 1003</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA565429F9BA54928ABBB518E812A3784" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H4618BE9002594531AC37214A1F58AB60"><enum>(25)</enum><header>Competency-based education; competency-based education program</header> <subparagraph id="HFD390758E7004717BB0F6EDE07A777F6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Competency-based education</header><text>Except as otherwise provided, the term <term>competency-based education</term> means education that—</text>
<clause id="HFC045E3C60894F3DBF22241110D06EB1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>measures academic progress and attainment—</text> <subclause id="H23CCE5EDA279474F88D9674853FBA784"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by direct assessment of a student’s level of mastery of competencies;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H43AEEB09B4BB411BA5EA82A46E69EC2E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by expressing a student’s level of mastery of competencies in terms of equivalent credit or clock hours; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6AFA93F023AC45C58FE97AEDB7024284"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by a combination of the methods described in subclauses (I) or (II) and credit or clock hours; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HDF8FA2538D444813AF4B618D5C616881"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides the educational content, activities, and resources, including substantive instructional interaction, including by faculty, and regular support by the institution, necessary to enable students to learn or develop what is required to demonstrate and attain mastery of such competencies, as assessed by the accrediting agency or association of the institution of higher education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C9B1218D9EA41BE98704D4DD49CC8AF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Competency-based education program</header><text>Except as otherwise provided, the term <term>competency-based education program</term> means a postsecondary program offered by an institution of higher education that—</text> <clause id="H5F80F1E9F25448D0802A952C22199391"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provides competency-based education, which upon a student’s demonstration or mastery of a set of competencies identified and required by the institution, leads to or results in the award of a certificate, degree, or other recognized educational credential;</text>
</clause><clause id="H572B0167432E4AF69DD3B81BCBCD9635"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has a method to differentiate between knowledge that a student acquired prior to enrollment in the competency-based education program and knowledge that the student acquired as a result of enrollment in such program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9B1BCF4617C042ECA927AE2AC1678F98"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is organized in such a manner that an institution can determine, based on the method of measurement selected by the institution under subparagraph (A)(i), what constitutes a full-time, three-quarter time, half-time, and less than half-time workload for the purposes of awarding and administering assistance under title IV of this Act, or assistance provided under another provision of Federal law to attend an institution of higher education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H882535C532E642DC8099543B3863A8BA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Competency defined</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>competency</term> means the knowledge, skill, or characteristic demonstrated by a student in a subject area.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H062E4C9D8A794A7B89FC316AE6FE9F18"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Pay for success initiative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1003">20 U.S.C. 1003</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H7413538BA7D449DA9C205443EC1AE24C"><enum>(26)</enum><header>Pay for success initiative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>pay for success initiative</term> has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H2EF894E77952401CAA91516F54AD3A2F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Evidence-based</header><text>Section 103 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1003">20 U.S.C. 1003</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA47FE682B1034B30A44DA8570E45576D" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H1370F750020A45D2A5B67C4D46B9CEAE"><enum>(27)</enum><header>Evidence-based</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>evidence-based</term> has the meaning given the term in section 8101(21)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801(21)(A)</external-xref>), except that such term shall also apply to institutions of higher education.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1AC514C07FA4626A57AA03C6D062B7A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Regulatory relief</header>
<subsection id="H4E63F1E367D74B3BB98F341BD932AD11"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations repealed</header>
<paragraph id="HD570D43F201D48538DD2FB8355840EA8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>The following regulations (including any supplement or revision to such regulations) are repealed and shall have no legal effect:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F0EF993D15C417BBF151538610595D7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition of credit hour</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The definition of the term <term>credit hour</term> in section 600.2 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, as added by the final regulations published by the Department of Education in the Federal Register on October 29, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 66946).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D60E89F6D2B42F4A613CDBE3407AE3B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Gainful employment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 600.10(c), 600.20(d), 668.401 through 668.415, 668.6, and 668.7, of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, as added or amended by the final regulations published by the Department of Education in the Federal Register on October 31, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 64889 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3583AB1A0EDD440EB7AFF3521A0D9044"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Borrower defense</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 668.41, 668.90, 668.93, 668.171, 668.175, 674.33, 682.211, 682.402(d), 682.405, 682.410, 685.200, 685.205, 685.206, 685.212(k), 685.214, 685.215, 685.222, appendix A to subpart B of part 685, 685.300, 685.308, of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, as added or amended by the final regulations published by the Department of Education in the Federal Register on November 1, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 75926 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCD408F42DDAE48CFA1897804017C9E5B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect of repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent that regulations repealed—</text> <subparagraph id="H940A9D64BF0C4BE3BE44BB77F48D36FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) amended regulations that were in effect on June 30, 2011, the provisions of the regulations that were in effect on June 30, 2011, and were so amended are restored and revived as if the regulations repealed by such subparagraph had not taken effect; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBEFF853D822C4C119115235FEFE4E4C4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by paragraph (1)(C) amended regulations that were in effect on October 31, 2016, the provisions of the regulations that were in effect on October 31, 2016, and were so amended are restored and revived as if the regulations repealed by paragraph (1)(C) had not taken effect.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1FBE7D802B9D410F900D963DBC3C5531"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certain regulations and other actions prohibited</header>
<paragraph id="H2ED7F6908D4B4F3EA05ADD95700DB7A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Gainful employment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Education shall not, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, promulgate or enforce any regulation or rule with respect to the definition or application of the term <term>gainful employment</term> for any purpose under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D1560AC571743968A114EAD6208C8AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Credit hour</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Education shall not, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, promulgate or enforce any regulation or rule with respect to the definition of the term <term>credit hour</term> for any purpose under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D550CC34CA343A59EC81DCACD8B9A7A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Postsecondary institution ratings system</header><text>The Secretary of Education shall not carry out, develop, refine, promulgate, publish, implement, administer, or enforce a postsecondary institution ratings system or any other performance system to rate institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101 or 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>; 1002)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part><part id="H6CAAED537A1D4D9D9DEBBFC4D0F419C9"><enum>B</enum><header>Additional General Provisions</header>
<section commented="no" id="H54668361D2BB443791EA40CDAABF76FB"><enum>111.</enum><header>Free speech protections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 112 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1011a">20 U.S.C. 1011a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H4ADD177D5BF148759CF7D3F3872A7572"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H62B5B0DA455341C5AF426BE61E5218B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5F3E3DD9FC9E4DD9B617CA444CEA5E06"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H60AC01CDD4AD43F6ABDB8780B8B04119" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H943D3C2BCCD84CCD869557AA5AB94785"><enum>(A)</enum><text>free speech zones and restrictive speech codes are inherently at odds with the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Constitution; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7AC59EF8C39745F6BD7769A924B3463B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>no public institution directly or indirectly receiving financial assistance under this Act should restrict the speech of such institution’s students through such zones or codes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD3090946F21F42A8869AB8C7163EEB38"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDC3D567F73FB4A7DBC3FC463E6BF28B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a), the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HCEE5CCBC68544F0EA697F9204CB450E9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disclosure of Free Speech Policies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No institution of higher education shall be eligible to receive funds under this Act, including participation in any program under title IV, unless the institution certifies to the Secretary that the institution has annually disclosed to current and prospective students any policies held by the institutions related to protected speech on campus, including policies limiting where and when such speech may occur.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD6633DBA5A5B46798F5AF4C830B261B2"><enum>112.</enum><header>National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 114 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1011c">20 U.S.C. 1011c</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7FF81D27D15F4EE3BFBE6BE658A9B650"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 102</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>section 101</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H606C136972F9429D934E88332C9B5E9E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H9285010701C247978BAC6213E87DCE7A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>Except as provided in paragraph (5), the term</quote> and inserting <quote>The term</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6301FCC3841A4D5A84ACC06253CE6654"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47DB190A6CD0424AA006F63E907321BC" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HA1D11CAE7AE947829909FAC76C427F4E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretarial appointees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may remove any member who was appointed under paragraph (1)(A) by a predecessor of the Secretary and may fill the vacancy created by such removal in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2E95979039E742F8A66A1B3C625D8D5B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H95E728297AA34D8795D94F31429DAD6A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE775369132B4B4D8B523C391223603A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) by striking the semicolon at the end an inserting a period; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H89C10738326D4FE688C021AD1EBE163F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (4) through (6);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H94C33A5F997C4ED2A56D2D9CB74CCB1E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2)(D) by striking <quote>, including any additional functions established by the Secretary through regulation</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1FF41A3BFAE84DFABC864D4C9B8A2C0A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>September 30, 2017</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2024</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H3D0E40E245C24262839B207EEC8E0A73"><enum>113.</enum><header>Repeal of certain reporting requirements</header>
<subsection id="HB5F99C7A49B148B49C614D4136755213"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeals</header><text>The following provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref> et seq.) are repealed:</text> <paragraph id="H6792B612905342D89DF61B030DD16B80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 117 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1011f">20 U.S.C. 1011f</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD9A4F82FF3B944D2AE3855A402613F7E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 119 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1011h">20 U.S.C. 1011h</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9137B919DBF74212AEC1A31E6583C1B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="HD806DBE3FE4F41BA90FC52727A8F1DC2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 118 is redesignated as section 117;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F45F50FB8FD4BA7B5563D39B491A63C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>sections 120, 121, 122, and 123 are redesignated as sections 118, 119, 120, and 121, respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DBCE55990E84F7BA00AFDF7FE79F21E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 485(f)(1)(H) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)(H)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 120</quote> and inserting <quote>section 118</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6D8009C5F234466B8E3A16852BFF68DB"><enum>114.</enum><header>Programs on drug and alcohol abuse prevention</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 118 (as so redesignated) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="H93C0FF44F5B646E0A8CBE4A3518D2C2F"><enum>118.</enum><header>Drug and alcohol abuse prevention</header>
<subsection id="H592B37CF6AB24A20A84C60B302214939"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Required programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution of higher education participating in any program under this Act shall adopt and implement a program to prevent the use of illicit drugs and the abuse of alcohol by students and employees that, at a minimum, includes the annual distribution to each student and employee of—</text>
<paragraph id="HBF892B0F4C6B4DE9A7D167DF873EBA11"><enum>(1)</enum><text>institutional standards of conduct and sanctions that clearly prohibit and address the unlawful possession, use, or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol by students and employees; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H598BDA24A6F74711900DE727A032E2C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the description of any drug or alcohol counseling, treatment, rehabilitation, or re-entry programs that are available to students or employees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H570C74E15DE64FDDBB7402C87B3E2859"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution of higher education described in subsection (a) shall, upon request, make available to the Secretary and to the public a copy of the institutional standards described under subsection (a)(1) and information regarding any programs described in subsection (a)(2).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H2CA7620503F347F39CCE5018B217F796" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>115.</enum><header>Campus access for religious groups</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title I (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1011">20 U.S.C. 1011</external-xref> et seq.) (as amended by sections 111 through 114 of this part) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="HB465C6A5C954438D850EA3805F1C2703"><enum>122.</enum><header>Campus access for religious groups</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">None of the funds made available under this Act may be provided to any public institution of higher education that denies to a religious student organization any right, benefit, or privilege that is generally afforded to other student organizations at the institution (including full access to the facilities of the institution and official recognition of the organization by the institution) because of the religious beliefs, practices, speech, membership standards, or standards of conduct of the religious student organization.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HDC71847DFF7A4756A434704EB829AAE2"><enum>116.</enum><header>Secretarial prohibitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title I (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1011">20 U.S.C. 1011</external-xref> et seq.) (as amended by sections 111 through 115 of this part) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H12B37594887F48728ED30A01BBC4DC8A"><enum>123.</enum><header>Secretarial prohibitions</header>
<subsection id="H9E284739535D4EE3970CBDFFA1DF4A87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize or permit the Secretary to promulgate any rule or regulation that exceeds the scope of the explicit authority granted to the Secretary under this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6A043681D093467D971BD1C5809648EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>The Secretary shall not define any term that is used in this Act in a manner that is inconsistent with the scope of this Act, including through regulation or guidance.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEA6674DEA26649B08EB54BFD84E191A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not impose, on an institution or State as a condition of participation in any program under this Act, any requirement that exceeds the scope of the requirements explicitly set forth in this Act for such program.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H88E6B13343694017A3A1F2B6448ACEC1"><enum>117.</enum><header>Ensuring equal treatment by governmental entities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title I (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1011">20 U.S.C. 1011</external-xref> et seq.) (as amended by sections 111 through 116 of this part) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H20AB2296C2F04FB3B6CB43E868F13B05"><enum>124.</enum><header>Ensuring equal treatment by governmental entities</header>
<subsection id="HA1A886F193B444AFB8BBE7ABECBB98F7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no government entity shall take any adverse action against an institution of higher education that receives funding under title IV, if such adverse action—</text>
<paragraph id="HF937BFCC140A4C69BAD5697594F9C217"><enum>(1)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H45AA2435408046DBA511EB28CA74CFD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is being taken by a government entity that—</text> <clause id="H0BCFD4776AC641D99D86661CEA62F414" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is a department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Government; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HE8B8C616EDE34AF8B538742F8EBFE4FD" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>receives Federal funds; or</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24327CB29890427FAA8208FA5EAB3CF7" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>would affect commerce with foreign nations, among the several States, or with Indian Tribes; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB54444CED12D4C0CBFA2526CC83C49D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has the effect of prohibiting or penalizing the institution for acts or omissions by the institution that are in furtherance of its religious mission or are related to the religious affiliation of the institution.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H99365FD4B3CC4BF1B82A18B4009D9AF9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assertion by institution</header><text>An actual or threatened violation of subsection (a) may be asserted by an institution of higher education that receives funding under title IV as a claim or defense in a proceeding before any court. The court shall grant any appropriate equitable relief, including injunctive or declaratory relief.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2C4BD92880354C9CA9717469849D65C4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or amend—</text> <paragraph id="H2BEC8BF63B0649A0B027AE5FF1C68AA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2000d">42 U.S.C. 2000d</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE97CF8A43E034C5D81E3BA94EC4D2AFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 182 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2000d-5">42 U.S.C. 2000d–5</external-xref>); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H41359BC431AC4666B9C244974737A909"><enum>(3)</enum><text>section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2000d-6">42 U.S.C. 2000d–6</external-xref>)</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H86B3F49389BE4E64A7095DE525EC9968"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H4873F59668984CCB8696B7EA588DB7C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adverse action</header><text>The term <term>adverse action</term> includes, with respect to an institution of higher education or the past, current, or prospective students of such institution—</text>
<subparagraph id="H08181921F33B4B2391DBB0456AE726AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the denial or threat of denial of funding, including grants, scholarships, or loans;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8D42AA48F80471EAFD97FF99C664535"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the denial or threat of denial of access to facilities or programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H400FDC6AB8E14E798DD5DD2CF20CC4CD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the withholding or threat of withholding of any licenses, permits, certifications, accreditations, contracts, cooperative agreements, grants, guarantees, tax-exempt status, or exemptions; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54C8A2BC14ED4400BF1DC01BC09ED85C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other penalty or denial, or threat of such other penalty or denial, of an otherwise available benefit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA4D16C80697B4B659D62820140046F18"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Government entity</header><text>The term <term>government entity</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H87653C7A93D04A06B1DCA6A459092BED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Government;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBAD55F0AEE0478BBE51C01941B4C396"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a State or political subdivision of a State, or any agency or instrumentality thereof; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0F54A18AF3C4750A4DE2D76C05FEDFD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any interstate or other inter-governmental entity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C08E881704B40F39D3BABB85E26A583"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given the term in section 101 or 102.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4E89937D1E5648DF81F0974B001D9C6B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Religious mission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>religious mission</term> includes an institution of higher education’s religious tenets, beliefs, or teachings, and any policies or decisions related to such tenets, beliefs, or teachings (including any policies or decisions concerning housing, employment, curriculum, self-governance, or student admission, continuing enrollment, or graduation).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></part><part id="H7A138A6E1B154F1B9FE4D458527847AB"><enum>C</enum><header>Cost of Higher Education</header>
<section id="H91B60004661147ACBF1E064507D2268B"><enum>121.</enum><header>College Dashboard website</header>
<subsection id="HF163A98BB7964D38B710A9F6F9D2324F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 132 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1015a">20 U.S.C. 1015a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2B7712A3B63B49B8A06EE0A6F73C7A27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE1CDC7962DA43FBB8D74BD87422B17C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B32FA6A91C4488697A4F23D848792D7" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HC9D56AB77B4B47B880784E5E938E57C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>College Dashboard website</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>College Dashboard website</term> means the College Dashboard website required under subsection (d).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF244D4486CF64832BECB550D8AF82BAF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>first-time,</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07626E0D195141C5A8B6F186E599FFB0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>first-time,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC70B3D27A9FB483797E734D11B8BB6DB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>first-time,</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFF53510D00E24AC6B545EC1E7175BE74"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H40360C3C141A412DA5E02A140DF7BDD7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>first-time,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD115DDA4B2249B9BF267264FEDF0E05"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>first-time,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H97D88CBA94A04676B7DBA139633D548D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsections (c) through (g), (j), and (l);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H64242A6CF91A437EA14E749E1CE51D98"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (k) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDB9C02B20934E1DAE756D0E6013062E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H442157C50BCF42F4B993335027C3EEE2" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HF8844AEAAE894CF196497BD038AC551A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consumer information</header> <paragraph id="HBA16A3983D3A4D0380449559C05411C7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of title IV institution information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall develop and make publicly available a website to be known as the <quote>College Dashboard website</quote> in accordance with this section and prominently display on such website, in simple, understandable, and unbiased terms for the most recent academic year for which satisfactory data are available, the following information with respect to each institution of higher education that participates in a program under title IV:</text>
<subparagraph id="H26C3113A8BF94CBEAFC10E18AACF0393"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A link to the website of the institution.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE277ACA1BAB74EA39B4BEFDFA04519B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An identification of the type of institution as one of the following:</text>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71DECAB78E5E421F901DF5EA37CDB1A6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A four-year public institution of higher education.</text> </clause><clause id="HBF8ADBFA6AAD4C938AE94BE295877CCC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A four-year private, nonprofit institution of higher education.</text>
</clause><clause id="H068EC1BE61424657AA9BEEC7386834FF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A four-year private, proprietary institution of higher education.</text> </clause><clause id="H8353C3A8EE1E46C1B6E4702E26FD0B71"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A two-year public institution of higher education.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF2620A7C80FD47A5A1999884818BB965"><enum>(v)</enum><text>A two-year private, nonprofit institution of higher education.</text> </clause><clause id="H75CF4B01E1E54D01A5534B9FB358E9B7"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>A two-year private, proprietary institution of higher education.</text>
</clause><clause id="H51F19528B3414B80AEAA2B1C22676F33"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>A less than two-year public institution of higher education.</text> </clause><clause id="HBC318DD52A9A4C168CBBBDED4F7FCC81"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>A less than two-year private, nonprofit institution of higher education.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF4F76E99D51A406FAAF9D6EEE45FD3C2"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>A less than two-year private, proprietary institution of higher education.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0A4B2CC195645B4AF62D33CBAE80356"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The number of students enrolled at the institution—</text>
<clause id="H2CD3F0FFDCF544B9A64039CEA2A8BBB8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>as undergraduate students, if applicable; and</text> </clause><clause id="H052D5E3C2E9F42D69E19338CA84A9798"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as graduate students, if applicable.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54BF502B7E0247C588E92FBB5A16ECB8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The student-faculty ratio.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE58BB4B778EF4661957458E0AABC795A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The percentage of degree-seeking or certificate-seeking undergraduate students enrolled at the institution who obtain a degree or certificate within—</text>
<clause id="H7882E49C3F0D46AA82F87F1BD9237D26"><enum>(i)</enum><text>100 percent of the normal time for completion of, or graduation from, the program in which the student is enrolled;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9D909B51A6C34F2CA60029750FCE7609"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>150 percent of the normal time for completion of, or graduation from, the program in which the student is enrolled; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H513197F9B6F64F34A9D9BCC78C5AECDE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>200 percent of the normal time for completion of, or graduation from, the program in which the student is enrolled.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H255937D1772A43B69C61924A86421681"><enum>(F)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB7E10149FA9E4ACFA40B9889BB657954"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The average net price per year for undergraduate students enrolled at the institution who received Federal student financial aid under title IV based on dependency status and an income category selected by the user of the College Dashboard website from a list containing the following income categories:</text>
<subclause id="H39F5E58911F14932BEFC87CB4F170285" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$0 to $30,000.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HBC96E5711C5C4415AFBE3C72016FAA12" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$30,001 to $48,000.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3A542F841D8447CC87742C395DE99C40" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>$48,001 to $75,000.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HD65167E84D02473480DA4E4E7D42F3E6" indent="up1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>$75,001 to $110,000.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5498FA798C65421686EB6DAACE12ADEC" indent="up1"><enum>(V)</enum><text>$110, 001 to $150,000.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H2544CEEDF6E5409CA7AF688CDB4CD14A" indent="up1"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Over $150,000.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H7F0678FC483E4608AC61E4E55171CDDE" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A link to the net price calculator for such institution.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7A9138958FD47259A3A16739F3301C7"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The percentage of undergraduate and graduate students who obtained a certificate or degree from the institution who borrowed Federal student loans—</text>
<clause id="H794ED8C4DACC4380813B263E8DD06845"><enum>(i)</enum><text>set forth separately for each educational program offered by the institution; and</text> </clause><clause id="HFD8CD11732B14674928DA463E36208F7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>made available in a format that allows a user of the College Dashboard website to view such percentage by selecting from a list of such educational programs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA2B87A3BB2E4D558EF323F1DA66016C"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The average Federal student loan debt incurred by a student who obtained a certificate or degree in an educational program from the institution and who borrowed Federal student loans in the course of obtaining such certificate or degree—</text>
<clause id="H2B94A22D223E494E98E4316AA5060C33"><enum>(i)</enum><text>set forth separately for each educational program offered by the institution; and</text> </clause><clause id="HB2EB557655E742C1B9A8EF885D98D6AC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>made available in a format that allows a user of the College Dashboard website to view such student loan debt information by selecting from a list of such educational programs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A6B721B52144936BEB11D1C8CB1495F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The median earnings of students who obtained a certificate or degree in an educational program from the institution and who received Federal student financial aid under title IV in the course of obtaining such certificate or degree—</text>
<clause id="HE9E4C7470B834A1A83114C2A0F4CFC19"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the fifth and tenth years following the year in which the students obtained such certificate or degree;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAE2F153D15E640E4B380BF23A8E97543"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>set forth separately by educational program; and</text> </clause><clause id="H419B78CEE3BE4931A3F7845C284E7DC8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>made available in a format that allows a user of the College Dashboard website to view such median earnings information by selecting from a list of such educational programs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA03C46CC177A426984FE2E550863DFE5"><enum>(J)</enum><text>A link to the webpage of the institution containing campus safety data with respect to such institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H479F77394139407B84581938B1D06AC3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall publish on websites that are linked to through the College Dashboard website, for the most recent academic year for which satisfactory data is available, the following information with respect to each institution of higher education that participates in a program under title IV:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3C65175F373A4F3898E592E26585008F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Enrollment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following enrollment information:</text> <clause id="HEE5829600A014C75AFB9D23C980A81A9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The percentages of male and female undergraduate students enrolled at the institution.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF2730A6E5CFB4495AB71E552EE3ED950"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The percentages of undergraduate students enrolled at the institution—</text> <subclause id="H87FE369F1752473D8331C207E2483334"><enum>(I)</enum><text>full-time; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE65E16F9A9CA4778975324FA95C69760"><enum>(II)</enum><text>less than full-time.</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF59D810375C848888E1659893B6D757A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>In the case of an institution other than an institution that provides all courses and programs through online education, of the undergraduate students enrolled at the institution—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H43CECA76AD55413DBD28424DC3EE3294"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the percentage of such students who are residents of the State in which the institution is located;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HD1654519F36C4B598CF065E492D854AD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the percentage of such students who are not residents of such State; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HEB9846BA4A974EEB971CF4A4FA4ED9A9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the percentage of such students who are international students.</text> </subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H611E584D23874CE19CD1E83B58AAF0D6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The percentages of undergraduate students enrolled at the institution, disaggregated by—</text>
<subclause id="HF39FAB7042E845F0A62098EAF73EB78F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>race and ethnic background;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H3432EDF395C94119A92541A07696AD6C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>classification as a student with a disability;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7F01B1B9F31E4E4C8A78C5E0D41D17C2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>recipients of a Federal Pell Grant;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HCAFCA63E4C3B4C44A7B003190AA8DCBB"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>recipients of assistance under a tuition assistance program conducted by the Department of Defense under section 1784a or 2007 of title 10, United States Code, or other authorities available to the Department of Defense or veterans’ education benefits (as defined in section 480); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H899B2ECA3ABB4279A525F48F153450AF"><enum>(V)</enum><text>recipients of a Federal student loan.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B25F756AC2049759FA7479751555BD8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Completion</header><text>The information required under paragraph (1)(E), disaggregated by—</text>
<clause id="HB45088EBBB31492FAE1DA364409E8596"><enum>(i)</enum><text>recipients of a Federal Pell Grant;</text> </clause><clause id="H86133149ED7C490CBAE20A9863D86184"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>race and ethnic background;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA5F63FC253E54519A8F7CF31DC0F44E0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>classification as a student with a disability;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H01CAB1E5BA1645D79926878CD2C475F7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recipients of assistance under a tuition assistance program conducted by the Department of Defense under section 1784a or 2007 of title 10, United States Code, or other authorities available to the Department of Defense or veterans’ education benefits (as defined in section 480); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H989C6079CF5E43E195A3029DD2E93B01"><enum>(v)</enum><text>recipients of a Federal student loan.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03B3D7F5B7D34666A5303DBDB316DD2C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following cost information:</text>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H030B01F0624A4A52ABDA128C9972E8B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The cost of attendance for full-time undergraduate students enrolled in the institution who live on campus.</text>
</clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C87091953A04DC19DE7764FF1145573"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The cost of attendance for full-time undergraduate students enrolled in the institution who live off campus.</text>
</clause><clause id="H8C46E213718A4F56A92C47F308FE29C4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The cost of tuition and fees for full-time undergraduate students enrolled in the institution.</text> </clause><clause id="H664F79D1CFDD4C1389E2F820D93B3A86"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cost of tuition and fees per credit hour or credit hour equivalency for undergraduate students enrolled in the institution less than full time.</text>
</clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7D48D41AC264BF2A62FF9370FCA4355"><enum>(v)</enum><text>In the case of a public institution of higher education (other than an institution described in clause (vi)) and notwithstanding subsection (b)(1), the costs described in clauses (i) and (ii) for—</text>
<subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73E8AC77C72C4E5EA39D6A400D161F14"><enum>(I)</enum><text>full-time students enrolled in the institution who are residents of the State in which the institution is located; and</text>
</subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E1F10ED177F41A19BA016269CF45ABD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>full-time students enrolled in the institution who are not residents of such State.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HC6756FF566504573AF8B235670E8A7FB"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>In the case of a public institution of higher education that offers different tuition rates for students who are residents of a geographic subdivision smaller than a State and students not located in such geographic subdivision and notwithstanding subsection (b)(1), the costs described in clauses (i) and (ii) for—</text>
<subclause id="HE38EDBFD211C4A7CA4EA1507EE1373F4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>full-time students enrolled at the institution who are residents of such geographic subdivision;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H3D76C61FEB374F6D88326BD9670D56BC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>full-time students enrolled at the institution who are residents of the State in which the institution is located but not residents of such geographic subdivision; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC4E6CCF9E8A14B2FADA8C240308F0393"><enum>(III)</enum><text>full-time students enrolled at the institution who are not residents of such State.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9346670B9D148B0A81AC82967123A1E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Financial aid</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following information with respect to financial aid:</text>
<clause id="HF5FFE01223DE40A28503CD5C64431BDB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The average annual grant amount (including Federal, State, and institutional aid) awarded to an undergraduate student enrolled at the institution who receives grant aid, and the percentage of undergraduate students receiving such aid.</text>
</clause><clause id="H9D27A2DB153D41D691CB484E7BC32B6E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The percentage of undergraduate students enrolled at the institution receiving Federal, State, and institutional grants, student loans, and any other type of student financial assistance known by the institution, provided publicly or through the institution, such as Federal work-study funds.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD8BE4939B2944B4E9D6EB0E093A0CEF0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The loan repayment rate (as defined in section 481B) for each educational program at such institution.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H641CBE6E08314B3BB88CB88083EAC900"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Other data matters</header>
<subparagraph id="HAB40C939E65D4393861ECAAAAA9BAC03"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Completion data</header><text>The Commissioner of Education Statistics shall ensure that the information required under paragraph (1)(E) includes information with respect to all students at an institution, including students other than first-time, full-time students and students who transfer to another institution, in a manner that the Commissioner considers appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1CC130A43D3A49A6BA12E8A02DAB0CEB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Adjustment of income categories</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may annually adjust the range of each of the income categories described in paragraph (1)(F) to account for a change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics if the Secretary determines an adjustment is necessary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF281E6E3D54C4632B25FED18ADF39032"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Institutional comparison</header><text>The Secretary shall include on the College Dashboard website a method for users to easily compare the information required under paragraphs (1) and (2) between institutions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H251C52F734EE46249FD4CFFE609D0F24"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Updates</header>
<subparagraph id="H7715D9AE16A8437B88847C8F1AC878B2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Data</header><text>The Secretary shall update the College Dashboard website not less than annually.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFACA73912DE446B3B49510653E7D01B5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technology and format</header><text>The Secretary shall regularly assess the format and technology of the College Dashboard website and make any changes or updates that the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCD758A64C7C54AE589241B8E72E2CE92"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Consumer testing</header>
<subparagraph id="H50B0DEE77A5B415986995C29E89D9283"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In developing and maintaining the College Dashboard website, the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government, shall conduct consumer testing with appropriate persons, including current and prospective college students, family members of such students, institutions of higher education, and experts, to ensure that the College Dashboard website is usable and easily understandable and provides useful and relevant information to students and families.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6741B7B3A86444C0BA41F7A958019E95"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Recommendations for changes</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the authorizing committees any recommendations that the Secretary considers appropriate for changing the information required to be provided on the College Dashboard website under paragraphs (1) and (2) based on the results of the consumer testing conducted under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA71B3A44DEAF446BA728A53A63837DEE"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Provision of appropriate links to prospective students after submission of <enum-in-header>FAFSA</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide to each student who submits a Free Application for Federal Student Aid described in section 483 a link to the webpage of the College Dashboard website that contains the information required under paragraph (1) for each institution of higher education such student includes on such Application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5060A048DF244F27A1B01D231AF5F32D"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Interagency coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with each appropriate head of a department or agency of the Federal Government, shall ensure to the greatest extent practicable that any information related to higher education that is published by such department or agency is consistent with the information published on the College Dashboard website.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36A3F8F62FC5435CA507C1FDB114FC2B"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Data collection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner for Education Statistics shall continue to update and improve the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, including by reducing institutional reporting burden and improving the timeliness of the data collected.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9BC09EAD24D41828A29A81065187DAB"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Data privacy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure any information made available under this section is made available in accordance with section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (commonly known as the <quote>Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974</quote>).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA51B753D048F45A584F0F9395E914A1B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>The Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref> et seq.), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is further amended, by striking <quote>College Navigator</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>College Dashboard</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9E51EED7563B492691F52494EE3E8823"><enum>(c)</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reference in any law (other than this Act), regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States to the College Navigator website shall be considered to be a reference to the College Dashboard website.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC032D9E0CCFA44DBA641B27F6F34B776"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Development</header><text>The Secretary of Education shall develop and publish the College Dashboard website required under section 132 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1015a">20 U.S.C. 1015a</external-xref>), as amended by this section, not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5B0FE5B9F4644BB59690423C076B3659"><enum>(e)</enum><header>College Navigator website maintenance</header><text>The Secretary shall maintain the College Navigator website required under section 132 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1015a">20 U.S.C. 1015a</external-xref>), as in effect the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, in the manner required under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as in effect on such day, until the College Dashboard website referred to in subsection (d) is complete and publicly available on the Internet.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3029FA438BD6498D83EB41123891AD3A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>122.</enum><header>Net price calculators</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 132 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1015a">20 U.S.C. 1015a</external-xref>), as so redesignated by section 121(a)(4) of this Act, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H76D0159BA322400FA2B90B826C59F75A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8ECD09FDBCAF4007B7B95540525F7EA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph id="H1A1DA852D9C84FD0BEF396EE31DBE112"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Minimum requirements for net price calculators</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>, a net price calculator for an institution of higher education shall meet the following requirements:</text>
<subparagraph id="H51E0948B3338406194180E4E18DC5496"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The link for the calculator shall—</text> <clause id="HE75E03990F2847C4A79A0C3C546783D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be clearly labeled as a net price calculator and prominently, clearly, and conspicuously posted in locations on the website of such institution where information on costs and aid is provided and any other location that the institution considers appropriate; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H90D59D7621934EEBB12C25FA2AF97350"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>match in size and font to the other prominent links on the webpage where the link for the calculator is displayed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF89B55B62F904ACCA7DADED08AB7A0FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The webpage displaying the results for the calculator shall specify at least the following information:</text>
<clause id="H2B29E7E1DDF64BA4A1CEC92240063F61"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The net price (as calculated under subsection (a)(3)) for such institution, which shall be the most visually prominent figure on the results screen.</text>
</clause><clause id="H441EF69636314CADB31B4E489F92A727"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Cost of attendance, including—</text> <subclause id="HD050B0BC80FF4C82A932EDB514C81E0E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>tuition and fees;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD09580962A5349B882413E26E32BEB86"><enum>(II)</enum><text>average annual cost of room and board for the institution for a full-time undergraduate student enrolled in the institution;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H54CB06783D2343DA91D41B966D9B54AA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>average annual cost of books and supplies for a full-time undergraduate student enrolled in the institution; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE1A783EC915346A8BB854B0AE406B01E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>estimated cost of other expenses (including personal expenses and transportation) for a full-time undergraduate student enrolled in the institution.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H1A4566A01C014686BB2E083988C87B83"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Estimated total need-based grant aid and merit-based grant aid from Federal, State, and institutional sources that may be available to a full-time undergraduate student.</text>
</clause><clause id="H6DD927D4FB9140719107508401EC5AB2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Percentage of the full-time undergraduate students enrolled in the institution that received any type of grant aid described in clause (iii).</text>
</clause><clause id="H717FF60997A44DEDB7E3831D576009E7"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The disclaimer described in paragraph (6).</text> </clause><clause id="H99213078ADD94185BD36B2501AA2FBFA"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>In the case of a calculator that—</text>
<subclause id="H5E14A2D577D04E049DE6E1AD6248CD8C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>includes questions to estimate the eligibility of a student or prospective student for veterans’ education benefits (as defined in section 480) or educational benefits for active duty service members, such benefits are displayed on the results screen in a manner that clearly distinguishes such benefits from the grant aid described in clause (iii); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF1B6897F0886455B9919F7C1FCCC20F5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>does not include questions to estimate eligibility for the benefits described in subclause (I), the results screen indicates that certain students (or prospective students) may qualify for such benefits and includes a link to information about such benefits.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF68419BF0F434B7AAD2FE4E570434403"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The institution shall populate the calculator with data from an academic year that is not more than 2 academic years prior to the most recent academic year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFB8B6F6C2F17441A9E8FED8FD85520F1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Prohibition on use of data collected by the net price calculator</header><text>A net price calculator for an institution of higher education shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HD1ED178F65934F39801E9AE38BB35575"><enum>(A)</enum><text>clearly indicate which questions are required to be completed for an estimate of the net price from the calculator;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFBB8CEED5823435C8614E0C3AE66FC36"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a calculator that requests contact information from users, clearly mark such requests as optional and provide for an estimate of the net price from the calculator without requiring users to enter such information; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC5EED51C74264D8BBA13644B90CF14E0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>prohibit any personally identifiable information provided by users from being sold or made available to third parties.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HDFEBB3BAC9C9473CBBA427B8CB408825"><enum>123.</enum><header>Text book information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 133(b)(5) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1015b">20 U.S.C. 1015b(b)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 102</quote> and inserting <quote>section 101 or 102</quote>.</text> </section></part><part id="H0ABE1DFD36D042B99303A69E7E7BE698"><enum>D</enum><header>Administrative Provisions for Delivery of Student Financial Assistance</header> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26793178F243498AB78748DB40595481" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>131.</enum><header>Performance-based organization for the delivery of Federal student financial assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 141 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1018">20 U.S.C. 1018</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6CB8ABE65C8149DC9609A04A1523284C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text> <subparagraph id="HE4F5E9AD537C403BA6FB300594E12CBE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (H) and (I), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE87A5A9C7A2F4436AF8BB79EE57D1422"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H623125E708194AC183838626364DA716" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HF084C85702C640D0AF3586A184AF16AC"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to maximize transparency in the operation of Federal student financial assistance programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FF66E5CCAB240FE8F9C8F9F4B245E18"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to maximize stakeholder engagement in the operation of and accountability for such programs;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F5C6DCE399447CABD4A524EB6D36D18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB5021EA417E34524BD6F6511D7B05E9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(C)—</text> <clause id="HF3608B65BC20412F86F0C670F08F6772"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="H12C5BEECC6C944A2A49FB774CF1CC2CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HA7341EA6D2DA430C97E96E4BD8573D76"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause commented="no" id="HCAD60FB5628D47528C8BBF1F6F866BF2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acquiring senior managers and other personnel with demonstrated management ability and expertise in consumer lending.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B7E138492A340C8B4015F43640DCFA1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B16F1AF6342426698306242840DCED9" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HA2D420E8E09A484F81EC716B118B5F75"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Collecting input from stakeholders on the operation of all Federal student assistance programs and accountability practices relating to such programs, and ensuring that such input informs operation of the PBO and is provided to the Secretary to inform policy creation related to Federal student financial assistance programs.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE17CF5B405194662BD8623DA1692FC66"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text> <clause id="H6764BCABDA6E460DA4DAC72AD7AE94C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Not less frequently than once annually, the Secretary</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H868CD556EDF045349C87FF8860A23A18"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and</text> </clause><clause id="H7C74BE2672394B43ADD5936CC3961486"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: :</text>
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<subparagraph id="HBFCFB986DD1F4F159F4637ECBC3920C4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On an annual basis, after carrying out the consultation required under subparagraph (A), the Secretary and the Chief Operating Officer shall jointly submit to the authorizing committees a report that includes—</text>
<clause id="H8626D2C48BA148779BB3EF373A2B2804"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a summary of the consultation; and</text> </clause><clause id="H3EA56137D6E3461A93D406B978B5585A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of any actions taken as a result of the consultation..</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5BD9B073F29344BD9BF23155E6624D14"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="HED907AA575ED4A7AB722BB74A88C04F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H6489F3E2BE9B436F8F2331523139F270"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subclause id="HAD82A993776F46E7BFBF110AB62F1FD2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Each year,</quote> and inserting <quote>Not less frequently than once every three years</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H437A9EE9658B407280AA1AFE680E6B48"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>succeeding 5</quote> and inserting <quote>succeeding 3</quote>;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HC5B3AA52C4CE47CF9C01E7A518D6F594"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H59478E3860454A90B3FCA80DB2DE002A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header>
<clause id="HACDF2BAE589C44948B1D622EC274E224"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Plan development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning not later than 12 months before issuing each 3-year performance plan under subparagraph (A), the Secretary and the Chief Operating Officer shall consult with students, institutions of higher education, Congress, lenders, and other interested parties regarding the development of the plan. In carrying out such consultation, the Secretary shall seek public comment consistent with the requirements of subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Administrative Procedure Act</quote>).</text>
</clause><clause id="HCE10647FA8664E16BB1197409D912CB2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Revision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days before implementing any revision to the performance plan described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consult with students, institutions of higher education, Congress, lenders, and other interested parties regarding such revision.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H6D66FC42D4C9418D85734B7AE1FE6C69"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text> <subclause id="HD190E9BE21DB41438C3BF430AB0C76E8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>and target dates upon which such action steps will be taken and such goals will be achieved</quote> after <quote>achieve such goals</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H979B321B2D5941A99CF8EA678EDFC341"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vi);</text> </subclause><subclause id="H37E907876E48422EB4FD499DF7C742C6"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (iv) the following:</text>
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<clause commented="no" id="H6546F90785BF4DBDAD40B4391B6FFC26"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Ensuring transparency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maximizing the transparency in the operations of the PBO, including complying with the data reporting requirements under section 144.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE95414BE2F0E4A129BED7BAC76625C6B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H4F384EDA42354E7E828FD794A6367BF2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>5-year</quote> and inserting <quote>3-year</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB0E81DF1D2174FCB94443D3A51A9B46F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>, including an explanation of the specific steps the Secretary and the Chief Operating Officer will take to address any such goals that were not achieved</quote> before the period;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3E1A13F82BC24E19802448B6C622D503"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>, in the aggregate and per individual</quote> before the period;</text> </clause><clause id="H3FE34AF4FAB54B6D9FE013739B805BB7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>Recommendations</quote> and inserting <quote>Specific recommendations</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB605601758A84BF3B96D95D96BF7C4C4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and</text> </clause><clause id="H1F2FB601C5F548D08C87EDF9B0AC6503"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (E), the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HE572030E9AAA41BCA865627718D27836"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the performance evaluation system developed under subsection (d)(6).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7FCB64DBC60846DCBEA26189739C2218"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="HD35FE726EE7B4E2FB49FBB48CE5DCE5C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>establish appropriate means to</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="H9156F6C584704072A25972F5F81CEE54"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting <quote>and the PBO;</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5244DABE27C74147BC9453985125FD7E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>and the PBO; and</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HCD90312E34514C0382B6076D224C9838"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFB692A468C1F4EEEA373810C44EE40E5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through a nationally-representative survey, that at a minimum shall evaluate the degree of satisfaction with the delivery system and the PBO.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H05E38C72CB764AB3BCC1AD48CE749784"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H56CD688278E94F9BB3D5830B3CE370DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>The Secretary may reappoint</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in paragraph (4)(C),</quote></text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBB3B21076FA48C2A67F13A1D78BD195"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <clause id="HAB50EE293982490EA601F649AF91E300"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="H3225CC92314B400AAABC9C8CD2D5ECA5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>specific, measurable</quote> after <quote>set forth</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H50354150F00045CC9206771C5EEEECCA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and metrics used to measure progress toward such goals</quote> before the period;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HDFF74672BF84498ABD5ACBDBD7624B7E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9DE83EA050C4A529F68F097EEADB71B" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H835948DA557B43E9A7784F834EE6380A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transmittal and public availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H2D939180D9E5413697F6418934BFF038"><enum>(i)</enum><text>transmit to the authorizing committees the final version of, and any subsequent revisions to, the agreement entered into under subparagraph (A); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2262602A87E342FC97AD1D8BB5213FB3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>before the expiration of the period of 5 business days beginning after the date on which the agreement is transmitted under clause (i), make such agreement publicly available on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Education.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="HAE2547CA4FA94A1FA3328F864331AA93"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D109907E9244AD29C5DE1A22205F611" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H1CFDA0F7F82F425DAECE5D25685E6BCA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Loss of eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the agreement under subparagraph (A) is not made publicly available before the expiration of the period described in subparagraph (B)(ii), the Chief Operating Officer shall not be eligible for reappointment under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD90A89FF45AB46EAAC91817AF1CB2BE2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69D2353C4DC042A7BCDBA35F15839632" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD2C9762A34C24380AA89971D7C10D49C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bonus</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition, the Chief Operating Officer may receive a bonus in the following amounts:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H47657AF39401434B863E9D4B8CA5CF4C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a period covered by a performance agreement entered into under paragraph (4) before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>, an amount that does not exceed 50 percent of the annual rate basic pay of the Chief Operating Officer, based upon the Secretary’s evaluation of the Chief Operating Officer’s performance in relation to the goals set forth in the performance agreement.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H79316B6A375F41B89CF1C593D4B37E1C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a period covered by a performance agreement entered into under paragraph (4) on or after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>, an amount that does not exceed 40 percent of the annual rate basic pay of the Chief Operating Officer, based upon the Secretary’s evaluation of the Chief Operating Officer’s performance in relation to the goals set forth in the performance agreement.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B6E551A240B42B8807975755D3668A4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7970B5FC953941F091C704465F27341C" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE2660D002F404FD1A200980E8C98480B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Performance evaluation system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall develop a system to evaluate the performance of the Chief Operating Officer and any senior managers appointed by such Officer under subsection (e). Such system shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2C80C3697E884622B9397E99C788812F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>take into account the extent to which each individual attains the specific, measurable organizational and individual goals set forth in the performance agreement described in paragraph (4)(A) and subsection (e)(2) (as the case may be); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDB9D6B9C77D64179BE48338F2DA7B3D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evaluate each individual using a rating system that accounts for the full spectrum of performance levels, from the failure of an individual to meet the goals described in clause (i) to an individual’s success in meeting or exceeding such goals.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2E20E81976C74B108875C35F5CE5D717"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text> <subparagraph id="H4974B10250BB4F16A9A40BB2C3F43712"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>organization and individual goals</quote> and inserting <quote>specific, measurable organization and individual goals and the metrics used to measure progress toward such goals</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B431718D72647A292E945D682CFCA1A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD3FC11A8A5241B0BFC3ABB06F6E4985" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HDA721DDFEA004F63A49D65F7DD3FAE90"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bonus</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition, a senior manager may receive a bonus in the following amounts:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H7B8A4DF410A9498EB45AF11713A9C4EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a period covered by a performance agreement entered into under paragraph (2) before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>, an amount such that the manager’s total annual compensation does not exceed 125 percent of the maximum rate of basic pay for the Senior Executive Service, including any applicable locality-based comparability payment, based upon the Chief Operating Officer’s evaluation of the manager’s performance in relation to the goals set forth in the performance agreement.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H635F773D7ADE4600AFDD45BC0978F31A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>For a period covered by a performance agreement entered into under paragraph (2) on or after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>, an amount such that the manager’s total annual compensation does not exceed 120 percent of the maximum rate of basic pay for the Senior Executive Service, including any applicable locality-based comparability payment, based upon the Chief Operating Officer’s evaluation of the manager’s performance in relation to the goals set forth in the performance agreement.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2247CE2C4AEC499FA64C958DF6CB3EC2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) as subsections (g), (h), (i), (j); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB786A99663D64A26ADE6E469EC42B4CA"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (e) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HC1507211F7C245C08F81B04DC0F9740F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Advisory board</header>
<paragraph id="H62EBC5A8EBB242C7AE8F99DCEDD8E072"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment and purpose</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish an Advisory Board (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Board</quote>) for the PBO. The purpose of such Board shall be to conduct oversight over the PBO and the Chief Operating Officer and senior managers described under subsection (e) to ensure that the PBO is meeting the purposes described in this section and the goals in the performance plan described under such section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8CBE694009454C92B6D06BC83F4F820E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subparagraph id="H784FA0352F874A788765CEC25D6453FE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Board members</header><text>The Board shall consist of 7 members, one of whom shall be the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF90F2CB9D0D049668B6D2DF67856EB78"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Chairman</header><text>A Chairman of the Board shall be elected by the Board from among its members for a 2-year term.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBCD643BF8564E77AE80077113621706"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Secretary as an ex officio member</header><text>The Secretary, ex officio—</text> <clause id="H2F76CC3E94734FD1B0ADCD6756FDA8EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall—</text>
<subclause id="HE00D437F93794DEDA9A72FB8A0EF9F55"><enum>(I)</enum><text>serve as a member of the Board;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HC5F0315CDB824525B8AA10774BF17EF3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>be a voting member of the Board; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H604347E304414CC2A2E2EEFF91C296C6"><enum>(III)</enum><text>be eligible to be elected by the Board to serve as chairman or vice chairman of the Board; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HFE73ED9710594BCF8F321A07C5A76DDB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall not be subject to the terms or compensation requirements described in this paragraph that are applicable to the other members of the Board.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DF79BDC182A45DDBE2D55CE385381C1"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Additional board members</header><text>Each member of the Board (excluding the Secretary) shall be appointed by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H17921FFE0B7E46049D2D529D1ACD1724"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Terms</header> <clause id="H64BC321CF2FF4B3C93FA3B42885C9EEC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each Board member, except for the Secretary and the Board members described in clause (ii)(II), shall serve 5-year terms.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDD0ED74FC1404EECBDD6F263038940CF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Initial members</header>
<subclause id="HA3101382F64F42A08E0DBC3F5BBE039A"><enum>(I)</enum><header>First 3 members</header><text>The first 3 members confirmed to serve on the Board after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> shall serve for 5-year terms.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HB39280F1F3B64B06BF3AB34F03A843A3"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Other members</header><text>The fourth, fifth, and sixth members confirmed to serve on the Board after such date of enactment shall serve for 3-year terms.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H517B676043E44087A2ACBBAE54E30C51"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Reappointment</header><text>The Secretary may reappoint a Board member for one additional 5-year term.</text> </clause><clause id="H4157D820B1D84119BAB9F7E28F517FEA"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Vacancies</header> <subclause id="H5CB60718C9574D4BB21132ACEEF5228C"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after a vacancy of the Board occurs, the Secretary shall publish a Federal Register notice soliciting nominations for the position.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H77B0071BF476454B9BC57DE6E96473EC"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Filling vacancy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after such vacancy occurs, such vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made, except that—</text>
<item id="HE2D426AC39E14FA8AC414D2D7853E653"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the appointment shall be for the remainder of the uncompleted term; and</text> </item><item id="H9DED648AB3A64068975867843411285C"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>such member may be reappointed under clause (iii).</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4724B99466E4A35B2789115C7AC2DE3"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Membership qualifications and prohibitions</header>
<clause id="H1874794A25064414B6CA0441F024D49F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The members of the board, other than the Secretary, shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of their professional experience and expertise in—</text>
<subclause id="H3041C785E4A445FBA471BA40F59EAA14"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the management of large and financially significant organizations, including banks and commercial lending companies; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0A5AE75D868243E69E22D669D3C73EAF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Federal student financial assistance programs.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H3EEC3F90A53B4B1D8F96A6199E984AC0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Conflicts of interest among board members</header><text>Before appointing members of the Board, the Secretary shall establish rules and procedures to address any potential conflict of interest between a member of the Board and responsibilities of the Board, including prohibiting membership for individuals with a pecuniary interest in the activities of the PBO.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C0C2DED90A245F0B7103390053ADBAC"><enum>(G)</enum><header>No compensation</header><text>Board members shall serve without pay.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CBDFCE00D694FF7B5B5484B041C1B37"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Expenses of Board Members</header><text>Each member of the Board shall receive travel expenses and other permissible expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions under title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDE1D8CA2472A49D0A79FBF2537238324"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Board responsibilities</header><text>The Board shall have the following responsibilities:</text> <subparagraph id="H3E11111EC4724712BC183938A67D163D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Conducting general oversight over the functioning and operation of the PBO, including—</text>
<clause id="H685F7DD9D8E34567A413D99E1F89D5E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ensuring that the reporting and planning requirements of this section are fulfilled by the PBO; and</text> </clause><clause id="H31A525569E0D45E586B229D76B260AB5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensuring that the Chief Operating Officer acquires senior managers with demonstrated management ability and expertise in consumer lending (as described in subsection (b)(1)(C)(iii)).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2BF5F4DF1E7B4DA6826DEA6A11C3DC50"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approving the appointment or reappointment of a Chief Operating Officer, except that the board shall have no authority to approve or disapprove the reappointment of the Chief Operating Officer who holds such position on the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B775C470DBA4655A0A7F9A9F22EA74B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Making recommendations with respect to the suitability of any bonuses proposed to be provided to the Chief Operating Officer or senior managers described under subsections (d) and (e), to ensure that a bonus is not awarded to the Officer or a senior manager in a case in which such Officer or manager has failed to meet goals set for them under the relevant performance plan under subsections (d)(4) and (e)(2), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B5CB96FDAA24FA39ED826B921244689"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Approving any performance plan established for the PBO.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6E6C27423BFB4DD988CA58416F7F3945"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Board operations</header> <subparagraph id="H7473AD2A59D143308CB32720E7AF444A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Board shall meet at least twice per year and at such other times as the chairperson determines appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62402F1CD7634443830778379A62CF2F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Powers of chairperson</header><text>Except as otherwise provided by a majority vote of the Board, the powers of the chairperson shall include—</text>
<clause id="H30F3C133948D492DA8BA67F53581E5D2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>establishing committees;</text> </clause><clause id="H1BF59CF32F4E4BBD8B6F0F4B493B84BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>setting meeting places and times;</text>
</clause><clause id="H00ECF6D0CEF844449CC79EEC4D5F5882"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>establishing meeting agendas; and</text> </clause><clause id="HABE2C8E3D185409D9102AA642D41B7F8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>developing rules for the conduct of business.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77D32AE1F6BD40CA8F953730E8C920E0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. A majority of members present and voting shall be required for the Board to take action.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38FFE9B9AC814A94910AD0A0787C81B9"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply with respect to the Board, other than sections 10, 11 and 12 of such Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB0CFC4F21CC844F3B23145CCE3C9B4E0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Annual report</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H691C079AFE8242759EB10E47F5C51196"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not less frequently than once annually, the Board shall submit to the authorizing committees a report on the results of the work conducted by the PBO.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0BC1AF327AE944268AA6CEC0B1F2837C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each report under clause (i) shall include—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H56815037E63146329394E293ABE0F502"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of the oversight work of the Board and the results of such work;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H6F295968E99247FE8DF710C6A248ADD9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of statutory requirements of this section and section 144 where the PBO is not in compliance;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HFF3EA1D956FC44CCA117D6DDD2D1C836"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>recommendations on the appointment or reappointment of a Chief Operating Officer;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H4E727E0360FF4DC08F9B1332E7489DC3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>recommendations regarding bonus payments for the Chief Operating Officer and senior managers; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H05FF1A785B564AB4BD6FF4F834F2253F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>recommendations for the authorizing Committees and the Appropriations Committees on—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H6020D02892DB479DB3E1F9D3FF3CEE02"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any statutory changes needed that would enhance the ability of the PBO to meet the purposes of this section; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H4E67E5C082CD4A08B3AAEC54644A03FD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any recommendations for the Secretary or the Chief Operating Officer that will improve the operations of the PBO.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H27BEB7AE65A642EDB47A76D3289BFA43"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Issuance and Public Release</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report under clause (i) shall be posted on the publicly accessible website of the Department of Education.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HFB1B0D80FD764A2CB0CEBF2B9F54880C"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>PBO Recommendations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the submission of each report under clause (i), the Chief Operating Officer shall respond to each recommendation individually, which shall include a description of such actions that the Officer is undertaking to address such recommendation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDDD4615BFF274780A2E974CFCEFDF920"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Staff</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H4F05053CFBC047A39333910A136992BA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may appoint to the Board not more than 7 employees to assist in carrying out the duties of the Board under this section.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H1C4936D36C81412889C5D68968B2F935"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Technical Employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such appointments may include, for terms not to exceed 3 years and without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, not more than 3 technical employees who may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, but no individual so appointed shall be paid in excess of the rate authorized for GS–18 of the General Schedule.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HC8E6860F51434359AA0CF5D44240EDAE"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Detailees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of the Department for the purposes described in clause (i). Such employees shall serve without additional pay, allowances, or benefits.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H22EBDC5239D0435ABA44582BC7163078"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Statutory construction</header><text>Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to provide for an increase in the total number of permanent full-time equivalent positions in the Department or any other department or agency of the Federal Government.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBC5B7FA904F2477FB1110F4D985264DA"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Briefing on activities of the oversight board</header><text>The Secretary shall, upon request, provide a briefing to the authorizing committees on the steps the Board has taken to carry out its responsibilities under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H8C6C32B8C2AE47DB8303747B64CC662B"><enum>132.</enum><header>Administrative data transparency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part D of title I (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1018">20 U.S.C. 1018</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2FD598176A54C5E9F107B061B6058A4" style="OLC"> <section id="H0C6DA94F2DEA4CCCB74EAF8DA352B3EA"><enum>144.</enum><header>Administrative data transparency</header> <subsection id="HBE10307279614CF9A74917ABAECC7ECC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To improve the transparency of the student aid delivery system, the Secretary and the Chief Operating Officer shall collect and publish information on the performance of student loan programs under title IV in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H092C46F488204099B8D884807E27529D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disclosures</header>
<paragraph id="H366BF7B1831E4E4AB2F3329CE1C8336C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary and the Chief Operating Officer shall publish on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Education the following aggregate statistics with respect to the performance of student loans under title IV:</text>
<subparagraph id="H4AD2FE8D934D4E0B9081577BFB9FE6FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The number of borrowers who paid off the total outstanding balance of principal and interest on their loans before the end of the 10-year or consolidated loan repayment schedule.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1209FB2B7274F0C9873665872F3CC36"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The number of loans under each type of deferment and forbearance.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2836435B3794EE6B52A8DA96DA76379"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The average length of time a loan stays in default.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H950DA3CB15A546AAADF75D57F9476B42"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The percentage of loans in default among borrowers who completed the program of study for which the loans were made.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HABA8C7EBF64E4107B0EEE32B2DCE14CA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The number of borrowers enrolled in an income-based repayment plan who make monthly payments of $0 and the average student loan debt of such borrowers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H030059F667C84CE8BF1BB4EBD3C67A0D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The number of students whose loan balances are growing because such students are not paying the full amount of interest accruing on the loans.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3A03F7248CB4A248F38AB0125E02F29"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The number of borrowers entering income-based repayment plans to get out of default.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE08E0E150FA4D6CAAD541733D215C69"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The number of borrowers in income-based repayment plans who have outstanding student loans from graduate school, and the average balance of such loans.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F648A4C3D914E479A92356F7574976C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>With respect to the public service loan forgiveness program under section 455(m)—</text> <clause id="HE01673C348BE45B3B343292DF605B4E6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of applications submitted and processed;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1879AFB416264EDA86EF0A235A6E0973"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of borrowers granted loan forgiveness;</text> </clause><clause id="HDAF5D74F3E644058A79551D70DC02091"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount of loan debt forgiven; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H77D3A03F3FA84ECC99E1A5C117565EA1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the number of borrowers granted loan forgiveness, and the amount of the loan debt forgiven, disaggregated by each category of employer that employs individuals in public service jobs (as defined in section 455(m)(3)(B), including—</text>
<subclause id="H62C23BD9F8EB4121A5D7C761AA6B2EC8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Federal Government, or a State or local government;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H4458B374018E48B7B70F957A89B77B02"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an organization that is described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H023688FA341D456287C7CADA8929605E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a non-profit organization not described in subclause (II).</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA93BFB80536948EC820FF93E0A93DD5E"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any other aggregate statistics the Secretary and the Chief Operating Officer determine to be necessary to adequately inform the public of the performance of the student loan programs under title IV.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HECF97214EAB443ECB3F0DEADD57E6454"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disaggregation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The statistics described in clauses (i) through (iii) of paragraph (1)(I) shall be disaggregated—</text> <subparagraph id="H7B7AD7A2E03C4B7AB39BE3E849E0369D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by the number or amount for most recent quarter;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90F8CED908A2425F8608945D77686183"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by the total number or amount as of the date of publication;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE892063A473149409EE4FD7BEA239A11"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by repayment plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D606B1C4792497EB09CC9B1F68D14CD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by borrowers seeking loan forgiveness for loans made for an undergraduate course of study; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C785A6CCA3C432ABFCA6933B27196E6"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by borrowers seeking loan forgiveness for loans made for a graduate course of study.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEA02DF4304E547F58D29087D094F27FF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Quarterly updates</header><text>The statistics published under paragraph (1) shall be updated not less frequently than once each fiscal quarter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H086B75F5CFDD45E2BA257739A616BCBE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information collection</header>
<paragraph id="H908EDA3336744C3B88B95FDD70865DAD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary and the Chief Operating Officer shall collect information on the performance of student loans under title IV over time, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB8BAEEBF6C58476F84F567C87FD01D8E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>measurement of the cash flow generated by such loans as determined by assessing monthly payments on the loans over time;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFBF70B7E09A044639A99E7A397787F14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the income level and employment status of borrowers during repayment;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C0346453E564DB091231E01C20FD0B6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the loan repayment history of borrowers prior to default;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2937307814FB497FBD9EAB42BBB13CBB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the progress of borrowers in making monthly payments on loans after defaulting on the loans; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87A5538693B14D4A8BA44D3A75FE90A8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>such other information as the Secretary and the Chief Operating Officer determine to be appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE1C07CC5C5694F818B3FD32570DE9431"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header>
<subparagraph id="H5F6D581122AA472A85ED49C14AFC5240"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The information collected under paragraph (1) shall be made available biannually to organizations and researchers that—</text>
<clause id="H456563C39C0743C98A02A053619CEF7B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>submit to the Secretary and the Chief Operating officer a request for such information; and</text> </clause><clause id="HB17212207FF649868996CB58D314ACC1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into an agreement with the National Center for Education Statistics under which the organization or researcher (as the case may be) agrees to use the information in accordance with the privacy laws described in subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42D073EAAE0B49C6893E133DB37ECDB7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Privacy protections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The privacy laws described in this subparagraph are the following:</text> <clause id="H179C900C71B540F7AC219606C7777807"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 183 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9573">20 U.S.C. 9573</external-xref>).</text>
</clause><clause id="HDAC438FBB0114E5088DC0A42A1E07332"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Privacy Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552a">5 U.S.C. 552a</external-xref>).</text> </clause><clause id="HF953156B22B04CF1A8DF9A8BCDF9E5FE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (commonly known as the <quote>Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1232g">20 U.S.C. 1232g</external-xref>).</text>
</clause><clause id="H1CFA60A06A1B49C989C16E161D404212"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Subtitle A of title V of the E–Government Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/44/3501">44 U.S.C. 3501</external-xref> note).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD91693FA84234750A437F8B29A28558F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Format</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The information described in subparagraph (A) shall be made available in the format of a data file that contains an statistically accurate, representative sample of all borrowers of loans under title IV.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE3798DD4E36544D58ABD9FCF8AE945DD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Data sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary and the Chief Operating Officer may enter into cooperative data sharing agreements with other Federal or State agencies to ensure the accuracy of information collected and published under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1D9023DD0341477CB0B160C4EAA3407C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Privacy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary and the Chief Operating Officer shall ensure that any information collected, published, or otherwise made available under this section does not reveal personally identifiable information.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></part><part id="H1F1E589349F04F1B8473B27E6BADCAF6"><enum>E</enum><header>Lender and Institution Requirements Relating to Education Loans</header>
<section id="H13460B96FCED4F0C8ADF86B4CDCA9789"><enum>141.</enum><header>Modification of preferred lender arrangements</header>
<subsection id="H04F1F83F1E93414EB32F3C705E513565"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part E of title I (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1019">20 U.S.C. 1019</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H28F9CC9C20ED4BB8BAB76334AE911C8A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 151 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1019">20 U.S.C. 1019(2)</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE0E6013BF98E48B0B0472E1469D7F901"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>section 102</quote> and inserting <quote>section 101 or 102</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98A73A1651664BBE8EE1D4D449D61CC5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="H10CC51F7C2A446BB9553EC6EA0C7FF96"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B);</text> </clause><clause id="H9F7DDD005CBA4A37942C270A52645946"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7628ED5BACFC4C84801B3F469EA845BA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B), the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H305436C6CC1C4465A8C385BB77FC7136" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H32EDE464F61845CF8B9471E05F2E7DB8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any loan made under part E of title IV after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>; or</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AF700A8A3DA447180A6FD27B3AB394E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)(A)—</text> <clause id="HCD551F6372FB4423A58D5A4767230E25"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (ii);</text>
</clause><clause id="HAE0BE4ADEF2D4B3CA23AF85DB32E6BAF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and</text> </clause><clause id="H1D440AABF9664250B4A55553A9F0CEAA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ii), the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85382ABA63564BA682B7B90CCA1B7855" style="OLC">
<clause id="HB11A541392B6452E92B71DB4E5B22E25"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a loan issued or provided to a student under part E of title IV on or after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H382672D22A6E482A8AFAD1AD2124B001"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)(B)(ii)—</text> <clause id="H99304A91303848A6BB57D64B74FDB813"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of clause (i);</text>
</clause><clause id="H5BB3D05DF69641F094A87668F2572DDB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and</text> </clause><clause id="H18D2C1D843694655B27993FAFFE694DB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (i), the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H686DA16BFB7B4AFAB7EA028514144979" style="OLC">
<clause id="H50D8B52EC370423ABF73C1C1577F4485"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">arrangements or agreements with respect to loans under part E of title IV; or</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF5B6AAEB3A6D4895819E6E8DCE86495B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 152 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1019">20 U.S.C. 1019</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H04D7976E30A4403B919601E74BD832C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text> <clause id="HD1A621A75A7F405F9B679FC149371625"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by amending clause (i) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F808658428846668DAF8CC85CFB985D" style="OLC">
<clause id="H807D43D9608D450A997111E9B467FB85"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make available to the prospective borrower on a website or with informational material, the information the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System requires the lender to provide to the covered institution under section 128(e)(11) of the Truth in Lending Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1638">15 U.S.C. 1638(e)(11)</external-xref>) for such loan;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="HDDA7F0E62558444EB3F470F54CA15B65"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EF926DCFB1E4D488B3736041E7E8E5D" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H096B02790465463B8BC17E0F8D0C8CE8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a covered institution, or an institution-affiliated organization of such covered institution, shall not be required to provide any information regarding private education loans to prospective borrowers except for the information described in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H101953A78B55475A99BBDD60DD29A43B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)(A)(i), by striking <quote>part B or D</quote> and inserting <quote>part B, D, or E</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA09DFC1162354DCC82D6232D32F1888C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 153 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1019b">20 U.S.C. 1019b</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF44EB4627164092BB99F2153C26BE44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <clause id="HFBBACA4A30A44739AC71D9D5ACCDAB0D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)—</text>
<subclause id="HF7DF5ECF15854D8A93E4B12C7A9A93DD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H0499709A17994B39964995BC0B121DA0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end and inserting a period; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9A0A930EF9E449009F17F4FAB62E90BB"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking clause (iii); and</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HE0AEA2605C0E40669E1119FFEAFE6F97"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF47831CD74C64D64A916052B53391DDE" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H9AB2B723A4DA4E0CA2B8D6E34019DF1A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">update such model disclosure form not later than 180 after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>, and periodically thereafter, as necessary.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4E23C0423E7546DAA946BAA0D2074CAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H2AC55F41DE804DDEBBC526EE824632CE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties of covered institutions and institution-Affiliated organizations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC0FEBC5E125746E092B24592F0CF4D73"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Code of conduct</header><text>Each covered institution, and each institution-affiliated organization of such covered institution, that has a preferred lender arrangement, shall comply with the code of conduct requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (C) of section 487(a)(22).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCD27D2164B9F456992A04EB7A218F6A7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable code of conduct</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), an institution-affiliated organization of a covered institution shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4627E2EE467849B8853904863A05781C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">comply with the code of conduct developed and published by such covered institution under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 487(a)(22);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1DE25E66FC3742EBA2B4A159F889959C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if such institution-affiliated organization has a website, publish such code of conduct prominently on the website; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H776C4819D08F4905AFC8CB847CAC27A9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>administer and enforce such code of conduct by, at a minimum, requiring that all of such organization’s agents with responsibilities with respect to education loans be annually informed of the provisions of such code of conduct.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDF742A32E18E42228C988331204BC4A7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 154 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1019c">20 U.S.C. 1019c</external-xref>)—</text> <subparagraph id="H8A62E88DE23C4516ACC86BD193918D27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by inserting before the period the following: <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">or the Federal ONE Loan Program</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C7B125946A845008A865B1144416785"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>William D. Ford Direct Loan Program</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>William D. Ford Direct Loan Program or the Federal ONE Loan Program</quote> </text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD03602801FE043E88057C98180940BAC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>part D</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>part D or E</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8F1C597CEFF4ACB86337237F539984C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<clause id="HA8487FD4035447AF8610B80776AB23E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the development</quote> and inserting <quote>the first update</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="H1DCD2680DED14913B38802B9C5637C85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 153(a)(2)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 153(a)(2)(C)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3B3838E153E34A30A381529EDEFD71E0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Federal Direct Stafford Loans, Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans, and Federal Direct PLUS</quote> and inserting <quote>undergraduate, graduate, and parent</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA134CE2F61BE455B86AF7F25CA60A93D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Education shall not impose, administer, or enforce any requirements on a covered institution or an institution-affiliated organization of a covered institution relating to preferred lender lists or arrangements unless explicitly authorized by sections 152(a)(1)(B), 153(c), or 487(h)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1019a">20 U.S.C. 1019a(a)(1)(B)</external-xref>, 1019b(c), or 1094(h), respectively) as amended by this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></part><part id="H77F0F88CF7D048C9B3AC64EB15D32566"><enum>F</enum><header>Addressing sexual assault</header>
<section id="H74FDF2A7C15845EE87423CEA0582A5D2"><enum>151.</enum><header>Addressing sexual assault</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new part:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H822EC302A7AE4B369CBA1BFDC1E1ADDE" style="OLC"> <part id="HE5A3DE26F25A4ED486A44674A4FD57AD"><enum>F</enum><header>Addressing Sexual Assault </header> <section id="H83D616B1CD3E432DA0A52113C94800A4"><enum>161.</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The requirements of this part shall apply to any institution of higher education receiving Federal financial assistance under this Act, including financial assistance provided to students under title IV, other than—</text>
<paragraph id="H982A14EF7B614AD6916FF30A000148BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an institution outside the United States; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H33996F325D4741719AA50F5A9D20FBFF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an institution that provides instruction primarily through online courses.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5C528E9E13AA434694F2CA733284FB73"><enum>162.</enum><header>Campus climate surveys</header>
<subsection id="H90AD9EA9567A48C1A7CC0B5B7F25944E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Surveys To measure campus attitudes and climate regarding sexual assault and misconduct on campus</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution of higher education that is subject to this part shall conduct surveys of its students to measure campus attitudes towards sexual assault and the general climate of the campus regarding the institution’s treatment of sexual assault on campus, and shall use the results of the survey to improve the institution’s ability to prevent and respond appropriately to incidents of sexual assault.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE6882578A2BF4A2DA757D0AAB06FF66D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The institution’s survey under this section shall consist of such questions as the institution considers appropriate, which may (at the option of the institution) include any of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HFDFFB75BB5D046A0933998861B1BBDB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Questions on the incidence and prevalence of sexual assault experienced by students.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H77DBE6BC854B431FB87DA21282E2A9E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Questions on whether students who experience sexual assault report such incidents to campus officials or law enforcement agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD29049E775F74A85BD3AC49EA38C2059"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Questions on whether the alleged perpetrators are students of the institution.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H85203A3F321B4A9CADE6993F9805DCC8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Questions to test the students’ knowledge and understanding of institutional policies regarding sexual assault and available campus support services for victims of sexual assault.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6B9296755094630A420133B3D1F1F70"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Questions to test the students’ knowledge, understanding, and retention of campus sexual assault prevention and awareness programming.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9175C8D5ADB14A56899CE3A5467C973E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Questions related to dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7D21A89C895841CABD08D9908FD19361"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other issues relating to the administration of surveys</header> <paragraph id="H2D0A44AF169E4F919B07AA0AF5708D1F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory confidentiality of responses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The institution shall ensure that all responses to surveys under this section are kept confidential and do not require the respondents to provide personally identifiable information.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C281109AD3349B2BD52FD2B34F2DF5A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Encouraging use of best practices and appropriate language</header><text>The institution is encouraged to administer the surveys under this section in accordance with best practices derived from peer-reviewed research, and to use language that is sensitive to potential respondents who may have been victims of sexual assault.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76EAC524D85A44918B3FF8D104E06286"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Encouraging responses</header><text>The institution shall make a good faith effort to encourage students to respond to the surveys.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDD96604A5DA34E3097B303C9C28194E0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Role of Secretary</header> <paragraph id="H3BA9F0F60C914114BF001E62C8108115"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Development of sample surveys</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, shall develop sample surveys that an institution may elect to use under this section, and shall post such surveys on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Education. The Secretary shall develop sample surveys that are suitable for the various populations who will participate in the surveys.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEEB19BF057EC4B3B8D31550486CD026D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limit on other activities</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary—</text> <subparagraph id="HF3DF0B0F5DAE4E6AA82651E8D93BFC5D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not regulate or otherwise impose conditions on the contents of an institution’s surveys under this section, except as may be necessary to ensure that the institution meets the confidentiality requirements of subsection (c)(1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8033E4FC53C84D58BCAFC70CF7601059"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may not use the results of the surveys to make comparisons between institutions of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H195B7EB8C69148D8BBAD97F5133A2979"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Frequency</header><text>An institution of higher education that is subject to this part shall conduct a survey under this section not less frequently than once every 3 academic years.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8B5EF6F08AB84A55BE308C133E565CB5"><enum>163.</enum><header>Survivors’ counselors</header>
<subsection id="HF73754639DE24C43A554BC349CDA261D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requiring institutions To make counselor available</header>
<paragraph id="H5FB938EF69ED4A31A854A8E3AEC05904"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution of higher education that is subject to this part shall retain the services of qualified sexual assault survivors’ counselors to counsel and support students who are victims of sexual assault.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D0667F93B7847E6911D2C045C1D75C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of contractors permitted</header><text>At the option of the institution, the institution may retain the services of counselors who are employees of the institution or may enter into agreements with other institutions of higher education, victim advocacy organizations, or other appropriate sources to provide counselors for purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H472D3D4664464EC6A815B2BB15C72240"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Number</header><text>The institution shall retain such number of counselors under this section as the institution considers appropriate based on a reasonable determination of the anticipated demand for such counselors’ services, so long as the institution retains the services of at least one such counselor at all times.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB72DB2D881974CBB9D92CF5C3B62A138"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>A counselor is qualified for purposes of this section if the counselor has completed education specifically designed to enable the counselor to provide support to victims of sexual assault, and is familiar with relevant laws on sexual assault as well as the institution’s own policies regarding sexual assault.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2AE6024F5E17435EBBF63A152E0B4E51"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Informing victims of available options and services</header><text>In providing services pursuant to this section, a counselor shall—</text> <paragraph id="HB13CA47A6DFF47738CB86E3F0BB9B447"><enum>(1)</enum><text>inform the victim of sexual assault of options available to victims, including the procedures the victim may follow to report the assault to the institution or to a law enforcement agency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB664A9F984DF4195BF3D56044ADFD649"><enum>(2)</enum><text>inform the victim of interim measures that may be taken pending the resolution of institutional disciplinary proceedings or the conclusion of criminal justice proceedings.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H92D6476DC15E4678B4973CF418793EF9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header>
<paragraph id="H567FC73B0EB5415B9B57E926DC407F54"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Maintaining confidentiality of information</header><text>In providing services pursuant to this section, a counselor shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HFF576B2EB43B42E0AFF40457E4E2DFE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>maintain confidentiality with respect to any information provided by a victim of sexual assault to the greatest extent permitted under applicable law; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H318B7C9A0D1B4A87A1BED1F37911AD8D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notify the victim of any circumstances under which the counselor is required to report information to others (including a law enforcement agency) notwithstanding the general requirement to maintain confidentiality under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE29AA34013C647498F261C206A1A2414"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maintaining privacy of records</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A counselor providing services pursuant to this section shall be considered a recognized professional for purposes of section 444(a)(4)(B)(iv) of the General Education Provisions Act (commonly known as the <quote>Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1232g">20 U.S.C. 1232g(a)(4)(B)(iv)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F0F416D1A7A4ADAB95D388A4234D068"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="H8E0F18C5715A4C03AE40B09BE1AB38A0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No reporting of incidents under Clery Act or other authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A counselor providing services pursuant to this section is not required to report incidents of sexual assault that are reported to the counselor for inclusion in any report on campus crime statistics, and shall not be considered part of a campus police or security department for purposes of section 485(f).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2CE58860DE914621B4CE83F432B46551"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No coverage of counselors as responsible employees under Title IX</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A counselor providing services pursuant to this section on behalf of an institution of higher education shall not be considered a responsible employee of the institution for purposes of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1681">20 U.S.C. 1681</external-xref> et seq.) or the regulations promulgated pursuant to such title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4031D0A5525F4127B1E1D15FD7209B52"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Notifications to Students</header><text>Each institution of higher education that is subject to this part shall make a good faith effort to notify its students of the availability of the services of counselors pursuant to this section through the statement of policy described in section 485(f)(8)(B)(vi) and any other methods as the institution considers appropriate, including disseminating information through the institution’s website, posting notices throughout the campus, and including information as part of programs to educate students on sexual assault prevention and awareness.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HAAD44D53D47447B8B99623CB3E073D08"><enum>164.</enum><header>Form to distribute to victims of sexual assault</header>
<subsection id="HDF1BBFCAEFBB4394A89EC139C3866273"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement To develop and distribute form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution of higher education that is subject to this part shall develop a one-page form containing information to provide guidance and assistance to students who may be victims of sexual assault, and shall make the form widely available to students.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6B2E0AFC1A36436D9B324EC265D45416"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of form</header><text>The form developed under this section shall contain such information as the institution considers appropriate, and may include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HE6804A8222744A47B409B896A1ECE6BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information about the services of counselors which are available pursuant to section 163, including a statement that the counselor will provide the maximum degree of confidentiality permitted under law, and a brief description of the circumstances under which the counselor may be required to report information notwithstanding the victim’s desire to keep the information confidential.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H70EA7C9E56474A21803B278F46465893"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Information about other appropriate campus resources and resources in the local community, including contact information.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A4E8A511B08488D9673FD2209DAC746"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Information about where to obtain medical treatment, and information about transportation services to such medical treatment facilities, if available.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51E0BF84D416460D806A7768E7151BAA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Information about the importance of preserving evidence after a sexual assault.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5E7D50ACF610410AB6BC5CD1518D583B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Information about how to file a report with local law enforcement agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5207C550C5A451B863F4A2683B3C32B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Information about the victim’s right to request accommodations, and examples of accommodations that may be provided.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B5A81958DEB413A9249888223631C63"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information about the victim’s right to request that the institution begin an investigation of an allegation of sexual assault and initiate an institutional disciplinary proceeding if the alleged perpetrator of the assault is another student or a member of the faculty or staff of the institution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0ECF266137E442439847CC9622F6453A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>A statement that an institutional disciplinary proceeding is not a substitute for a criminal justice proceeding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8CE69179F750471A8854FB9E89C4C49B"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Information about how to report a sexual assault to the institution, including the designated official or office responsible for receiving these reports.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA0EBD14BF7CE4F8A93704B02BAC5A175"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Development of model forms</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, shall develop model forms that an institution may use to meet the requirements of this section, and shall include in such model forms language which may accommodate a variety of State and local laws and institutional policies. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to require an institution to use any of the model forms developed under this subsection.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF1F6046C75BE4639B9CC46AF78FADD02"><enum>165.</enum><header>Memoranda of understanding with local law enforcement agencies</header>
<subsection id="H2275EBBAABC94E6DBF4AF9104E5D6C2E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings; Purpose</header>
<paragraph id="HC4205FC15BB94109897DFAC55DCC1622"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Because sexual assault is a serious crime, coordination and cooperation between institutions of higher education and law enforcement agencies are critical in ensuring that reports of sexual assaults on campus are handled in an appropriate and effective manner. A memorandum of understanding entered into between an institution and the law enforcement agency with primary jurisdiction for responding to reports of sexual assault on the institution’s campus is a useful tool to promote this coordination and cooperation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB93518C262724FE081C8E1D178D1B678"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the purpose of this section to encourage each institution of higher education that is subject to this part to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the law enforcement agency with primary jurisdiction for responding to reports of sexual assault on the institution’s campus so that reports of sexual assault on the institution’s campus may be handled in an appropriate and effective manner.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H803788326876427A8AD9D31744F7E7AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of memorandum</header><text>An institution of higher education and a law enforcement agency entering into a memorandum of understanding described in this section are encouraged to include in the memorandum provisions addressing the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H090AFA453B5A4F6498916820E37EF75A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An outline of the protocols and a delineation of responsibilities for responding to a report of sexual assault occurring on campus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H486B94B8D11D462A8920E153662E53FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A clarification of each party’s responsibilities under existing Federal, State, and local law or policies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF71C50251AFF4F14BA2165EEFD4E4D81"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The need for the law enforcement agency to know about institutional policies and resources so that the agency can direct student-victims of sexual assault to such resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4CE94CAE09045D28B3DE80052838EDC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The need for the institution to know about resources available within the criminal justice system to assist survivors, including the presence of special prosecutor or police units specifically designated to handle sexual assault cases.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDFBCC3BB97B643D5A60B7666CEAEE52A"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the institution has a campus police or security department with law enforcement authority, the need to clarify the relationship and delineate the responsibilities between such department and the law enforcement agency with respect to handling incidents of sexual assaults occurring on campus.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F0BA8ED8D22467BA244DB5BF045474C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Role of Secretary</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall develop best practices for memoranda of understanding described in this section, and shall disseminate such best practices on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Education.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HEC687E8243914A239CA3E5BF1ABE37A4"><enum>166.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this part:</text> <paragraph id="H6E11E12A8F6747C89536ED495058C777"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>sexual assault</term> has the meaning given such term in section 485(f)(6)(A)(v).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72AB3F948C934070904B74F3A2BC64CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>dating violence</term>, <term>domestic violence</term>, and <term>stalking</term>, have the meaning given such terms in section 485(f)(6)(A)(i).</text></paragraph></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section></part><enum>II</enum><header>Expanding Access to In-Demand Apprenticeships</header> <section id="H4C7BE7D427634DB4AA4A9EFDEFF7AE78"><enum>201.</enum><header>Repeal</header> <subsection id="H8CB9F4DEC7364380B05DA42CB2069CCC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title II (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1021">20 U.S.C. 1021</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4A019BC4166441F284F18067B5A0AEED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Part A transition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part A of title II (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1022">20 U.S.C. 1022</external-xref> et seq.), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, may be carried out using funds that have been appropriated for such part until June 30, 2018.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2093625486EC4F6C8617FE6F3C2D6491"><enum>202.</enum><header>Grants for access to high-demand careers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after title I the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3857828468A4247B968FF49D19AE49A" style="OLC">
<title id="HF33D8B104DD24ABDBEE3658014157D06"><enum>II</enum><header>Expanding Access to In-Demand Apprenticeships</header>
<section id="H8F40993CFA6843788FC75541C71975F7"><enum>201.</enum><header>Apprenticeship grant program</header>
<subsection id="HB48F7580377E4A85AA6D164F80FB29FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to expand student access to, and participation in, new industry-led earn-and-learn programs leading to high-wage, high-skill, and high-demand careers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5C50B2D5ED774F759E7024D4F9B276FA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of apprenticeship grant program</header>
<paragraph id="H4B1B07EABC2E4D7B8C44427AB97FA407"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From the amounts authorized under subsection (j), the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible partnerships for the purpose described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7FD1CBC1D98C48439081F523D1FB4182"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants under this section for a period of—</text> <subparagraph id="HC6418BF50A80418483C48667A6C7249B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than 1 year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCECB8EC785834F629587055CF6ADE7F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not more than 4 years.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB920477CEB1B4767A4E54FCD313BC8CE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <subparagraph id="HAE3F7EE70D15467DA65A79498A52AEE5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>A grant awarded under this section may not be in an amount greater than $1,500,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68E0CC5E26EE4CBEABE989EB69A66613"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Number of awards</header><text>An eligible partnership or member of such partnership may not be awarded more than one grant under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97A1F794350F4FE2AAD7638EA9B82778"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Administration costs</header><text>An eligible partnership awarded a grant under this section may not use more than 5 percent of the grant funds to pay administrative costs associated with activities funded by the grant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H09D8FFDD81B547709927B2138F603AAA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Matching funds</header><text>To receive a grant under this section, an eligible partnership shall, through cash or in-kind contributions, provide matching funds from non-Federal sources in an amount equal to or greater than 50 percent of the amount of such grant.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCA85375EA0824328A5C806F73D0D2074"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="H1D9B8C635CC24E85889120E686D7D71D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To receive a grant under this section, an eligible partnership shall submit to the Secretary at such a time as the Secretary may require, an application that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF7C14A6751C14F5AB9460573711B5D47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifies and designates the business or institution of higher education responsible for the administration and supervision of the earn-and-learn program for which such grant funds would be used;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E6B3DE4027044278E9FAD2B44A1811F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifies the businesses and institutions of higher education that comprise the eligible partnership;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD57C5F9BBF14684A540C8847EBEDCAE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identifies the source and amount of the matching funds required under subsection (c);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1CFF07C52F14349BC3449C93C701B8D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identifies the number of students who will participate and complete the relevant earn-and-learn program within 1 year of the expiration of the grant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A99252144DD4BD78D9DA7B1F85825C0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>identifies the amount of time, not to exceed 2 years, required for students to complete the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB144436CE5A04BC8B8B3F963FC697552"><enum>(F)</enum><text>identifies the relevant recognized postsecondary credential to be awarded to students who complete the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA46F91B9E704440386E3AA95761E68D6"><enum>(G)</enum><text>identifies the anticipated earnings of students—</text> <clause id="HE922154B6F33406993316114C4DA1071"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1 year after program completion; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8AFC0B9E46624CBBA0759BD4D63F26A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">3 years after program completion;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H485EA10626B845878DFA14B3D49ABD80"><enum>(H)</enum><text>describes the specific project for which the application is submitted, including a summary of the relevant classroom and paid structured on-the-job training students will receive;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3726A5566A044EFBA1C9986340831FF9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>describes how the eligible partnership will finance the program after the end of the grant period;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E201ACEA18C4ED9AE60214CC251B7CE"><enum>(J)</enum><text>describes how the eligible partnership will support the collection of information and data for purposes of the program evaluation required under subsection (h); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0C8EB840FC54F02B9707CF06913ECD1"><enum>(K)</enum><text>describes the alignment of the program with State identified in-demand industry sectors.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCB3145A9B24B4A47B2355E7B848FDE83"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application review process</header> <subparagraph id="HAB65358323964F77BE247D74EA5C8002"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Review panel</header><text>Applications submitted under paragraph (1) shall be read by a panel of readers composed of individuals selected by the Secretary. The Secretary shall assure that an individual assigned under this paragraph does not have a conflict of interest with respect to the applications reviewed by such individual.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DF55DE76C3247098C207841C2AA7747"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Composition of review panel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The panel of reviewers selected by the Secretary under subparagraph (A) shall be comprised as follows:</text>
<clause id="H2BF8B42D4A954C939F551BC4FB5A1A06"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A majority of the panel shall be individuals who are representative of businesses, which may include owners, executives with optimum hiring authority, or individuals representing business organizations or business trade associations.</text>
</clause><clause id="H903ABA04BF014D9696141414871F9886"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The remainder of the panel shall be equally divided between individuals who are—</text> <subclause id="H017EDF19F68E41BD92065AA07CB0342B"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">representatives of institutions of higher education that offer programs of two years or less; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDC6465C7B18945DE86D1CDB2CD7421A1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">representatives of State workforce development boards established under section 101 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3111">29 U.S.C. 3111</external-xref>).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H034F5A30FB2E47C79581301F7585D19A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Review of applications</header><text>The Secretary shall instruct the review panel selected by the Secretary under paragraph (2)(A) to evaluate applications using only the criteria specified in paragraph (1) and make recommendations with respect to—</text>
<clause id="HB20BBE5A9F9148C295038122F32B4D42"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the quality of the applications;</text> </clause><clause id="HBED2AFAEDB674A289C174C38D60BD99C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether a grant should be awarded for a project under this title; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A31BE2C1F84417796CCEFCD020C5C5D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount and duration of such grant.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E178728E7FB4C05A538CC618E0B4422"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not later than June 30 of each year, the Secretary shall notify each eligible partnership submitting an application under this section of—</text>
<clause id="H90627C81DE954AC2B65B58B45BF5AB0C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the scores given the applicant by the panel pursuant to this section;</text> </clause><clause id="HA1AC9678957940F7B4959FC59788A536"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the recommendations of the panel with respect to such application; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA5763643E68942CAB740DE23DEF65D6E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the reasons for the decision of the Secretary in awarding or refusing to award a grant under this section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE03FC916AF0646BD8BE90F24E27B240C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>modifications, if any, in the recommendations of the panel made to the Secretary.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0A602E0B17374188B6C308C974FBCC5C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Award basis</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants under this section on the following basis—</text>
<paragraph id="HFBAED624207A42F4AAE081EFC65CD7DB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of participants to be served by the grant;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H054DDDAA2DBE41FB9052F851BE012B14"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the anticipated income of program participants in relation to the regional median income;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A2AC6185FB449D5B6C81A123063F0A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the alignment of the program with State-identified in-demand industry sectors; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6631DB6ECF8647FAB50B19C177B0612E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the recommendations of the readers under subsection (d)(2)(C).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0448CF081005484D934C00CC2B5B3BDD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Grant funds provided under this section may be used for—</text> <paragraph id="HF571ED1A7D174FCDACB64C5CDA278110"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the purchase of appropriate equipment, technology, or instructional material, aligned with business and industry needs, including machinery, testing equipment, hardware and software;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H199193026A314E7D8E976F0FC86ACF7B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>student books, supplies, and equipment required for enrollment;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAE61B9ECD3B04677934EE3B159FCAAA1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the reimbursement of up to 50 percent of the wages of a student participating in an earn-and-learn program receiving a grant under this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8758CF752D984EE8B3CE75BA75BE2DC9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the development of industry-specific programing;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H68C938DB9A4F44F9ACAC754A5B2A2A08"><enum>(5)</enum><text>supporting the transition of industry-based professionals from an industry setting to an academic setting;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDAE453FE8E5644DE942623B07EAF5E10"><enum>(6)</enum><text>industry-recognized certification exams or other assessments leading to a recognized postsecondary credential associated with the earn-and-learn program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65C980B26B49463F81E05D242A85BDE1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>any fees associated with the certifications or assessments described in paragraph (6).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBD1EAE6502764ED8B2629F32D6BD6A73"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary may provide technical assistance to eligible partnerships awarded under this section throughout the grant period for purposes of grant management.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCFC0D6EB1FF54C2A84ACD6568006CC1E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="HD1627A0460C140B284C4B8AB0757816D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From the amounts made available under subsection (j), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute for Education Sciences, shall provide for the independent evaluation of the grant program established under this section that includes the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3F44A3CBA48C43E98030EC25ED12B6C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the effectiveness of the grant program in expanding earn-and-learn program opportunities offered by employers in conjunction with institutions of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H11AE4DE44547403BBB015157AD350273"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The number of students who participated in programs assisted under this section.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF22AAC2911840E683BE1F2D28642F35"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The percentage of students participating in programs assisted under this section who successfully completed the program in the time described in subsection (d)(1)(E).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3BE490C0DDC64253BF8F0CC49C1327BF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The median earnings of program participants—</text> <clause id="H5A4A15922AAE4EFFA209041FA2C9EEBA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1 year after exiting the program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC2B6839280194E92B568C268729541AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>3 years after exiting the program.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2AC1D9C7A24042E3910A98398DA6C3C4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The percentage of students participating in programs assisted under this section who successfully receive a recognized postsecondary credential.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD92F923AF4DD42A684A2D4671E4CA89C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The number of students served by programs receiving funding under this section—</text> <clause id="H85CC8AC7F26C4A4481FEBDD2CBE4001D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>2 years after the end of the grant period;</text>
</clause><clause id="H375514B0337E4B6B9FB3562B20BFB8A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>4 years after the end of the grant period.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0C2337F368F444BB9B8D6EE6F4623DC7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the evaluation required by this subsection shall not be subject to any review outside the Institute for Education Sciences before such reports are submitted to Congress and the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFBEB8D88DD8E4C0D944629AB3FE70626"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The evaluation required by this subsection shall be made publicly available on the website of the Department.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF459BD8A987E460CB6C2F0C29293A085"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H0BD545A45AB7436E9282B0DE4C7CC72C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Earn-and-learn program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>earn-and-learn program</term> means an education program, including an apprenticeship program, that provides students with structured, sustained, and paid on-the-job training and accompanying, for credit, classroom instruction that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H97AE19C3E7394742963A0F6BB4FFE208"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is for a period of between 3 months and 2 years; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21EA67AC617549E095C136ED03FA822E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>leads to, on completion of the program, a recognized postsecondary credential.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6C30E2676B6C49D7ACFA1B717DFEDE5D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible partnership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible partnership</term> shall mean a consortium that includes—</text> <subparagraph id="H6BC50A0A952846549F5D6825596ADAAB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>one or more businesses; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF8FF714F03445E1B17F2163D07619B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>one or more institutions of higher education.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C336EAE76144984AE4103AD82F28F37"><enum>(3)</enum><header>In-demand industry sector or occupation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>in-demand industry sector or occupation</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3102">29 U.S.C. 3102</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D3A16C72EA8400EA48C56863127A02E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>On-the-job training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>on-the-job training</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3102">29 U.S.C. 3102</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1AFCCE84CB7F487FA9993C403EA28F7A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Recognized postsecondary credential</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>recognized postsecondary credential</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3102">29 U.S.C. 3102</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8D93C451119542E798FEA306E9E5949F"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $183,204,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></subsection></section>.
<enum>III</enum><header>Institutional Aid</header>
<section id="HAF8FBFB0375342AEABC2CB0C1A1449B9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Strengthening institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title III (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1057">20 U.S.C. 1057</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H95A9DD392D7940409F1481ACF58277F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the part heading for part A, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="part" style="OLC">Minority-serving</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="part" style="OLC">Strengthening</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F565A8E790445FAB7D23BE386577B3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 311—</text> <subparagraph id="HC9332728480346EAA3CE5130601CEF1C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1140927A7E64B75ADF7A3B9D7C7B7BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)—</text> <clause id="H9E5B78AC48294681B4252068A08E4C89"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EF605ED103E4C9D97E7BA933D0127ED" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H071B1701AFE548768A3B95AE36FC5277"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tutoring, counseling, advising, and student service programs designed to improve academic success, including innovative and customized instructional courses (which may include remedial education and English language instruction) designed to help retain students and move the students rapidly into core courses and through program completion.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H69C79E2A0EF04EEB82870F0553140F83"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>acquisition of equipment for use in strengthening funds management</quote> and inserting <quote>acquisition of technology, services, and equipment for use in strengthening funds and administrative management</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H9FED5E7F301F4D8CAE8F5AFA03479C05"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (12), by striking <quote>Creating</quote> and all that follows through <quote>technologies,</quote> and inserting <quote>Innovative learning models and creating or improving facilities for Internet or other innovative technologies,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7F581FE0C0CA44DFA28DA11EEED8D987"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (18); and</text> </clause><clause id="HCC6A6AE1C89B4334AA95E6AF01E31CD7"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (12) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87DDE14F4DE44F18B41ACBF77EC7D595" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6BE81D096F6F46A696565A0AF126C425"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Establishing community outreach programs that will encourage elementary school and secondary school students to develop the academic skills and the interest to pursue postsecondary education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B1E6383B7F0414399BE69EC79EFB487"><enum>(14)</enum><text>The development, coordination, implementation, or improvement of career and technical education programs as defined in section 135 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2355">20 U.S.C. 2355</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A74388074634611A1BFEC0CD9CE4324"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Alignment and integration of career and technical education programs with programs of study leading to a bachelor’s degree, graduate degree, or professional degree.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A2C050F618E4AD9850EA9244A3DCC3B"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Developing or expanding access to dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college high school programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB3860EE258E74A2AB2FA57945EBA0660"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Pay for success initiatives that improve time to completion and increase graduation rates.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26765B37266D44F99E731405DCAF0F55"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2770AD635CAC441B98A99DDA252FC8BC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0E0859A334E5471A9D02A5B047FB0D00"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Scholarship</header><text>An institution that uses grant funds provided under this part to establish or increase an endowment fund may use the income from such endowment fund to provide scholarships to students for the purposes of attending such institution, subject to the limitation in section 331(c)(3)(B)(i).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H62D058F9BF454452B2E4462D89CFCB6A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 312—</text> <subparagraph id="H652EFED6F27F4B749BF5CF07EFA1D032"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>transfers which the institution</quote> and inserting <quote>transfers that the institution</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H047A1E02F3B749CABA8CFC915357D099"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text> <clause id="H7F0A0599A41A4133AE44246124A41B3F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (E), respectively;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFAA22B71451D430CBCCB2BAD6AF54291"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>(as defined in section 103(20)(A))</quote> after <quote>State</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H25ED386EBA4F4EB5A28BDB5A64EED68F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A8E75A03D124E5B92862FE052D99487"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <clause id="HF5E8115CBEF540749E36B2A4E592D2E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H97534D26E6B54CB99093FC6DF31CA494"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB65F077B1E6B4AFA85DC224210FAA6E7" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H0272317E37244ACC8D410F9AB33D75C0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in section 392(b), an institution that has a completion rate of at least 25 percent that is calculated by counting a student as completed if that student—</text>
<subparagraph id="H64DE91C040C948599E261A20D5E0CE05"><enum>(A)</enum><text>graduates within 150 percent of the normal time for completion; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A335B077F6E4DBDAD4F93FFD6FBACFD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enrolled into another program at an institution for which the previous program provided substantial preparation within 150 percent of the normal time for completion.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H591E1E7E7B1F41FEBCE21DCE49091542"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 313—</text> <subparagraph id="H630DFCC863EE494C9C564DE4A78783A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<clause id="H8A750F05428745A8B7DB7C3200A003BF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for 5 years</quote> and inserting <quote>for a period of 5 years</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HF21C18A5856D4784A3BDA895EA068130"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>Any funds awarded under this section that are not expended or used for the purposes for which the funds were paid within 10 years following the date on which the grant was awarded, shall be repaid to the Treasury.</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0EB5733D1CA475C8C535F29F69B7D66"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (d);</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF149A19362E34F83B2A5CFA1C4B18E84"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section 316—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6E678BBBE09C49FAA64E93772EAD78BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <clause id="H0D5B26FDFD6943A7B0ECBF8B4BD3B784"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subclause id="HB22C12660A454F1CAE9E3595D5A2360A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D976BCBC6A94F4E8D01CFAE79A1716C" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HE4F6F613D8F447DABA616E32B9839FC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (12) and (14) through (17) of section 311(b);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="HFCEBB762CE8746D4AFDCE66376E192EA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (E) through (J);</text> </subclause><subclause id="H66137D76E7F946E3ABA597CA4F17BE6B"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (K) and (L) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6DD3A4A95C46488EAE5CC8449A263B24"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (M);</text> </subclause><subclause id="H82F9224D0DBB4C1A978F18AC210C6AB1"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (N) as subparagraph (G); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H209F9FA590AE40D1A3D5738A01CBCD80"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>(M)</quote> and inserting <quote>(F)</quote>; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H82CAD7272C0F4B6FB911A4FDF8652F08"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C99AF8913A24FD3A6136E11E53C8B8D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HDBD175FCC554418D971139F572125870"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Endowment fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Tribal College or University seeking to establish or increase an endowment fund shall abide by the requirements in section 311(c).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E1C669BAEFF4824B19B6686B0B32CE3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <clause id="HEBF1D7D741EF4BBF8B845DC889EAB45D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5426F3F0A766414D822A44D0EF265AFC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H75DE6A6ECCF0493AB76FB05387AFED63"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Tribal College or University desiring to receive assistance under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary pursuant to section 391.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H42B8939B50A24A3FA949CEBE14DA0F36"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <subclause id="H31597C349DC840468EC0EB9FD9DD2F7D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>part A of</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4B02356821D24F1EAEA5104635F6061F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>313(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>312(b)(3)</quote>;</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H14EE5C61D4414AD4BE3929F3B1F9F3AF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section 317—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E1EB412750747EF9E91EDCA2D7FF29A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <clause id="H948904D49A4E4FB7A9916684FD268F38"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A18CFDF737444EAA84F08C5FFB9278B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H54CAB17AC10649B9AD8CEB4D4311B3EF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Examples of authorized activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such programs may include—</text> <subparagraph id="H16C1EE36938248649A21AA1062D57C74"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (17) of section 311(b); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0DAE72E16D54CEEB0A9E0C2DCA83FED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other activities proposed in the application submitted pursuant to subsection (d) that—</text> <clause id="H5D5661FEC0534BC6808155FA106C73ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>contribute to carrying out the purpose of this section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDA41675A91CF4E30B995732040C527AA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are approved by the Secretary as part of the review and approval of an application submitted under subsection (d).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H4A28484876C44F2BA35D0832EE5D6AB0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0564FE69551C4D9FB18D2E3AF5A0C69C" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H2485BD9E54BA4ECCB31A593933E60B25"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Endowment fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An Alaska Native-serving institution and Native Hawaiian-serving institution seeking to establish or increase an endowment fund shall abide by the requirements in section 311(c).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEE02D8F3CAC4C0B843D133653081C3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <clause id="H10EAE85E7F254975BA2328354760DB9D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;</text>
</clause><clause id="H02C0B5658F6D45F7AE5D44B362CBCF44"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated)—</text> <subclause id="HBB0F35FB5BFA4D9FA068F50494A28C5B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>pursuant to section 391</quote> after <quote>to the Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEC8E2F1933C6403AABA563EC5EAC32B2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking the remaining sentences; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H95C514A6D6B2473DAE0584396AC0B4FE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subclause id="H4DF678AC5F614102BF8AC5D2AE24ACCE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>this part or part B.</quote> and inserting <quote>this part, part B, or title V.</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H750CBDF1DF73488683CF816A36B38AAC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B);</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6E5AF1BE3BE411C86A31F0F0554963B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in section 318—</text> <subparagraph id="H0FC6A5F91AA642499F02C55E1E06352E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause id="H8BAA684958E247D28CA44F6E6FA054FB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subclause id="HCFC851301E0C4B00BDDB7DE2079CA253"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8D803A3F085D4761AF5F5A38FDEA1BD3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F)(ii), by striking <quote>part A of</quote>;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H3F3667F947604A45B6A5AB11FE2A130D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F)(iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H622A1F54444243EE9A41EC543E0B1C6C"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following;</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE1C258789C64562AB04BE3F7A3BF948" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H1283D307AEBE45348109795D753E0C6E"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is an eligible institution under section 312(b).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HA28018DFC42B495895DD1A5BF42A3B37"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (7);</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75490FEC3BCA4013909CC5EC49D799C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text>
<clause id="HA4E7E221B99A48A7B09BC4684CA56561"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subclause id="HEDFFF249A4C84D819382EF6C119CC793"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>through (12)</quote> and inserting <quote>through (17) of section 311(b)</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H476C6A6B2AF24F069839B78C5A14223A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (D); and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H531FB13113674DE088B4BDC3B8B20E0F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D); and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H16C79E93728B476889F39CEA24375D41"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53E26FD65CBA41FB9186F2DDE0CFB13E" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H09E2FB6E0C1E4974AA4615E70D79B1AA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Endowment fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Predominantly Black Institution seeking to establish or increase an endowment fund shall abide by the requirements in section 311(c).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC6331BB4F6B4C788BE749EE211F63FD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), by striking all after <quote>Secretary</quote> the first place such term appears and inserting <quote>pursuant to section 391.</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F556008B9C1483FB0CD5B6D330B80F3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking subsections (g) and (h);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H452E3EF176084D2B9FA2C3943DC77D60"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (g); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DC7E89E8EE140DD8AB2BB69E17CD16E"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>part A of</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDF854DA1CCD146CEBEBCBF2109E52371"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in section 319—</text> <subparagraph id="H4C9939BD8A9440018E32B2A571EFE7FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<clause id="H7AC19C4DA97B49E3BE46706835CBC9C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BE12CA9BD1B44B8A3110CF06CE53D79" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H72347D90EF2248ACA4B536D516DE40E5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Examples of authorized activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such programs may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDEB3F487484043999F96D6532E7FC542"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (17) of section 311(b); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H982275F7EA934B4A88F0AF5913169E8B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other activities proposed in the application submitted pursuant to subsection (d) that—</text>
<clause id="H4D7447CEC14C446C91EF7FF913A1AFC1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>contribute to carrying out the purpose of this section; and</text> </clause><clause id="H212FCFB5A64C426D9940431A9AF89352"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are approved by the Secretary as part of the review and approval of an application submitted under subsection (d).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="HB90AC8F766C84F9CAC55139363B96D29"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H507E0E81B7AA427796CA7EDF0191437F" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H5275A66012064DFD99D9C16DAC248E05"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Endowment fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Native American-serving, nontribal institution seeking to establish or increase an endowment fund shall abide by the requirements in section 311(c).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7451AF33B9814ACF9DCB4C08EC7660AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <clause id="H2764F82F98F940B09C25BE415A896C22"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB84CEC845292444089E4CF35791F5088" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H137D87C630CA44969628AA096C2A8BCC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Native American-serving, nontribal institution desiring to receive assistance under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary pursuant to section 391.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="HB736B34799CA4A05A1013C79EA48FC7F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and</text> </clause><clause id="H714FF0844EDD4F4EB0C78902E2988DD7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subclause id="H3483BF9E01E04114BE4206B391A18630"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>part A of</quote>;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H2A74CECDE3E14D51A3778E1A7D5EF616"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCDD2BE0BDB6D49AC8D0D282D01B118BA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCB5621B00A714365B047D73B27D5A02E"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in section 320—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6DC90F7AAC2346C2973C30E0DC0771F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <clause id="H7F8A2BF1523E4A0E89062D9BE3A41E8B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36208AE7675B48A8BB8E24E00C38C98E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H13AD46A77B824C0AAD8AEB4E595E39FE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Examples of authorized activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such programs may include—</text> <subparagraph id="HCFED8DA916AA444EB76C787338C590E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (17) of section 311(b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7285C78C010D43C8A9D298E2A6F8EE10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>academic instruction in disciplines in which Asian Americans and Native American Pacific Islanders are underrepresented;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFFC2275668AE4F4D8DEE736CED513E5D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>conducting research and data collection for Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander populations and subpopulations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H605D2F784CA243FC8448441D7F77145D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>establishing partnerships with community-based organizations serving Asian Americans and Native American Pacific Islanders; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4573248AE75498BA6253909AC8208E9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>other activities proposed in the application submitted pursuant to subsection (d) that—</text> <clause id="H1C8C226AA0BF4278B7ABEDACF2E65032"><enum>(i)</enum><text>contribute to carrying out the purpose of this section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE39116D3A6A540729A3DE9805F51110D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are approved by the Secretary as part of the review and approval of an application submitted under subsection (d).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="HFF123FAE323F414F844AAF3710C9CCD3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CF698E22E704BEEA889ACC92B9467FE" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HAF87CCEF130045C0BFC51E592B8A8D9C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Endowment fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution seeking to establish or increase an endowment fund shall abide by the requirements in section 311(c).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58DC6CB43516407F88D410AD077C6578"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77E5E3DA37B4452683D8DBA6CCA05FA4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63FA8C91CA6F4E36BEB08700448A0999" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC62D422334E84F818CBB1DC43BF1EECC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution desiring to receive assistance under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary pursuant to section 391.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEAB1DEDB213C42088B96D1BFACEBF1EC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and</text> </clause><clause id="H1E71571E6E6D4EA3B74B4B9CCB2932D2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by striking subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H97CC5F5A78364F639707461C0B264373" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Strengthening historically Black colleges and universities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title III (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1060">20 U.S.C. 1060</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HEB08E069CDF84A2493013AB71182C27C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 323—</text>
<subparagraph id="H20271C9291BD468FBBCDBAF13C23A08C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following :</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3E8058E478049A79B6B9B7B282753BB" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H5B266BAF4CEB4441976844E89AB91075"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorized activities</header><text>From amounts available under section 399(a)(2) for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall make grants (under section 324) to institutions which have applications approved by the Secretary (under section 325) for any of the following uses:</text>
<paragraph id="H9C002AD718CD45D5A2573B910951A3F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The activities described in paragraphs (1) through (17) of section 311(b).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5DAC5ACAF71B4B3493FD936DAE2E8945"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Academic instruction in disciplines in which Black Americans are underrepresented.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35960E152C13405ABDB94C0CC58E7D8E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Initiatives to improve the educational outcomes of African-American males.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5A621E6582054A7E95B04150BD60AEBF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Establishing or enhancing a program of teacher education designed to qualify students to teach in a public elementary or secondary school in the State that shall include, as part of such program, preparation for teacher certification.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC931C27E52E1420EAF8C9F10B692CED6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Acquisition of real property in connection with the construction, renovation, or addition to or improvement of campus facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8881F3F213AA42F393732C7785FE0BE5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Services necessary for the implementation of projects or activities that are described in the grant application and that are approved, in advance, by the Secretary, except that not more than two percent of the grant amount may be used for this purpose.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEBB012400FEA4F3D99623717DB7B5DAE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Other activities proposed in the application submitted pursuant to section 325 that—</text> <subparagraph id="HF8262C8B21884314A97A1D95699BBEC2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contribute to carrying out the purposes of this part; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H353D153C98BB430186346378F1F4FDDA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are approved by the Secretary as part of the review and acceptance of such application.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07775D82FEAC490D9C8C062C026FC4D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80F925565B8F40BFB357F97E8E6D17A2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB777A640D6444647AEBC08E2800BFC47"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Endowment fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution seeking to establish or increase an endowment shall abide by the requirements in section 311(c).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HED3B324B19414AC3B16E161F741AE1EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 325(a), by striking <quote>(C), (D), and (E)</quote> and inserting <quote>(C) through (F)</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H715367F252374C8688ADAAF8DD6AD18A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 326—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF6055B6C2B704A8F88C73938D69A1C06"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00DDD3F7017245B4A4A1B84CB8590E17" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H29545CC260A94406A272851681F89FCE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may award a grant to an eligible institution under this part for a period of 5 years. Any funds awarded under this section that are not expended or used for the purposes for which the funds were paid within 10 years following the date on which the grant was awarded, shall be repaid to the Treasury.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA6C0DE04319049A09E35D419BD1FCD42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95A5233F0FAE4A329B2E7BE6EA268E91" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H91B35F01C705434B89C5851B16C2A0C8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorized activities</header><text>A grant under this section may be used for—</text>
<paragraph id="H5FB0D1631A4A4806B2B18223A472FD4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (12), (14) through (15), and (17) of section 311(b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EBE47AE7B6D4FD48265A35AFA356220"><enum>(2)</enum><text>scholarships, fellowships, and other financial assistance for needy graduate and professional students to permit the enrollment of the students in and completion of the doctoral degree in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, law, and the doctorate degree in the physical or natural sciences, engineering, mathematics, or other scientific disciplines in which African Americans are underrepresented;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F2A75EE8FD44AA1949CF746A7E8784C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>acquisition of real property that is adjacent to the campus in connection with the construction, renovation, or addition to or improvement of campus facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H366D0DA0FAEC4402B0EDAD5551AE5159"><enum>(4)</enum><text>services necessary for the implementation of projects or activities that are described in the grant application and that are approved, in advance, by the Secretary, except that not more than two percent of the grant amount may be used for this purpose; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H782A94835A7A49DFBF0D039D79D5C5A0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>other activities proposed in the application submitted under subsection (d) that—</text> <subparagraph id="H9FF20B4757CA4D19A2881D25153BC25D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contribute to carrying out the purposes of this part; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4820AA7F57B94C71A66C49C725FC2F0B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are approved by the Secretary as part of the review and acceptance of such application.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4323EFA6E904E7D883E9E32948D2F5A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(1)—</text>
<clause id="HF3DB0FC7864F45F181B85CB0FADC9C37"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (W), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </clause><clause id="H1C0F0917E1B84DD69D904FAB28A012C0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (X), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H55C75B0B57014251B6E0CAAEB0AD7739"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3B3C6D55B6E4FA59C3F32A6059D6311" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H7EE358C5CF4343F99ED75C5D4B693E20"><enum>(Y)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">University of the Virgin Islands School of Medicine.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="HA2E4DB84207040C49A8D5BB94B974E4C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in each of paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (f), by striking <quote>(X)</quote> and inserting <quote>(Y)</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H2CA2705802DB401CA71E7379F15AFEE0"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>2008</quote> each place such term appears and inserting <quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE452738B69C64A61BD2EBBB2A3C199DB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 327—</text> <subparagraph id="H05A0606D0B7941D98693672D058C1529"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the designation and heading for subsection (a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H11B8AF3C49A646A5BBC258869B1705AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HACE03D3824B34A259FBE95840F3E6983"><enum>303.</enum><header>Historically Black college and university capital financing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part D of title III (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1066">20 U.S.C. 1066</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFEA3512EB7584C0CA231D89052CB26A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 343—</text> <subparagraph id="H8A8EFC1C98B248148CB18BA6ABF81C39"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>escrow account</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>bond insurance fund</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30898E4AE7824EBA8B5CA3E3C7EE7559"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <clause id="H4866B40824BF459E86C9FD8C5A79A9C1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>an</quote> and inserting <quote>a</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H63E0BC07F1DC43F0AAB0416A3DF52690"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>an</quote> and inserting <quote>a</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9B9B51045B5943B18763F16D8B302104"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 345, by striking paragraph (9) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H57E343D9B6C14C2690B9D9A6C4598443"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may, directly or by grant or contract, provide financial counseling and technical assistance to eligible institutions to prepare the institutions to qualify, apply for, and maintain a capital improvement loan, including a loan under this part; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36EEA4FC5D0144E2B5B80A77991E63BF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 347(c), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA41F5F663374693B85F09C6A8C019AA" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H8DA49F03893A420F9DD998CBF0341AAB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On an annual basis, the Advisory Board shall prepare and submit to the authorizing committees a report on the status of the historically Black colleges and universities described in paragraph (1)(A) and an overview of all loans in the capital financing program, including the most recent loans awarded in the fiscal year in which the report is submitted. The report shall include administrative and legislative recommendations, as needed, for addressing the issues related to construction financing facing historically Black colleges and universities.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB571FD4E6AF440A98EA81B473FAEA77E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part E of title III (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1067">20 U.S.C. 1067</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HEFE4757AD33044C4B8169D1EFBE6D707"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 353(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H96D3A4EF76C540E8AFE83833744EA385"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>365(6)</quote> and inserting <quote>359(6)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1221086EA14D4B4C8C36A4834BAE6412"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>365(7)</quote> and inserting <quote>359(7)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5964E692F5CA4AEA98BD7E38E8FF2BB6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>365(8)</quote> and inserting <quote>359(8)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H063C59956FE4430984DE2B73D2036B64"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>365(9)</quote> and inserting <quote>359(9)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8DD97546C21B46869687465AD66FE8A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subpart 2;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H377ECF42BEE24C89839F8E832E97B324"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subpart 3 as subpart 2 and redesignating sections 361 through 365 as sections 355 through 359, respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H47CD1933029843229B4AF5426125E837"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 355 (as so redesignated), by striking paragraph (5);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1B6324A1AC1A4CBF92D9301E8FB13883"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section 356(a) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>determined under section 361)</quote> and inserting <quote>determined under section 355)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D89E8FAD7EC44B186524FF65B41995E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section 359(2) (as so redesignated)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF1495D4BA2E847B7BCCC591C7B38820D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>American</quote> after <quote>Black</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A8C3720E8914EC0A5F7EDBB5D31283E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Hispanic (including</quote> and inserting <quote>Hispanic American (including</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H1EE88BF5C0C346D280AECF16C9629740" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header>Strengthening historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 371 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1067q">20 U.S.C. 1067q</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H11DEE1277D7746C8AD7D2B0724CF3ADB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(2)(D)(iii), by striking <quote>section 311(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 311(b)</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8C34BFA8F0824227B8B47C3AE301E5E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(9)(F)(ii), by striking <quote>part A of</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H90BFEEA8FDE44327857151F8F14F2D96" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>306.</enum><header>General provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part G of title III (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1068">20 U.S.C. 1068</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H247EB0617F17496EA824419964958C86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 391(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC8BB363BE3204D38B694B3F305B51DC7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>institutional management</quote> and all that follows through the semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>institutional management, and use the grant to provide for, and lead to, institutional self-sustainability and growth (including measurable objectives for the institution and the Secretary to use in monitoring the effectiveness of activities under this title);</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54B6473EA5E840E5B9F74E23C23526BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7)—</text> <clause id="H09366FBBFBD241DC8ECDD61A5CBAF05F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C) and redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9E43D890A75543C68BFDB2E7239E2790"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated), strike <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2795CC9028FF4E648352439C873A820D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H94DA6B44F03D4A42B39FEE3861F0DC81"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">set forth a 5-year plan for improving the assistance provided by the institution; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F7A05A9B96A45CFB1752A6466E1E853"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H5A03C08F268F4D73AB3E2A576F69C5C5"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit such enrollment data as may be necessary to demonstrate that the institution is a minority-serving institution.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B895101334F4708BD2C27D86CAA9257"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 392—</text> <subparagraph id="H5437A393FF7B4BF59FB8B22064D971BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause id="H1A5A57AE1A6E498CADDB0E59BC9258D9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">expenditures</header-in-text></quote> insert <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">; completion rates</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="H0D014B81557B441B938FC2017D1FDACE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), insert <quote>or 312(b)(3)</quote> after <quote>312(b)(1)(B)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD0D5FD1A561B49C7AD4B9A6C00AB3686"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subclause id="H1763E8416D51406198708E9062E2C5C6"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<item id="H026F9CC7B7E9494FAF720C168AFFA74B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or 312(b)(3)</quote> after <quote>312(b)(1)(B)</quote>; and</text> </item><item id="H15753E1022704EA6A88439207E677EAE"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>American</quote> after <quote>Hispanic</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="HC275EF4B7C144728B089236669494C5E"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>or section 312(b)(3)</quote> after <quote>312(b)(1)</quote>; and</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E81FF18182640C79E30145BD82D53D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H6A820E789DA54F9AA5053AAB57274BED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver authority with respect to institutions located in an area affected by a major disaster</header>
<paragraph id="H491C16375DE640FF842AE6AE0CC3BA0A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Waiver authority</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unless enacted with specific reference to this section, in the case of a major disaster, the Secretary may waive for affected institutions—</text>
<subparagraph id="H24C2518405F54969A2FE4BC01E1FF94C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the eligibility data requirements set forth in section 391(d) and section 521(e);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD558D05533D2408F8A2F3083477C3AB6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the allotment requirements under section 324; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H718AC7ED372642BCB2037AA86AC8A6A7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the use of the funding formula developed pursuant to section 326(f)(3);</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBB717C33623240C78F7814470DDE3D0F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3706C92ED3F54BB296D9FBBCB4011925"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Affected institution</header><text>The term <term>affected institution</term> means an institution of higher education that—</text> <clause id="H4BB274F19B674009AB818C13C97441C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is—</text>
<subclause id="H759E954648CC4DA382BCA1EFE510C089"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a part A institution (which term shall have the meaning given the term <term>eligible institution</term> under section 312(b) or section 502(a)(6)); or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H98D7FCCB34F743DFB45C8003C2C150D4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a part B institution, as such term is defined in section 322(2), or as identified in section 326(e);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H49F0286D18D24FD09FA1410224EFB81C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is located in an area affected by a major disaster; and</text> </clause><clause id="H5001D67996534F959EA1A67FF25AF305"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is able to demonstrate that, as a result of the impact of a major disaster, the institution—</text>
<subclause id="H15B637DCEBBD4AEABF95CE6C58AD4158"><enum>(I)</enum><text>incurred physical damage;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H3867EB8026874A10A2B003EC9FD13FE4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has pursued collateral source compensation from insurance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Small Business Administration, as appropriate; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9395795EFFA84365B1C38A4C1448392B"><enum>(III)</enum><text>was not able to fully reopen in existing facilities or to fully reopen to the pre-disaster enrollment levels.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H880167E7680248639B5EEDE0CFC7E4FB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Major disaster</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>major disaster</term> has the meaning given such term in section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5122">42 U.S.C. 5122(2)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H59D5ED069E5E411A814E0C4F074612A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 399, by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CA9991BAB374C7894F3AC0B52CB10D7" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HBE313CE63E6E434792E0CF6FA9EFCA24"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorizations</header> <paragraph id="HC08FF1A9A63547D2A60EC2722C720476"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Part A</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDC08BDCCB5824D4DA761BFDC0B00379D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 316, $27,599,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H968AD014F70949AD93620DAB65CBEDAA" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 317, $13,802,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA65826BE82F44F9590751D1649FE07FC" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 318, $9,942,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB5D5932A82AC436699F0E6D20CB8E2EB" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 319, $3,348,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H929557303CDC4DBA99B6F19DDABEB231" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 320, $3,348,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCD2ADC435AF84FA5916B3C9DFC79A98A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Part B</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7178C076B44A416B932C86861EB6B5F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part B (other than section 326), $244,694,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88B73BAF6655423584F1A441E688D541" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 326, $63,281,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9B0F7FF7D21F450497FD27DA64FC9DD5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Part D</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part D, $20,484,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024. Of the amount authorized, 1.63 percent shall be reserved for administrative expenses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7C78CAD719D4C1AAC4153CCED8A2735"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Part E</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subpart 1 of part E, $9,648,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>STUDENT ASSISTANCE</header>
<part id="H0416AD6E4087434A9AA0F5E4AA2C558E"><enum>A</enum><header>Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education</header>
<section id="H6DDC9DEABB18490597A0835BA3C97C28" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Federal Pell Grants</header>
<subsection id="HCA40C29EFD1C4E39AB7EED6AECCFE8F5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reauthorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H60CAF3FFB777481EA0B16F99C12C8E77"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>fiscal year 2017</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2024</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7513CD9E2FAD42F894818C2A5DA1EA77"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>an eligible program at</quote> after <quote>attendance at</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF71D673DA5014D63BE073C22895CFB1B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal Pell Grant bonus</header> <paragraph id="H103CFE198FD84C3EBCD573136EA7019C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>Section 401(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF33001BD0D8E4A2BA264274D29F3AE17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)(A)(iii)—</text> <clause id="H84B22A38F86B4602B6368F3E08AE1450"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and paragraph (9)</quote> after <quote>this paragraph</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3C4DEA06527C4BFF912F38EDD2C00B99"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>and to provide the additional amount required by paragraph (9)</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24532E5B5ABE4A19AA957284E06E6AAE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H9A029420F8014F9BA777639F96FEE64B"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Federal Pell Grant bonus</header>
<subparagraph id="H9033947D212E430AB2A2CAB007399E50"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection and from the amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (7)(A)(iii) for the purposes of this paragraph, an eligible student who is receiving a Federal Pell Grant for an award year shall receive an amount in addition to such Federal Pell Grant for each payment period of such award year for which the student—</text>
<clause id="H92D72210BC494E66A6810B3834DB9E3C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is receiving such Federal Pell Grant as long as the amount of such Federal Pell Grant does not exceed the maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant award determined under paragraph (2)(A) for such award year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3E6A9BE90E574F62A7DCFC3CFA9731E4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is carrying a work load that—</text> <subclause id="H4D491B90420D4432BEDEA6B6E1282669"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is greater than the normal full-time work load for the course of study the student is pursuing, as determined by the institution of higher education; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB276AEE2515F46EC8AA899F852DE38A7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>will lead to the completion of not less than 30 credit hours (or the equivalent coursework) upon the completion of the final payment period for which the student is receiving the Federal Pell Grant described in clause (i).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EACBCE2166F465283522001405CED12"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount of bonus</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount provided to an eligible student under subparagraph (A) for an award year may not exceed $300, which shall be equally divided among each payment period of such award year described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7BADF2F074184387A2DF4A2ED87925F5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect with respect to award year 2018–2019 and each succeeding award year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H22B1FE56457949349505939B35771EE5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Period of Eligibility for Grants</header><text>Section 401(c) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98A14C4F09DC4F43942E808114F509C6" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H3ACE1455C2B04083B303731F204C4F77"><enum>(6)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB7D48E9A213C4C68B7DA61B5985CE2EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall issue to each student receiving a Federal Pell Grant, an annual status report which shall—</text>
<clause id="HCC465A45C10346A08DCB696A2CC8DB4C" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>inform the student of the remaining period during which the student may receive Federal Pell Grants in accordance with paragraph (5), and provide access to a calculator to assist the student in making such determination;</text>
</clause><clause id="H11C6EA374D7741009E7F21CBD2B8BC5E" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include an estimate of the Federal Pell Grant amounts which may be awarded for such remaining period based on the student’s award amount determined under subsection (b)(2)(A) for the most recent award year;</text>
</clause><clause id="H86A1D8B1389C4F71A5A88AD157442143" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>explain how the estimate was calculated and any assumptions underlying the estimate;</text> </clause><clause id="HFDF2176B1A274A7C83ED4A8420AE1FA3" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>explain that the estimate may be affected if there is a change—</text>
<subclause id="H96E1E7E6CCCC4795A09D011FC176E7D4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the student's financial circumstances; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="HF792865D07B94D939E125ADA5B7BF57E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the availability of Federal funding; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H8463B221720B44C78457DDF4D68D5DAE" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>describe how the remaining period during which the student may receive Federal Pell Grants will be affected by whether the student is enrolled as a full-time student.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A827A410CEC43E3AE0F400C13315D8B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit an institution from offering additional counseling to a student with respect to Federal Pell Grants, but such counseling shall not delay or impede disbursement of a Federal Pell Grant award to the student.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H59EC46849D304856ADC8A8826BBB746A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Distribution of grants to students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401(e) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the first sentence and inserting <quote>Payments under this section shall be made in the same manner as disbursements under section 465(a).</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H693A5075892F476FAD94ABA78AC9BD7E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Institutional ineligibility based on default rates</header><text>Section 401(j) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a(j)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H1344B686B86942C7816DA8EFCD7CB727"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of this subsection shall not apply after the transition period described in section 481B(e)(3).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H905AC6BE08C64962A3F9931594BA13E9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Prevention of fraud</header><text>Section 401 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CD234A07C2242C6B1B1B8501ABA88B1" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H4E9A0A0041B143A29F4722ED43AD8334"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Prevention of fraud</header> <paragraph id="H43EA1D11BDB249409D442FC3886C9501"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No Federal Pell Grant shall be awarded under this subpart to any individual who, with respect to not less than any 3 payment periods, for each such payment period—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1652771388CA45CF838438C25B4DB691"><enum>(A)</enum><text>received at least a portion of a Federal Pell Grant award; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3CCF893963954CA1A43EA91BC079BC3B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">did not complete any credit hours (or credit hour equivalencies) for which the individual was enrolled.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1B970447064E483DA776654940C60063"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The financial aid administrator at an institution may waive the requirement of paragraph (1), if the financial aid administrator—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0AE151B7C1DD47A89A8C6CD5EDBB7462"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines that the student was unable to complete the credit hours described in paragraph (1)(B) due to circumstances beyond the student’s control; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id38D635643C1944E09E88D99E0DE4879F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>makes and documents such a determination on an individual basis.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H03C1A93BE8CA4C408DC63EF0302C69F3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Circumstances described</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (2), circumstances beyond the student’s control—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBD4E224A44ED4C9386275A1FBA47008D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may include the student withdrawing from classes due to illness; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03F6E117ACB046C8819E7229267D81C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not include withdrawing to avoid a particular grade.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H182F788EABD84D8FA4EE3AE2ED5C85D2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report on costs of Federal Pell Grant program</header><text>Section 401 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a</external-xref>) is further amended, as amended by subsections (a) through (f), by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H7A7371CB349D41B6B5374EB3255E7323"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Report on costs of Federal Pell Grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than October 31 of each year, the Secretary shall prepare and submit a report to the authorizing committees that includes the following information with respect to spending for the Federal Pell Grant program for the preceding fiscal year:</text>
<paragraph id="HC358710326B24FDFBB1A9D2C82723765"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total obligations and expenditures for the program for such fiscal year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0301AC4A8B80451C92B9F3D5A2532EC0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A comparison of the total obligations and expenditures for the program for such fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="H55F1C05E8792489685546C49437820F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the most recently available Congressional Budget Office baseline for the program; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EDA095625C9443ABE949D734EB4A91F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case in which such fiscal year is fiscal year 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, or 2024, to the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate for the program included in the report of the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives accompanying the PROSPER Act, as approved by the Committee.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCD00955CA52C406ABFA7C7CDBBB914A4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total obligations and expenditures for the maximum Federal Pell Grant for which a student is eligible, as specified in the last enacted appropriation Act applicable to such fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F0128AA4E5840E997AE3F255032D15D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A comparison of the total obligations and expenditures for the maximum Federal Pell Grant for which a student is eligible, as specified in the last enacted appropriation Act applicable to such fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="H877E5FC1A70042B7883433BCF24C222A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the most recently available Congressional Budget Office baseline for such maximum Federal Pell Grant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE2848EA556B4B3EBF6511D63467546A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case in which such fiscal year is fiscal year 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, or 2024, to the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate for such maximum Federal Pell Grant included in the report of the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives accompanying the PROSPER Act, as approved by the Committee.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA0298FCC9D804F1EA616E7AF120B800A"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total mandatory obligations and expenditures for the amount of the increase in such maximum Federal Pell Grant required by subsection (b)(7)(B) for such fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9C8D69EA406435EBFA039DC073D57CE"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A comparison of the total mandatory obligations and expenditures for the amount of the increase in such maximum Federal Pell Grant required by subsection (b)(7)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDC9F411FBEB3411A9DBB2CEE3B629667"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the most recently available Congressional Budget Office baseline for the increase; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A879E4E75A849048C0B71F67E47DC8C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case in which such fiscal year is fiscal year 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, or 2024, to the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate for the increase included in the report of the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives accompanying the PROSPER Act, as approved by the Committee.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H316FCFA34DCD47C1A5E892C0821A532D"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total mandatory obligations and expenditures for the Federal Pell Grant Bonus required by subsection (b)(9) for such fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4AE45E0CA124C75A43B052FEB0AFC29"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A comparison of the total mandatory obligations and expenditures for the Federal Pell Grant Bonus required by subsection (b)(9) for such fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0A35BAFE09F344628C5CC0104290858B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the most recently available Congressional Budget Office baseline for such bonus; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB40E353A18914A529A7F2F7DBB0101CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case in which such fiscal year is fiscal year 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, or 2024, to the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate for such bonus included in the report of the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives accompanying the PROSPER Act, as approved by the Committee.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAAAC612469CB4AFEB16FF515FD23AD1D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Federal TRIO programs</header>
<subsection id="H8ED8B8DE919C4DA1A8F895372C4243EA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program authority; authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-11">20 U.S.C. 1070a–11</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3CB365F736414C918E9D8A72F8BFC12A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEA0A9F41FD7B4691BB7B4F0AA445D59E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9917BC864E954AAA9876840242A8EA41" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H2AA98C56C4E04A669EE8BF65C3780259"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Accountability for outcomes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making grants under this chapter, the Secretary shall comply with the following requirements:</text>
<clause id="H64DFA9F7601A4E48A34B0DA9105CCAC2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall consider each applicant's prior success in achieving high quality service delivery, as determined under subsection (f), under the particular program for which funds are sought. The level of consideration given the factor of prior success in achieving high quality service delivery shall not vary from the level of consideration given such factor during fiscal years 1994 through 1997, except that grants made under section 402H shall not be given such consideration.</text>
</clause><clause id="H705CEEA7DD314D57943D1FB1E2FA5821"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not give points for prior success in achieving high quality service delivery to any current grantee that, during the then most recent period for which funds were provided, did not meet or exceed two or more objectives established in the eligible entity’s application based on the performance measures described in subsection (f).</text>
</clause><clause id="H6B92144E619444E3B2F8EBA248DFC0EC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the amounts awarded under subsection (g) for a program under this chapter (other than a program under section 402G and 402H) for any fiscal year in which the Secretary conducts a competition for the award of grants or contracts under such programs, the Secretary shall reserve not less than 10 percent of such available amount to award grants or contracts to applicants who have not previously received a grant or contract under this chapter. If the Secretary determines that there are an insufficient number of qualified applicants to use the full amount reserved under the preceding sentence, the Secretary shall use the remainder of such amount to award grants or contracts to applicants who have previously received a grant or contract under this chapter.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H070A1FD825B74A94B3FE8F11D323ADAE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="H6B2638975FEB43ECA0B085E03A0D8E80"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H4611436126674007A0A877F4753BEF18"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>as provided in subparagraph (B)</quote> and inserting <quote>as provided in subparagraph (C)</quote>;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HB125FF164E1640F8A12EE3E6C73F1284"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>experience</quote> and inserting <quote>success in achieving high quality service delivery</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HDB34F0C052CC4EF1AE3FDC85BB5D1B88"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and</text> </clause><clause id="H7717FB4365844830A1A4E4CA62922824"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA62A4AF5A66F4376AA783ACECB184D31" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H68C7F5FBC8934C8D8492880A2B256C39" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To ensure that congressional priorities in conducting competitions for grants and contracts under this chapter are implemented, the Secretary shall not impose additional criteria for the prioritization of applications for such grants or contracts (including additional competitive, absolute, or other criteria) beyond the criteria described in this chapter.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9522514DF83C4A73BADA66300D682FB4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6)—</text> <clause id="HC73BC238B4804B959AFD1AD6D1409460"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of the second sentence and inserting <quote>, as long as the program is serving a different population or a different campus.</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFF96E061CFCF4E43B352DA53441B6E6D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the programs authorized by</quote> and inserting <quote>sections 402B, 402C, 402D, and 402F of</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="H0988061E8F5A4C628ECF84A4555787A1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The Secretary shall encourage</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H6AE91650B6F94FAFA235AE202E0C89DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall encourage</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause id="H6C127AF69D36458196B4A122FDE4AA8A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary shall permit</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HB859210E2A394B46B0F3E6AA8696FB87"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall permit</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44DA05BF4D774E65AE7E057B544530FE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>8 months</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>90 days</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC24E2365FADA460F9D3487C14441B147"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)—</text> <clause id="H60FEDBEF32984F12ABB451EB45C28127"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="HA16ED592FF9746E8A81BD9F72A1BC2DA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Higher Education Opportunity Act,</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than 90 days before the commencement of each competition for a grant under this chapter,</quote>;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H854B3A91C49C435FB05F39F0615F93F0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>prior experience points for high quality service delivery are awarded</quote> and inserting <quote>application scores are adjusted for prior success in achieving high quality service delivery</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3C39C455E0A7488383534C7A9A6F97ED"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (v), by striking <quote>prior experience points for</quote> and inserting <quote>the adjustment in scores for prior success in achieving</quote>;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H2899C6B967904DC7B13F344C0EE144C0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H901E8BAE7AA243E082603877CFD20C20"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated—</text> <subclause id="H73755242A55F4013A91A8EB0C7E543FA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (iii)—</text>
<item id="HC146EC8195CF41A9B4774A97EE3E9633"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>prior experience points for</quote> and inserting <quote>points for prior success in achieving</quote>; and</text> </item><item id="HDACA938D743A4AABB977446F3299A4F6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking <quote>prior experience points</quote> and inserting <quote>points for prior success in achieving high quality service delivery</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="HAB00748E32A84EF19184BE319483BA46"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (vi), by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>from funds reserved under subsection (g)</quote>; and</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D7BA75C4481486589A11C57FFBCF53D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HD5472552ED914A659A7076835C49B36D"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="H563175F531D04D59A9F6F1C824431D39"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not approve an application submitted under section 402B, 402C, 402D, 402E, or 402F unless such application—</text>
<clause id="HED916863CD46413C80FBC319954DD188"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides that the eligible entity will provide, from State, local, institutional, or private funds, not less than 20 percent of the cost of the program, which matching funds may be provided in cash or in kind and may be accrued over the full duration of the grant award period, except that the eligible entity shall make substantial progress towards meeting the matching requirement in each year of the grant award period;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8AFCF577D7C7444BB9104A961300611D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specifies the methods by which matching funds will be paid; and</text> </clause><clause id="HDFDE1C6B1CF14D4F9DAE6FF762BB2055"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes provisions designed to ensure that funds provided under this chapter shall supplement and not supplant funds expended for existing programs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F118489584B4B56ACFD78A14334D61C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the matching requirement described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary may by regulation modify the percentage requirement described in subparagraph (A). The Secretary may approve an eligible entity's request for a reduced match percentage—</text>
<clause id="H55F5ADF7F3C94765AEB173A81D9A0E05"><enum>(i)</enum><text>at the time of application if the eligible entity demonstrates significant economic hardship that precludes the eligible entity from meeting the matching requirement; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A7650C99C9348B1A02162D15265E67A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in response to a petition by an eligible entity subsequent to a grant award under section 402B, 402C, 402D, 402E, or 402F if the eligible entity demonstrates that the matching funds described in its application are no longer available and the eligible entity has exhausted all revenues for replacing such matching funds.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H617BE765D9754CDF8F2617F37CA60715"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(3), by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>In addition, the Secretary shall host at least one virtual, interactive education session using telecommunications technology to ensure that any interested applicants have access to technical assistance.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA6783CA5C6444CFBAE75738B4BC748D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text> <subparagraph id="HAF0EB04051D34785BB1F6C539937A084"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H06E5FD418305499E85B923F3A388D8CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </clause><clause id="HE4464E71A34C4B1DADB5A14193151F7F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7F6B4B3AFDE54D23BF1DB693B21BE8C7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H304BA47D1A9C4B41BC0202A7B2F95B7B" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HAC3E35B6A9BE4269A61393E4EF96FC6E" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">documentation that the student has been determined to be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant under section 401.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03B370761FEA431C865F4A0CADA0ADCE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H89F3C7CB0BF7431D908A9F3F4F6AF546"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4FEE9EBC7F03481DB4D4224E8927F209"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HF9A345D6314844AA9DC369936931841C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HF868A672A0D04EA288B2F693AE05A6DC" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">documentation that the student has been determined to be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant under section 401.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H34B6E2C9612D41EC94BDBE62D62B370F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text> <subparagraph id="HDD1E19B764834B3C80571C9D94ED28A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading of paragraph (1), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">prior experience</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">accountability for outcomes</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05373A2BE2B14CD0B29D963E2BB6BB78"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>experience of</quote> and inserting <quote>success in achieving</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H178D783009AA453E8D9FD9CFEB1EAD4E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="H6CC3199F98C6429DBF3753A1001E54A5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="HA8A618216B7C47EEAC383C2C425A30A7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (iv) by striking <quote>rigorous secondary school program of study that will make such students eligible for programs such as the Academic Competitiveness Grants Program</quote> and inserting <quote>secondary school program of study that will prepare such students to enter postsecondary education without the need for remedial education</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HED3C6809E6DB40A4B3AFE39CD5034C91"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (v) and (vi) as clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HB03B36B4E947422B820CE66A47039939"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (iv) the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="H793312CF65F14DCA89AEEAE37F557797"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the completion of financial aid applications, including the Free Application for Federal Student Aid described in section 483(a) and college admission applications;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HDF571EB30BB9448DA22B12CC3DADF65E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <subclause id="HBCAF0CCD614D4C2585C8D8C2F19AE125"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) as subclauses (I), (II), (III), (IV), (VII), (IX), and (X), respectively;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5A25C8773233411B8D13EC02DA84E008"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting after subclause (IV), as so redesignated, the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14775DD0B2DD4CACBF49ED5DD0C568CD" style="OLC"> <subclause id="H466A49A280F2462C971A72A3A37F2B97"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the reentry into secondary school of such students;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H53B4E567D20A488DB5E885D5FB9C3FBA"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the enrollment of such students into a general educational development (commonly known as a <quote>GED</quote>) program;</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subclause><subclause id="H37B664FDAD414C709E106BAD926213B0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subclause (VII), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>rigorous secondary school program of study that will make such students eligible for programs such as the Academic Competitiveness Grants Program</quote> and inserting <quote>secondary school program of study that will prepare such students to enter postsecondary education without the need for remedial education</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCBCA5799105644B3A9C6A31947B827C0"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by inserting after subclause (VII), as so redesignated, the following new subclause:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB40DCE156474669AB5D8E3D4CBF38B5" style="OLC"> <subclause id="HB1FBF80EAA824E4E8FE0ACA847A7C262" indent="up1"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the completion of financial aid applications, including the Free Application for Federal Student Aid described in section 483(a) and college admission applications;</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="H6B8020CF1B8D431A854F15C2D3C0F080"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(B) For programs authorized under section 402C,</quote> and inserting <quote>(B)(i) For programs authorized under section 402C, except in the case of projects that specifically target veterans,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFAAD2C200A784D1DABD19D199C12BE3F"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clauses:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC23233A0FBCA41BBBD43E5BB1F047603" style="OLC"> <clause id="HBC861F7EF52A465295D1514159A3626B" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>For programs authorized under section 402C that specifically target veterans, the extent to which the eligible entity met or exceeded the entity’s objectives for such program with respect to—</text>
<subclause id="HB2019EE6EECD4BC483BD84BF4612CE42"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the delivery of service to a total number of students served by the program, as agreed upon by the entity and the Secretary for the period;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4C288F1810FF43BF85A51C0C3EA55350"><enum>(II)</enum><text>such students’ academic performance, as measured by standardized tests;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H21508008234E46819114AC204AA383A8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the retention and completion of participants in the project;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6B392B31B984436B8617B82CF48F530D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the provision of assistance to students served by the program in completing financial aid applications, including the Free Application for Federal Student Aid described in section 483(a) and college admission applications;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H90B726A44606493CA822F37B4681ABA6"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the enrollment of such students in an institution of higher education; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HDE249FE225D84FD2AB21F466EA7518CC"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, the postsecondary education completion rate of such students.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H4833D8711584472FB698529879DEED82"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(ii)—</text> <subclause id="H1292D1ABBED74BBF806325FAE3EC48B7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>in which such students were enrolled</quote> and inserting <quote>within six years of the initial enrollment of such students in the program</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H312A821A94E44F3D8A690EEC6A7757E2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subclause (II);</text> <item id="HC949DE6DC7204FCB9864A4A3F9AE3748"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in the matter preceding item (aa), by striking <quote>offer a baccalaureate degree</quote> and inserting <quote>primarily offer baccalaureate degrees</quote>; and</text>
</item><item id="HB53FB1F78D8740B1958E746146D77454"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in item (aa), by striking <quote>students; and</quote> and inserting <quote>students within 4 years of the initial enrollment of such students in the program; or</quote>;</text> </item></subclause></clause><clause id="H05F03EC73EBB429A83CD7F6D03CADD9F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<subclause id="H64C97C584071450DB1086AAB3BA6F77B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting <quote>within two years of receiving a baccalaureate degree;</quote>;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HC798AF5737B44048BC6317891BE13287"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking <quote>study and</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting <quote>study; and</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7932EAC6E81048C0B5EBC70B4E6958A0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H724671B790EF4D9E950D0659E8CD64AA" style="OLC"> <clause id="HCBA8A505C96840CC8C88CE3D2BD44EF5"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the attainment of doctoral degrees by former program participants within 10 years of receiving a baccalaureate degree.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H25C0C0940FCC44B7BEC411C3349581CB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E)(ii), by inserting <quote>, or re-enrollment,</quote> after <quote>enrollment</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAEE5F52FCAFA4E03AB300B4B78192B33"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCC5CFB9DB5954F15B5388776F84FBCD3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>$900,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and such sums as may be necessary for</quote> and inserting <quote>$900,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA368E4FD3F384AC69860A133B36A0450"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second sentence—</text>
<clause id="HFC99ACB34A5D4953AD27DA297B46A80B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>no more than <fraction>½</fraction> of 1</quote> and inserting <quote>not more than 1</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="H389532EAC1564E32B9E2FB397EDDA53E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and to provide technical</quote> and inserting <quote>to provide technical</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE464CD0FA555421795B8B6F1DD885200"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, and to support applications funded under the process outlined in subsection (c)(8)(B)</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0C61240FD8D45AEB00A07D1F06D069F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking the last sentence; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC20F4190FCC341F0B2933FA8B56A7745"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H541A6C2B25A54FE68BFDC3CD978BDB31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(5) </enum-in-header>Veteran eligibility.</header-in-text>—No veteran</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H3897B2FE736D4CACB78349673A9F90BD"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Veteran eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">(1) No Veteran</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC2BADCE85D3465299168273AD12C440"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>of paragraph (5)</quote> and inserting <quote>of paragraph (1)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26E9C9811C684F28B886586C7B1136DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(6) </enum-in-header>Waiver.</header-in-text>—The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB4260EEF22446A0A302328233495ADD" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H41BC283CA0494566994EF52375C4B8B1" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3DA12B62E3064D66AF68BC2024F3BDD5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Talent search</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402B (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-12">20 U.S.C. 1070a–12</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H74BEE9C1B19842F593617F39547B62A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCE4B81B97C8B4C5FA7F92A9B0A23156A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BED2EB6BF954AEC8AEB77A5EE113B7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DD91691BE4C434C9CFAC336ED4D23EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE8FB030AA6A4EFE9255BEDA974CB87B" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H5A016496664D4472AC00AAC53A49B8C8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to advise such youths on the postsecondary institution selection process, including consideration of the financial aid awards offered and the potential loan burden required; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H507935A2D1C3437CA37FD684D9823CE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D28506262204A74B94F84D6BA6AFB3E" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H54EEEA3AEAED4EA4A48F2A723A24511A"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">connections to education or counseling services designed to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEB9F278CCA544DAB9EDE3F4E0D2C9976"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students or the students’ parents in order to aid them in making informed decisions about how to best finance their postsecondary education; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30BBAF7CCF9D4B81BB9FA29DBE5F175F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assist students and families regarding career choice.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAB1F99D36E37408B8FB5BDAD2F80BB34"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by striking <quote>career</quote> and inserting <quote>academic</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95F07C6D715C4926B6495946A253A99B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="HD1AB46C20BB044818D5F58048B6F7284"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD51C0F4337445299304CAABFC4B111E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38D722EE1AD34A9F9C7B7577F907D419" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HCDC0C5AFDAC64FFCB0ED24C8C36EAA34"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require an assurance that the remaining youths participating in the project proposed to be carried out in any application be low-income individuals, first generation college students, or students who have a high risk for academic failure;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF04DE079E4A6442DBFC2385AD30CB7AF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), as so redesignated—</text> <clause id="H8CD0D557E5804EABB2A56CF3FA7FC82A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, section 402C,</quote> after <quote>under this section</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9A2D73B35CB645A5BF23835D988C83DB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA82813C10D444498A2BB4158929700F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A2F723722A54E319865EBE3FD25F825"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37B11FCC7D2645D591BA7D3BEA7282C2" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HC227D69C197D4205A1D8A1967799B18D"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the grantee to maintain, to the extent practicable, a record of any services participants receive during the project year from another program under this chapter or other federally funded programs serving similar populations to minimize the duplication of services.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE8334DCC4D56436F8088CC6E815248A1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Upward bound</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402C (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-13">20 U.S.C. 1070a–13</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1CEE241C2F474E9E8BDFE7944F6EB78E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H742D50F54E1B45BF8F8D0AE386E9618E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20BBB9EC2B3E42CA8126312DE4F0856F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (5) and (6) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HFCC8F8B3B6624707A48228DA8DCCE826"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">education or counseling services designed to—</text> <subparagraph id="H7CE3DCA9D70146DBA8D4BC86F3BBDAB1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students or the students’ parents in order to aid them in making informed decisions about how to best finance their postsecondary education; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H47BF3BE1B8C64F6D84C825C92F9E264E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assist students and their families regarding career choice.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7E5EB53E8DDA470E8D359F31FB1F7535"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBE8D70A98AE34351B849F53C4E9D5987"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>youth</quote> and inserting <quote>participants</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H47DE04E7E5984B6BB4F202D5472BD409"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>youth participating in the project</quote> and inserting <quote>project participants</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09267B8B2394443B84A76725AEB017BF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>youth participating in the project</quote> and inserting <quote>project participants</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC289B6A8F41E41F6A599ABD961870405"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H67B8E87E64AA4CDA9D06F7F01959D28B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A4CBCF72E904C9997C97BDAD43DBBFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83A00920E42B473F9CF0B60BCE2BB286"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1396991C803E46789FEF185151D30912" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H1A2CAEC3CC7D49A99D29BFEAFB4A77DD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>require an assurance that individuals participating in the project proposed in any application do not have access to services from another project funded under this section, section 402B, or section 402F;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E1FF2E4C47547A583ED34AB797D969F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26FE064C84984B9095FD850625EC154A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E9A266D1CF64EA68D0F286D96F31C8B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3C875402FD584066A62D6BA1285D6159"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for purposes of minimizing the duplication of services, require that the grantee maintain, to the extent practicable, a record of any services received by participants during the program year from another program funded under this chapter, or any other Federally funded program that serves populations similar to the populations served by programs under this chapter.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F995A5C7F9E4FA4853D1563F3744ECD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (g) and redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (g).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H57EBE58BA1EF4CC3B9F0FCFA5C98EA9A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Student support services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402D (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-14">20 U.S.C. 1070a–14</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H226D60B3FA4248248C8B1521A47D2D64"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3), by inserting <quote>low-income and first generation college students, including</quote> after <quote>success of</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H81B4D65AB62046C19AFAC06322DAA4BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H219A88EEBABB44F184D5201E4C89B3AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, including financial</quote> and inserting</text> <quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6899A18B4EA649E9A4ADB8D04591B7D0" style="OLC"> <text>, including—</text><subparagraph id="H094896D4306C4C2FA61CD90A060A25F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">financial</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H669640A4CB5E423A94A0129862FD739F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HE3154E82A5D3482EBA103E9C04E1CA9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>basic personal income, household money management, and financial planning skills; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60C2EE2108704DD09D8091DA4F8DA84D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>basic economic decisionmaking skills;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H287C6F37584A41A9BF6859441A632F1C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text> <clause id="H66E796C36C184851B439145C831C2C18"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFB1639ED159E4C0AB99568667A39E67D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7);</text> </clause><clause id="H503BE1C13B8B4929A1ECE735DFFBBDFB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H1D475F031CE84028B1F6F6E9CBA3A7A3"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the grantee to maintain, to the extent practicable, a record of any services participants receive during the project year from another program under this chapter or other federally funded programs serving similar populations to minimize the duplication of services; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6AE8094EEE7447C8BDBDB2B2EF8D71F5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402E (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-15">20 U.S.C. 1070a–15</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H05AB87B414EC4BD2B80FE621B1018432"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2), by striking <quote>summer internships</quote> and inserting <quote>internships and faculty-led research experiences</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07506F0860364A408898104FEB4B03D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="HC02955E114124277A4C71D48207CCDDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00B5B9DC41FE4B08BF534262BD46D4E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <clause id="H5712195BA87B48FF8DB0DF34DD3E7589"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>summer</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H71BCB44E077B4BF296C83F5712120B79"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDDF6E88153194EA7AC75CDB509E785E2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H23C8AC6F354B4514877B4E0500EBDBBC"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the grantee to maintain, to the extent practicable, a record of any services participants receive during the project year from another program under this chapter or other federally funded program serving similar populations to minimize the duplication of services.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD5F75258B7814679BA2B3E5EE14D8C1C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>2009 through 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2024</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6A2DB55FD3A548D69A4FE908CB4121A5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Educational opportunity centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402F (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-16">20 U.S.C. 1070a–16</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7B0E5F1D69C04B75BCCFE2A5A58BE626"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H238E6D4DAFB7406D9A39790847E87715"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or re-enter</quote> after <quote>pursue</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD330AABEBAE7483381C1D9A24FD0A0D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>of students</quote> and inserting <quote>of such persons</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9D62279E3D844163A58677DBB3C58AAC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(5), by striking <quote>students;</quote>and inserting the following:</text>
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<text>students, including—</text><subparagraph id="H41532954BCD244358DA39C0C334DAD6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>financial planning for postsecondary education;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7900352638E5423B9727D517A7D53C78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>basic personal income, household money management, and financial planning skills; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H090C2A7980734301B30F50C9933ADF9A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>basic economic decisionmaking skills;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5B44DEB2FB4444F292E006427F0A92FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD9B933D9799D49A9A01BA0FC59A813CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H515B1F7C9C214A69B841FBB0AC575170"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H06B2CFA3DE524318BCCEF7D31196F059"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require an assurance that the remaining persons participating in the project proposed to be carried out under any application be low-income individuals or first generation college students;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8DE4F45F78924EE3A211202A14EE4A78"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB315A64CC6E54B57952C407E178ADC7A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36B6FF1E48934594808B5E0AA0E580DA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8D757A25F0D47AFBD2B4B2BAF2BDDA9" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HEECBD3F74A5345E58FA215990CFE82A6"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the grantee to maintain, to the extent practicable, a record of any services participants receive during the project year from another program under this chapter or other federally funded program serving similar populations to minimize the duplication of services.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3A7FB190196A4164AEFB4A0305DCC2B2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Staff development activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402G(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-17">20 U.S.C. 1070a–17(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE26FAF5B14D942088723B11564E564E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC6D78BFB1DEF42ED9CE2E3142DA28722"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>webinars and online classes,</quote> after <quote>seminars, workshops,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8261360ADD6A48C7BE4B569C8A392BBD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>directors</quote> and inserting <quote>staff</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H87E1C8054DB04255BE0D03C66D09DE82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>and innovative</quote> after <quote>model</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA397DB9E90D7471F9A5980375AFA55B2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reports, evaluations, and grants for project improvement and dissemination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 402H (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-18">20 U.S.C. 1070a–18</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H6CE36C45686F468AABA232E881B1B7FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Evaluations</header>
<paragraph id="H32AD29585F8A4626982C8097E884F5C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For the purpose of improving the effectiveness of the programs assisted under this chapter, the Secretary shall make grants to or enter into contracts with one or more organizations to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H517B59FE8DBF43CE981B059EC7F6B92C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluate the effectiveness of the programs assisted under this chapter; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD55026794F604CE687915C120B8C8147"><enum>(B)</enum><text>disseminate information on the impact of the programs in increasing the education level of participants, as well as other appropriate measures.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD34B039B91F14C5CB5FA27604D28DDE5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Issues to be evaluated</header><text>The evaluations described in paragraph (1) shall measure the effectiveness of programs funded under this chapter in—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD2841A4881E946D2A53B2FC6FCFF63A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>meeting or exceeding the stated objectives regarding the outcome criteria under subsection (f) of section 402A;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50EFEC3EBC764053B8FCC723E0F0AE7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enhancing the access of low-income individuals and first-generation college students to postsecondary education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3D4B9429893476BA8B91A53B24F5C07"><enum>(C)</enum><text>preparing individuals for postsecondary education;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H696899F5776F47339E31E6576695B071"><enum>(D)</enum><text>comparing the level of education completed by students who participate in the programs funded under this chapter with the level of education completed by students of similar backgrounds who do not participate in such programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49C787612C22477AA1BD8A1C5560D81B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>comparing the retention rates, dropout rates, graduation rates, and college admission and completion rates of students who participate in the programs funded under this chapter with the rates of students of similar backgrounds who do not participate in such programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H049EF9CFD1A04E6A941A0286D99AA3B7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>such other issues as the Secretary considers appropriate for inclusion in the evaluation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFFECFF7B8E7E4C9EA2A8EFCF2C1A1B08"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Program methods</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such evaluations shall also investigate the effectiveness of alternative and innovative methods within programs funded under this chapter of increasing access to, and retention of, students in postsecondary education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCBCEE38BE74B4074AB37C0FC681D0937"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Results</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the authorizing committees—</text> <subparagraph id="H935A0E82F18046D4996570B6727A429C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an interim report on the progress and preliminary results of the evaluation of each program funded under this chapter not later than 2 years following the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0CA407666D143FAB46C17BCAEA51E6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a final report not later than 3 years following the date of enactment of such Act.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H948F0D2247244C6299E885068FDCB1D4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Public Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All reports and underlying data gathered pursuant to this subsection shall be made available to the public upon request, in a timely manner following submission of the applicable reports under this subsection, except that any personally identifiable information with respect to a student participating in a program or project assisted under this chapter shall not be disclosed or made available to the public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1ED5E6C9ED434E5EA1B31518EE55B626"><enum>(i)</enum><header>IMPACT grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part A of title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070">20 U.S.C. 1070</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 402H (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-28">20 U.S.C. 1070a–28</external-xref>) the following:</text>
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<section id="H8EF17CDA93264C42BB61EE79B7C8BA04"><enum>402I.</enum><header>IMPACT grants</header>
<subsection id="H124CD8141F294C2AB97D405EFC8FA590"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From funds reserved under subsection (e), the Secretary shall make grants to improve postsecondary access and completion rates for qualified individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. These grants shall be known as innovative measures promoting postsecondary access and completion grants or <quote>IMPACT Grants</quote> and allow eligible entities to—</text>
<paragraph id="H97E6528CDBC34DDFB392AB29F9DCFCB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">create, develop, implement, replicate, or take to scale evidence-based, field-initiated innovations, including through pay-for-success initiatives, to serve qualified individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds and improve student outcomes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H382BC9ECD2C04333B2490CDC72651823"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">rigorously evaluate such innovations, in accordance with subsection (d).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H03C6E1E20FEB4F03BCBCC6E4B7299283"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The grants described in subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HB937EA0A4DF94534A0708B9FFD585ECA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">early-phase grants to fund the development, implementation, and feasibility testing of a program, which prior research suggests has a promise, for the purpose of determining whether the program can successfully improve postsecondary access and completion rates;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B7BB7E59E6643F090938E95511C3EFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>mid-phase grants to fund implementation and a rigorous evaluation of a program that has been successfully implemented under an early-phase grant described in paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A2DC1B8047B4AF38040F67AE84DB3B8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>expansion grants to fund implementation and a rigorous replication evaluation of a program that has been found to produce sizable, important impacts under a mid-phase grant described in paragraph (2) for the purposes of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H22A5C0F3CAE9407AA40A3AFBF320287B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determining whether such outcomes can be successfully reproduced and sustained over time; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D8A732BB2454E3C96040F9886226DD4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifying the conditions in which the project is most effective.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1D23F344D52840E1BD45DC8A92024CD5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements for Approval of Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To receive a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, and in such manner as the Secretary may require, which shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H9BE2E3D58E224B95916C78A20ED7BFB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assurance that not less than two-thirds of the individuals who will participate in the program proposed to be carried out with the grant will be—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEAEEDE5D0A2E4D1F845038C66E86C516"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">low-income individuals who are first generation college students; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DC9564080AE4888BC588D8D071C9CF7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">individuals with disabilities;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9431B59849D6468F90918333671625F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assurance that any other individuals (not described in paragraph (1)) who will participate in such proposed program will be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H16B774B20AB549E68B3BA131186425CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>low-income individuals;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6149A51D6C874430AA4F612020BD208B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>first generation college students; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9E487A0E61B42DA962949BF7BD45C9D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>individuals with disabilities;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1706C77D2EA94ABF89F058B6B8F1C00B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed description of the proposed program, including how such program will directly benefit students;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08AE4256794F451D91721A6E3B75E728"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of projected students to be served by the program;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9A5D2CA73F0F4DE59943769CDCEE87A2"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the program will be evaluated; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A43E81883FE4E22873B25DA174EAA6F"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assurance that the individuals participating in the project proposed are individuals who do not have access to services from another programs funded under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H725B9330F49648CCB571DE5184FD707B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall conduct an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the program carried out with such grant and shall submit to the Secretary, on an annual basis, a report that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="HF0729F99CB2B413E9F57B2C0DC249961"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how funds received under this section were used;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H180B80F3E6934F4C83EE72A898827A1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of students served by the project carried out under this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H62E4ABB8D30E430BB1015713179EBC4E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a quantitative analysis of the effectiveness of the project.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCDD2D5DCA8BD46CC88C792BBA427674E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From amounts appropriated under section 402A(g), the Secretary shall reserve not less than 10 percent of such funds to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HB6030725A3034014A7B1F45138542284"><enum>403.</enum><header>Gaining early awareness and readiness for undergraduate programs</header>
<subsection id="H3F4D019A75E24A24BB979AC3DCE60235"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Early intervention and college awareness program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-21">20 U.S.C. 1070a–21</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HEB168D884F344ED0AAFD48E0FF585CED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>academic support</quote> and inserting <quote>academic support for college readiness</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB2286F909EA4533B6D026BD167E6201"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HA9A133F52E054BCCBF999247D819D46E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>new</quote> before <quote>awards</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A9E349DF78E4F60992F27A424D669C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="H204E2E2A21A5460EA4EE2DA8F34BCF7B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HA329CE7AE62A42FAA60182E62BAA2DB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">give priority to eligible entities that have a prior, demonstrated commitment to early intervention leading to college access and readiness through collaboration and replication of successful strategies; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H6C77E13644294F7C8164804D21EB16BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>the Higher Education Opportunity Act</quote> and inserting <quote>the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title></quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4DC29577903541CA98B5CEEB5535E493"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HE054063F49C74918928EBAC4337AA36B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Multiple award prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible entities described in subsection (c)(1) that receive a grant under this chapter shall not be eligible to receive an additional grant under this chapter until after the date on which the initial grant period expires.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1A2D8AE277E5461696140AC66FF69C1E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking <quote>institutions or agencies sponsoring programs authorized under subpart 4,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9BDFC1FD9EE449F98746C2901735442B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404C (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-23">20 U.S.C. 1070a–23</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC0CD2A5BCABE4D36A09DE1ED68DBD682"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HD8C003D1E1564ECCB811158FD813C257"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H92515B7A569E4F08916D082BCE980A51"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text> <subclause id="H4876CD5DA1CD49709C11A8D4940CE9AC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, contain or be accompanied by such information or assurances,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5656DDAFCF474766AAE9F2CA1FBA3792"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, at a minimum</quote>;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H896FA66250574B42BEEA4439B9585BE6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H4DD809B7621A410F9C4C7D97C6C9AA05"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe, in the case of an eligible entity described in section 404A(c)(2) that chooses to provide scholarships, or an eligible entity described in section 404A(c)(1)—</text>
<clause id="H15C0E4A4E778403EB9E7400BE7CA957A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the eligible entity’s plan to establish or maintain a financial assistance program in accordance with the requirements of section 404E, including any eligibility criteria other than the criteria described in section 404E(g), such as—</text>
<subclause id="H8228936D470E4B3EB739811E887CCC4F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>demonstrating financial need;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H4591341CB9A94A67B279BD06468602E3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>meeting and maintaining satisfactory academic progress; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7CCCEF37BEF94DC483C4A338ECF60C89"><enum>(III)</enum><text>other criteria aligned with State and local goals to increase postsecondary readiness, access, and completion; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H7D3595CD63D34EE492884C1CA296B003"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>how the eligible entity will meet the other requirements of section 404E;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause id="H244E9DD182324A12B26B93DFE8B3E743"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (H); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC4C44C332746422B97C8AD5837085E6F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (I) and (J) as subparagraphs (H) and (I), respectively; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6E4F8E0A812943FA8E71197D080C7ECD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HF9106374952C4B52A77AC85B371AFCC3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>Notwithstanding the matching requirement described in paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary may—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HF3191B316866456D9014420B3F9C5CA7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at the time of application—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2DA05B8214C940A38B913EC8687C8C3D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>approve a Partnership applicant’s request for a waiver of up to 75 percent of the matching requirement for up to two years if the applicant demonstrates in its application a significant economic hardship that stems from a specific, exceptional, or uncontrollable event, such as a natural disaster, that has a devastating effect on the members of the Partnership and the community in which the project would operate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H9BC5CE03C378491A9237F46210F1946C"><enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6D9B8C699EF8488392DE1126457695A4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>approve a Partnership applicant’s request to waive up to 50 percent of the matching requirement for up to two years if the applicant demonstrates in its application a pre-existing and an on-going significant economic hardship that precludes the applicant from meeting its matching requirement; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H1B5F052D7C3A4206AB7DEDB9B5240B15" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provide tentative approval of an applicant’s request for a waiver under subclause (I) for all remaining years of the project period;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HF6117E9C97A545CD8D9E5E90B8E78E4C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>approve a Partnership applicant’s request in its application to match its contributions to its scholarship fund, established under section 404E, on the basis of two non-Federal dollars for every one dollar of Federal funds provided under this chapter; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H79E320527DEE45EC82DF609A34C6F0B4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>approve a request by a Partnership applicant that has three or fewer institutions of higher education as members to waive up to 70 percent of the matching requirement if the Partnership applicant includes—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HADFC2F4DAA4C48B19685F6FDBE5A3840"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a fiscal agent that is eligible to receive funds under title V, or part B of title III, or section 316 or 317, or a local educational agency;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HE88C6CE28E424C6E8664C26FE783E24B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>only participating schools with a 7th grade cohort in which at least 75 percent of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H392677F062514CF3AB21513141F41C34"><enum>(III)</enum><text>only local educational agencies in which at least 50 percent of the students enrolled are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD9C4C1281D284D80B0D214229BD22478"><enum>(B)</enum><text>after a grant is awarded, approve a Partnership grantee’s written request for a waiver of up to——</text> <clause commented="no" id="H1C8060B8C0324D46B131DE7EB5B1F25D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>50 percent of the matching requirement for up to two years if the grantee demonstrates that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HEBE06F9E3E1F479884B90D8C885BE0F6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the matching contributions described for those two years in the grantee’s approved application are no longer available; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H2A8454AEF0DD425F9EED18B39AF9B57F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the grantee has exhausted all funds and sources of potential contributions for replacing the matching funds; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HC07FE4F02BE5410BA29354A60989C841"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>75 percent of the matching requirement for up to two years if the grantee demonstrates that matching contributions from the original application are no longer available due to an uncontrollable event, such as a natural disaster, that has a devastating economic effect on members of the Partnership and the community in which the project would operate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2B45AE6866E14B0DB8956A83F2DCE588"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional terms</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H428E1FC9CAA1405FBD7F2FBE91BAEE8F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>On-going economic hardship</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining whether a Partnership applicant is experiencing an on-going economic hardship that is significant enough to justify a waiver under subparagraphs (A)(i) and (A)(ii)(I) of paragraph (2), the Secretary may consider documentation of the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HA5BE38EAF60F4153A317683B874EFD63"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Severe distress in the local economy of the community to be served by the grant (e.g., there are few employers in the local area, large employers have left the local area, or significant reductions in employment in the local area).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H12FAEC1B932642A08C71D69644E4C448"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Local unemployment rates that are higher than the national average.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H54C8A596048A4020B7867D968E8EB7FC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Low or decreasing revenues for State and County governments in the area to be served by the grant.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H08A37A10C11B41B4B5FD955F62B11DC7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Significant reductions in the budgets of institutions of higher education that are participating in the grant.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H8530B31E10314AACAC2CAD0023E6D9DD"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Other data that reflect a significant economic hardship for the geographical area served by the applicant.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50D491AB627D4379A6B4ED425D5EE10E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exhaustion of funds</header><text>In determining whether a Partnership grantee has exhausted all funds and sources of potential contributions for replacing matching funds under paragraph (2)(B), the secretary may consider the grantee’s documentation of key factors that have had a direct impact on the grantee such as the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HA9CFB4AC03D54B4EB2BDCD067DB896BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A reduction of revenues from State government, County government, or the local educational agency.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H9842DA4D8FA24A4E966D87675DF89350"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>An increase in local unemployment rates.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HE69608513D1F4BC1896B820CF630A0E1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Significant reductions in the operating budgets of institutions of higher education that are participating in the grant.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H360D9D9D69F040009DE6E611CC86055C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A reduction of business activity in the local area (e.g., large employers have left the local area).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H878C8BD5ECD24D249BB944F44F68B51D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Other data that reflect a significant decrease in resources available to the grantee in the local geographical area served by the grantee.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6E2111DD34F34CE0AD451DA15711DF27"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Renewal of waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Partnership applicant that receives a tentative approval of a waiver under subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) of paragraph (2) for more than two years under this paragraph must submit to the Secretary every two years by such time as the Secretary may direct documentation that demonstrates that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H16283A68A2FD46199B173682286552B0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the significant economic hardship upon which the waiver was granted still exists; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HB1CF4E4BC3204986A0014B035E9670BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the grantee tried diligently, but unsuccessfully, to obtain contributions needed to meet the matching requirement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H05F10E091E184B35BA743D74AB70434E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Multiple waivers</header><text>If a grantee has received one or more waivers under paragraph (2), the grantee may request an additional waiver of the matching requirement under this subsection not earlier than 60 days before the expiration of the grantee’s existing waiver.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0A0C2AD882EF4D9F85CA22E69AA7318B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>Section 404D (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-24">20 U.S.C. 1070a–24</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE5FB9C0AD2E84F9D8FF3E9CADB6B7BB7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6868730F322C4082A9D51BDD3E7EC439"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>financial aid for</quote> and inserting <quote>financial aid, including loans, grants, scholarships, and institutional aid for</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6B5D7DF37254BA6AF7E6D68C9B53049"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>rigorous and challenging curricula and coursework, in order to</quote> and inserting <quote>curricula and coursework designed to</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D698A2173364E849D163F00EE7F2051"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H891FCE988CAC4F08AED5814E18FEC48E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HB1309C457BFD4F79A12CCAD3F25F7D47"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing information to students and families about the advantages of obtaining a postsecondary education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H62475A62220F4ADE83259B1FA78DB922"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing tutors and mentors, who may include adults or former participants of a program under this chapter, for use by eligible students in need.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DE64FC064664323AC27392303334524"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>Improving</quote> and inserting <quote>Providing supportive services to improve</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD3524E18621E438996F3ED7AD144AA31"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0343AC91435B4DD38C9F1641972E3384"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C41C4AE156946529317341F3F6ED071"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (15) as paragraphs (1) through (14), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81DAD0DE9F3A4E7CB20F2FE00353F0D8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>rigorous</quote> each place it appears; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F22B74B005E4682A8C9B7797EA64E11"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), as so redesignated—</text>
<clause id="HC0C52A140FBC417A91E9CDF526C9ECD2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (K) as subparagraphs (F) through (L), respectively; and</text> </clause><clause id="H9C46856C8C454C36AF67DE9C230B2518"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H70C5A828DAA94A52828CEFD00244BB61"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing counseling or referral services to address the behavioral, social-emotional, and mental health needs of at-risk students;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H86B646568E1640DF9EFBCA01A5EED943"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>skills assessments</quote> and inserting <quote>skills, cognitive, non-cognitive, and credit-by-examination assessments</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="HB7BB6B2637D047088C08F549DCF81F38"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (K), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF79FFEEC75C34576A84444A7D5BCDB5A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in subparagraph (L), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H7AFFDE8B17E64E649C5270AD17763CF8"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H67A8BEB67A3C4BFA8C1AA887A097FF22"><enum>(M)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">capacity building activities that create college-going cultures in participating schools and local education agencies.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D07467FE18F425090B93B1B0BDC2D64"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1292DA90F875432A884514D506E3D9B5" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HE898429F8E1B4A5BAFFA8A46CA3EB7ED"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Creating or expanding drop-out recovery programs that allow individuals who drop out of school to complete a regular secondary school diploma and begin college-level work.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A43BF3640604C52B3ACA6075A98510C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <clause id="H1B53E601059443FC916F76670F761E69"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>and technical assistance</quote> after <quote>administrative support</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB64572DDDAF94521ADCD83199EAE928E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (9); and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9E303DAC1B3F42F1B0CD774F112339D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>institutions and agencies sponsoring programs authorized under subpart 4,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H20CC954C074847AA8888AFB6B137816C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Scholarship requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404E (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-25">20 U.S.C. 1070a–25</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H04F881E8C2044FD68CAEFA28E1597CE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by inserting <quote>described in section 404C(a)(2)(B)(i)</quote> after <quote>financial assistance program</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB34C2542F9441DC8D6B928D18ADBE30"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(1), by striking <quote>an amount</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: <quote>an estimated amount that is based on the requirements of the financial assistance program of the eligible entity described in section 404C(a)(2)(B)(i).</quote></text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4BB20DD366BF41B5ACBC68F40E2A2A43"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Evaluation and report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404G(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-27">20 U.S.C. 1070a–27(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H571BFD3220FC4393B263ADB9DD7B92BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71B9DA8645744E0DA37CACCC241F6313"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote></text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA587082129814076A3712F1A95E16783"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46E661E15FB34E0F92B32D65FB6DCA97" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0D98F9383D9746FEA15C4030875DB9F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include the following metrics:</text> <subparagraph id="HD314E0B4FA294520BF6FF04EC1CFAC70"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of students completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDAAAA412CDED43EA9EC84B5E9894787D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the enrollment of participating students in curricula and coursework designed to reduce the need for remedial coursework at the postsecondary level;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEAD2215186F9485393FAC5AB1CEBCF76"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if applicable, the number of students receiving a scholarship;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21311E77C2A544F99D5D18F324FAB811"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the graduation rate of participating students from high school;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4A811328809F40CF85260776D2E870E0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the enrollment of participating students into postsecondary education; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5966E6343F844D1182CA59455D40AEE9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>such other information as the Secretary may require.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1E6E3B5A5B844FAE8F6E937A57BBE78D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404H (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-28">20 U.S.C. 1070a–28</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the five succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>$339,754,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99AD5DAD6D5D43F18A9582ADE6D51D4E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header>Special programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal farmwork</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 418A(i) (20 U.S.C. 1070d—2(i)) is amended by striking <quote>$75,000,000</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>$44,623,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024.</quote>.</text> </section><section id="HA70C9D5A27E14DF3AFCFA415E7E2A334"><enum>405.</enum><header>Child care access means parents in school</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 419N (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070e">20 U.S.C. 1070e</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H583E36F7E1FA4CF8BAC9DADA31A383E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading of paragraph (6) of subsection (b), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Construction</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Rule of construction</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC330B7B4AB5448F889D3C86AF40860D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBAD955ECB7E848319583D1E6CB87106B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>assisted</quote> and inserting <quote>funded</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA20FB2D5AC8F49AEA4B227C768B02E06"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<clause id="HF0867D946997467398E6E5A994B9C0BF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>resources, including technical expertise</quote> and inserting <quote>resources, including non-Federal resources, technical expertise,</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H1028F57785C8429B8F5A0B03E324FC1A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the use of the</quote> and inserting <quote>these</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95D035C399CD46E896D5E9933966ED1C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)—</text> <clause id="H6D191090D05E4E82A4AB8EA57DCB912E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>provisional status,</quote> after <quote>approval,</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBDE2F20CC3E84639B9FACFAB8C9381F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting <quote>prior to serving children and families; and</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H71B510EEA9854EA0A83D6E0DA70AAAAC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9E100EAF687E4E60BCC4771C3D1694CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H9A972EC6D5FB43D9827DA1E67A02834E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>local</quote> and inserting <quote>non-Federal, local,</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H81CFDE7C64F44248B4E212D04ECF8613"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45638645DF834DCDA55813FE26A14FFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8563566CF9954B7F85631F050075D43A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5FF2112E823441D88F0620D679961EE" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H94A97F5046F14E30934181E9A23B94C3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate with other community programs where appropriate to improve the quality and limit cost of the campus-based program.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H40701E5AA0E84708A72C5D6564201C68"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF201A7F64FD74F9E8342C2550D11F753" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H6E3A788802FE4C3ABA67C5CEA6D5A11D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting requirements; continuing eligibility</header> <paragraph id="H9FADC05D1CC94CDC909A16BFA07DA1EB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header> <subparagraph id="H9FC8924374E44C148F42A95910DD447D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Each institution of higher education receiving a grant under this section shall report to the Secretary annually. The Secretary shall annually publish such reports on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B59BEA813984A4889B20F6F78720D8A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each report shall include—</text> <clause id="H623DE750F74F4A0293449732FF949570"><enum>(i)</enum><text>data on the population served under this section, including the total number of children and families served;</text>
</clause><clause id="H841103DF40FB46A59B9BB0C17CB28DF4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information on sources of campus and community resources and the amount of non-Federal funding used to help low-income students access child care services on campus;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEAA0CD6BBB724209AF653A80F8130415"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>documentation that the program meets applicable licensing, certification, approval, or registration requirements; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H05CF0C4AF057494AA85FCCC6DD687F62"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a description of how funding was used to pursue the goals of this section determined by the institution under subsection (c).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD15EA9C981BF47849F86139F8A74714E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Continuing eligibility</header><text>The Secretary shall make continuation awards under this section to an institution of higher education only if the Secretary determines, on the basis of the reports submitted under paragraph (1) and the application from the institution, that the institution is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCAA093A4ABD2463592822E74A94030B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>using funds only for authorized purposes;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C507B01E3444D6D99D9D13C50F68DE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing low-income students at the institution with priority access to affordable, quality child care services as provided under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0BDE350568074C9C8C63549315876D54"><enum>(C)</enum><text>documenting a continued need for Federal funding under this section, while demonstrating how non-Federal sources will be leveraged to support a continuation award.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H34D9A504B8ED428D9EE8BAF6C19A8DB7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,134,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H244B1EC48AE343E0BA09C8D9D852CD5E"><enum>406.</enum><header>Repeals</header> <subsection id="HDD28C4396ECA4737B9420D306CADD413"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Academic competitiveness grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-1">20 U.S.C. 1070a–1</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCAF2AFD18F5C4B98A1D62DD8180B7956"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants</header>
<paragraph id="H211E9501AC9F436E8F50C159626C48B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Subpart 3 of part A of title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070b">20 U.S.C. 1070b</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H62195CC386E64B27B129A5D97A90666C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The repeal made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on June 30, 2018.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0355432A0A7148B7B8D801831CB6C917"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart 4 of part A of title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070c">20 U.S.C. 1070c</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H9BAE68DDF98344A09EB0660EE6256CB1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart 6 of part A of title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070d-31">20 U.S.C. 1070d–31</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1AA0D14EC7B4E26840D66B4CABD5FD5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>407.</enum><header>Sunset of TEACH grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 9 of part A of title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070g">20 U.S.C. 1070g</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H59F2D8D9DDF04FED87DC12E6E0DAB707"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 420L(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070g">20 U.S.C. 1070g(1)</external-xref>, by striking <quote>section 102</quote> and inserting <quote>section 102 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF769C7F03DA24CD4BBC26726C10C950F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 420N (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070g-2">20 U.S.C. 1070g–2</external-xref>)—</text> <subparagraph id="H87EB5DCF5E7E4E2097F02581E55649CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(1) to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8029E1A3C90A4BDB897E44492FCC492A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">teach—</text> <clause id="HE0D45D75B6DF4D2688CE6A62362DF257"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in a public or other nonprofit private elementary school or secondary school, which, for the purpose of this paragraph and for that year—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H6B44F08D885C40229558C63A443BF768"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has been determined by the Secretary (pursuant to regulations of the Secretary and after consultation with the State educational agency of the State in which the school is located) to be a school in which the number of children meeting a measure of poverty under section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6313">20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)</external-xref>), exceeds 30 percent of the total number of children enrolled in such school; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H1ED644AC50E04A67829862595D61703F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is in the school district of a local educational agency which is eligible in such year for assistance pursuant to part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311</external-xref> et seq.); or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HB2BBB80679A84584B53EC69B9A0CA04E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in one or more public, or nonprofit private, elementary schools or secondary schools or locations operated by an educational service agency that have been determined by the Secretary (pursuant to regulations of the Secretary and after consultation with the State educational agency of the State in which the educational service agency operates) to be a school or location at which the number of children taught who meet a measure of poverty under section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6313">20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)</external-xref>), exceeds 30 percent of the total number of children taught at such school or location;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1D39029A0204581B2C40BBCC78E723E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by inserting <quote>(as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>)</quote> after <quote>part D of title IV</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7D94DAA401874400AB7B006707B45A76"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 420M(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070g-1">20 U.S.C. 1070g–1</external-xref>), by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H5C19662B608E4E45B663C792FA84CB36"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination</header>
<subparagraph id="HF582714709094F589CA9EA44FF40AD4A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Termination of program authority</header><text>No new grants may be made under this subpart after June 30, 2018.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8781A59B030344DCBC45EE9F924E2144"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation on funds</header><text>No funds are authorized to be appropriated, and no funds may be obligated or expended under this Act or any other Act, to make a grant under this subpart for which the first disbursement would be made after June 30, 2018.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H823CEFB3C988488EAD9CA5F7F81F38BA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 420O (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070g-3">20 U.S.C. 1070g–3</external-xref>)—</text> <subparagraph id="H15A2614120374734BB971232233FB19D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2008</quote> and inserting <quote>2008, and ending on June 30, 2018</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H800DE91345794C94ADC6C1F8B28EE8F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>No funds shall be available to the Secretary to carry out this subpart after June 30, 2018.</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section></part><part id="HD1441FB7434C4120AF0D8E7C00E4FBE1"><enum>B</enum><header>Federal Family Education Loan Program</header> <section id="HDDD3775465E648EB8DDA958B1EF9787F"><enum>421.</enum><header>Federal Direct Consolidation Loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 428C (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1078-3">20 U.S.C. 1078–3</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H846459C0AA9C403698FD10A5B8E6E4C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(4)(B), by inserting before the semicolon at the end <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and pursuant to section 461(a) of such Act</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2053174C67144C6AA6859731F1E7314C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1)(F)(ii)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B676FF62BA743F88EBFF7C97FA5FA23"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and pursuant to section 461(a) of such Act</quote> after <quote>part E</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34B1E4836B054F4FAE1BDD481646981F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subclause (I), in the matter preceding item (aa), by inserting <quote>, as so in effect,</quote> after <quote>part E</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD82826E99E174CC6ADAF1A1D120CEEF6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (I)(bb), by inserting <quote>, as so in effect</quote> after <quote>section 464(c)(1)(A)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2A6DA36CF4347B8BB466F99E4CA21FF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (II), by inserting <quote>, as so in effect</quote> after <quote>section 465(a)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9DD3EEFF23834056980BF437C208324A"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (III)—</text> <clause id="HE13F8E4A144241469E4E156CCB77D18F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, as so in effect</quote> after <quote>section 465</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD5F13D5EA8034A4A93239DA6424F8440"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, as so in effect</quote> after <quote>465(a)</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H43A83986DE824672B88AE794BDA104C9"><enum>422.</enum><header>Loan rehabilitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 428F(a)(5) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1078-6">20 U.S.C. 1078–6</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>one time</quote> and inserting <quote>two times</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H3B5817962F6845B4AABD019F3FF8EED2"><enum>423.</enum><header>Loan forgiveness for teachers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 428J(b)(1)(A) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-10">20 U.S.C. 1087–10(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>that qualifies under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for Perkins loan recipients who teach in such schools or locations</quote> and inserting <quote>described in section 420N(b)(1)(B)</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H45A8C31B618B44C4A809A73014A1ADAD"><enum>424.</enum><header>Loan forgiveness for service in areas of national need</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 428K (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1078-11">20 U.S.C. 1078–11</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6CA77B5981C34468832A3D865DE35591"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H679A64F8EE204893A68C899F41DA63E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)(B), by striking <quote>that qualifies under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for Perkins loan recipients who teach in such a school</quote> and inserting <quote>described in section 420N(b)(1)(B)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC1694C670FD4B44B17DB6F869557ECA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)(B)(ii), by striking <quote>that qualifies under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for Perkins loan recipients who teach in such a school</quote> and inserting <quote>described in section 420N(b)(1)(B)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C0F7B830C9948878F9BACBE1A6E4472"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7)(A), by striking <quote>that qualifies under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for Perkins loan recipients who teach in such a school</quote> and inserting <quote>described in section 420N(b)(1)(B)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE48A287CDC7F4516ABD63ABB43DF3557"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>that qualifies under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for Perkins loan recipients who teach in such a school</quote> and inserting <quote>described in section 420N(b)(1)(B)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB5443C44617247BD9EAEABA3C1CCB0AD"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (16), by striking <quote>that qualify under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for Perkins loan recipients who teach in such a school</quote> and inserting <quote>described in section 420N(b)(1)(B)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H49A1A86A942246A3A310F6FEA982BED4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)(6)(B), by striking <quote>that qualifies under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for Perkins loan recipients who teach in such a school</quote> and inserting <quote>described in section 420N(b)(1)(B)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD8EDD73F225E4F49B2B1BCBE70CEFF62"><enum>425.</enum><header>Loan repayment for civil legal assistance attorneys</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 428L(b)(2)(A) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-12">20 U.S.C. 1087–12(b)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1EF4FFCC66A14B05B754E9E090C53EAF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by inserting before the semicolon at the end <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and pursuant to section 461(a) of such Act</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB43DA6ED2155410189324C9F4DA6F157"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)(III), by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and pursuant to section 461(a) of such Act</quote> after <quote>part E</quote>;</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H9C7539BDAAED442DB7E884B59D413E3E"><enum>426.</enum><header>Sunset of cohort default rate and other conforming changes</header> <subsection id="H005367598D4448A48A53EF128D610D72"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements for the Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 430(e) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1080">20 U.S.C. 1080(e)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HE01A92B145B74A329C3469D464D05BD4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not be subject to the requirements of this subsection after the transition period described in section 481B(e)(3).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H97CB5611D87E46E2A18F6EA0EA943C3B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible institution defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 435 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1085">20 U.S.C. 1085</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H69D0618861F143C687A5E8F2CF9ACF48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA01957CB4E4F432C8C28E31C412B7A23"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>section 102</quote> and inserting <quote>section 101 and 102</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H15B7F34FD73D45EABCC79DF01901C758"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idFAFE96CFE029469AA70795498DFD6BA1"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No institution shall be subject to paragraph (2) after the transition period described in section 481B(e)(3).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H73B7C434729E4D38B04A4412608E91A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (m), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2B9E606229C435E91439A485FE699C7" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H00990DD755A549A1B84A8498F00A3843"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Transition period; sunset</header> <subparagraph id="H48B0157A11594CDA8B20697C431F7918"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Transition period</header><text>During the transition period, the cohort default rate for an institution shall be calculated in the manner described in section 481B(e)(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE2C899B1A79F49E99E4E123869F7A6BB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The Secretary shall not be subject, and no institution shall be subject, to the requirements of this subsection after the transition period.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H732512A9A8BD4978AAEF6AB00C88AD61"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>transition period</term> has the meaning given the term in section 481B(e)(3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6AF200FEF5A342D2BF256995C22689F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (o)(1), by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and pursuant to section 461(a) of such Act</quote> after <quote>part E</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA4DB34538A8543A7B816B3903B7069C2"><enum>427.</enum><header>Closed school and other discharges</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 437(c) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087">20 U.S.C. 1087</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFEDCEAB02F0744A1B682087653C0342B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>and the borrower meets the applicable requirements of paragraphs (6) through (8),</quote> after <quote>such student’s lender,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05A43882D46047A780DF811009DB3A51"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by inserting before the period at the end <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and pursuant to section 461(a) of such Act</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBF0C50CD7DD941979AA00F3EAB5B4C76"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H6C467B8DC80F4692BCAE927A29B36EF2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Borrower qualifications for a closed school discharge</header>
<subparagraph id="H694B8D3DA6C342D3973D5F2BD61926EF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In order to qualify for the discharge of a loan under this subsection due to the closure of the institution in which the borrower was enrolled, a borrower shall submit to the Secretary a written request and sworn statement—</text>
<clause id="HEB50B7183EA34CED9F3CC763A6E5CF2F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that contains true factual assertions;</text> </clause><clause id="H8910EECD45214B0D9F9669EBA5CD194A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is made by the borrower under penalty of perjury, and that may or may not be notarized;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8F0D52E21C1747729E96F8F9B446F6F7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>under which the borrower (or the student on whose behalf a parent borrowed) states—</text> <subclause id="H6A1CE8CCBCFA49EE83C253755C01C2BB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>that the borrower or the student—</text>
<item id="HD837B6801B9745F69772AD9380A26E1C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>received, on or after January 1, 1986, the proceeds of a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under this title to attend a program of study at an institution of higher education;</text>
</item><item id="HE1EB528ED636472AA8408D261EB2024D"><enum>(bb)</enum>
<subitem commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HAFCBB0D8C2904289A2B0D31DC613D261"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>did not complete the program of study because the institution closed while the student was enrolled; or</text>
</subitem><subitem id="HECDD70D65FE64E46B25AAD1EE908E749" indent="up1"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>the student withdrew from the institution not more than 120 days before the institution closed, or in the case of exceptional circumstances described in subparagraph (B), not more than the period by which such 120-day period is extended under such subparagraph; and</text>
</subitem></item><item id="HDCFC6CC12ACE4EBD8197EB90B5443089"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attempted but was unable to complete the program of study through a teach-out at another institution or by transferring academic credits or hours earned at the closed institution to another institution;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H37AC90DA748648D380D02949AC59A201"><enum>(II)</enum><text>whether the borrower (or the student) has made a claim with respect to the institutions’s closing with any third party, such as the holder of a performance bond or a tuition recovery program, and, if so, the amount of any payment received by the borrower (or the student) or credited to the borrower’s loan obligation; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC004815882034AD58AFDE5D8818CACD3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>that the borrower (or the student)—</text> <item id="H3180598DD80B49ABA93F068320C2AC31"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>agrees to provide to the Secretary or the holder of the loan upon request other documentation reasonably available to the borrower that demonstrates that the borrower meets the qualifications for discharge under this subsection; and</text>
</item><item id="H637C7D9C93C94EBE8D81FD5EF9CF164C"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>agrees to cooperate with the Secretary in enforcement actions in accordance with subparagraph (C) and to transfer any right to recovery against a third party to the Secretary in accordance with subparagraph (D).</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32FCE327B3BA4C9984C41DA3FF63AAEA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exceptional circumstances</header>
<clause id="H73AFCBCA49094D7CB747E4A79D5C057B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may extend the 120-day period described in subparagraph (A)(iii)(I)(bb)(BB) if the Secretary determines that exceptional circumstances related to an institution’s closing justify an extension.</text>
</clause><clause id="H016B67BCC50E4160B28A1EA16A49DDF0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>exceptional circumstances</term>, when used with respect to an institution that closed, includes the loss of accreditation of institution, the institutions’ discontinuation of the majority of its academic programs, action by the State to revoke the institution’s license to operate or award academic credentials in the State, or a finding by a State or Federal Government agency that the institution violated State or Federal law.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF584FE735AE847EF97E7ADCB304F90D3"><enum>(C)</enum><header> Cooperation by borrower in enforcement actions</header>
<clause id="H2435D65F1E554336AEEB3182416FC129"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In order to obtain a discharge described in subparagraph (A), a borrower shall cooperate with the Secretary in any judicial or administrative proceeding brought by the Secretary to recover amounts discharged or to take other enforcement action with respect to the conduct on which the discharge was based. At the request of the Secretary and upon the Secretary's tendering to the borrower the fees and costs that are customarily provided in litigation to reimburse witnesses, the borrower shall—</text>
<subclause id="H1E3BCAAB5B9D4D63AAE5D90E12AC58DC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provide testimony regarding any representation made by the borrower to support a request for discharge;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2168E03646F54BF79A5A786AD4AF12C3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>produce any documents reasonably available to the borrower with respect to those representations; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF5E86DD9EC6F4F60A588FDE516268D99"><enum>(III)</enum><text>if required by the Secretary, provide a sworn statement regarding those documents and representations.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H33A11661A4BB4F0B9261ECE5D8DFE7F8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Denial of request for discharge</header><text>The Secretary shall deny the request for such a discharge or revoke the discharge of a borrower who—</text>
<subclause id="HB0F45C0ECA1F4FF78D5CA0FB9AE0DD9B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>fails to provide the testimony, documents, or a sworn statement required under clause (i); or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H5FE85CAB881746D79B9371BB21A16990"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provides testimony, documents, or a sworn statement that does not support the material representations made by the borrower to obtain the discharge.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF32566BDC61B4203990E628123C21905"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Transfer to the Secretary of borrower's right of recovery against third parties</header>
<clause id="H743273BE9EBA4686AB45471B7C815723"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Upon receiving a discharge described in subparagraph (A) of a loan, the borrower shall be deemed to have assigned to and relinquished in favor of the Secretary any right to a loan refund for such loan (up to the amount discharged) that the borrower (or student) may have by contract or applicable law with respect to the loan or the enrollment agreement for the program for which the loan was received, against the institution, its principals, its affiliates and their successors, its sureties, and any private fund, including the portion of a public fund that represents funds received from a private party.</text>
</clause><clause id="HECE29FD5467E4B13A9DCF5814A686D2F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The provisions of this subsection apply notwithstanding any provision of State law that would otherwise restrict transfer of such rights by the borrower (or student), limit, or prevent a transferee from exercising such rights, or establish procedures or a scheme of distribution that would prejudice the Secretary's ability to recover on such rights.</text>
</clause><clause id="H79F48867CF4D4978B72FA08704D4CFCF"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall limit or foreclose the borrower's (or student's) right to pursue legal and equitable relief regarding disputes arising from matters unrelated to the discharged loan.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H73ED1DB9D1C1472A9758FD26F4EE4A5D"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Discharge procedures</header>
<clause id="H153AF6EFB1BC461B88B8C7D6C8542CD3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After confirming the date of an institution's closure, the Secretary shall identify any borrower (or student on whose behalf a parent borrowed) who appears to have been enrolled at the institution on the closure date of the institution or to have withdrawn not more than 120 days prior to the closure date (or in the case of exceptional circumstances described in subparagraph (B), not more than the period by which such 120-day period is extended under such subparagraph. In the case of a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under this part, a guaranty agency shall notify the Secretary immediately whenever it becomes aware of reliable information indicating an institution may have closed.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0BF99A52CB2447739396E98986BDB0C5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Borrower address</header>
<subclause id="H4233E04E69B74E64AA2E712613B3F631"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Known</header><text>If the borrower's current address is known, the Secretary shall mail the borrower a discharge application and an explanation of the qualifications and procedures for obtaining a discharge. The Secretary or the guaranty agency shall promptly suspend any efforts to collect from the borrower on any affected loan. The Secretary may continue to receive borrower payments of the loan for which the discharge application has been filed.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDCF0470DCA294627B79CD9AA5E8D2BD6"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Unknown</header><text>If the borrower's current address is unknown, the Secretary shall attempt to locate the borrower and determine the borrower's potential eligibility for a discharge described in subparagraph (A) by consulting with representatives of the closed institution, the institution's licensing agency, the institution's accrediting agency, and other appropriate parties. If the Secretary learns the new address of a borrower, the Secretary shall mail to the borrower a discharge application and explanation, and shall suspend collection on the loan, as described in subclause (I).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H3615E4662F84497FB8671E16C7D38FD8"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Sworn statement</header><text>If a borrower fails to submit the written request and sworn statement described subparagraph (A) not later than 60 days after date on which the Secretary mails the discharge application under clause (ii), the Secretary—</text>
<subclause id="H8B80EB061B804C2C89A89370D40802C3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall resume collection on the loan and grant forbearance of principal and interest for the period in which collection activity was suspended; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H684BD8F6F91B47218E6576D114AF92B7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>may capitalize any interest accrued and not paid during such period.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HAC07FC8C3BC44292AB3920660561A923"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Notification</header> <subclause id="H4B597B068D844A96AAD6BB3AA313F0FB"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Qualifications met</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a borrower who requests a discharge described in subparagraph (A) meets the qualifications for such a discharge, the Secretary shall—</text>
<item id="H74F8EE2B1F8D4E1EB0698181AB25EB49"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>notify the borrower in writing of that determination; and</text> </item><item id="H71979985C3A04639B6AD6FC7C9646B87"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>not regard a borrower who has defaulted on a loan that has been so discharged as in default on the loan after such discharge, and such a borrower shall be eligible to receive assistance under this title.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H32CB2D35557F469888BF7E7205789789"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Qualifications not met</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a borrower who requests a discharge described in subparagraph (A) does not meet the qualifications for such a discharge, the Secretary or guaranty agency shall resume collection on the loan and notify the borrower in writing of that determination and the reasons for the determination.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD53134E466BC4B4FABE8C4CE386B070E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Borrower qualifications for a false certification discharge</header>
<subparagraph id="HB188E95AA52E4603B80BAAF22DAC40D4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application</header>
<clause id="HBD5945B153144E66A50AA4F9ECA2BC7C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In order to qualify for false certification discharge under this subsection, the borrower shall submit to the Secretary, on a form approved by the Secretary, an application for discharge that—</text>
<subclause id="HA755BD7E26E341AAAE97BF3D73D6132F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>does not need not be notarized, but shall be made by the borrower under penalty of perjury; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HD4F0F4847E4948F9A7C5A69293CF8D6A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the requirements in subparagraphs (B) through (G) have been met.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HCCF3914264F94C44ACC0F8D6F2D1B38D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>If the Secretary determines the application does not meet the requirements of clause (i), the Secretary shall notify the applicant and explain why the application does not meet the requirements.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D0CEB11B99F446AA9C3874A725D00BC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>High school diploma or equivalent</header><text>In the case of a borrower requesting a false certification discharge based on not having had a high school diploma and not having met the alternative to graduation from high school eligibility requirements under section 484(d) applicable at the time the loan was originated, and the institution or a third party to which the institution referred the borrower falsified the student’s high school diploma, the borrower shall state in the application that the borrower (or the student on whose behalf a parent borrowed)—</text>
<clause id="H0B6C9F58ED7F49A2B6A37BDFAFC5011E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reported not having a valid high school diploma or its equivalent at the time the loan was certified; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE2896DD5DD4845749ADAE63B2D70A8BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>did not satisfy the alternative to graduation from high school statutory or regulatory eligibility requirements identified on the application form and applicable at the time the institution certified the loan.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE7C892A076340D2A338D04ECE81E415"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Disqualifying condition</header><text>In the case of a borrower requesting a false certification discharge based on a condition that would disqualify the borrower from employment in the occupation that the program for which the borrower received the loan was intended, the borrower shall state in the application that the borrower (or student on whose behalf the parent borrowed) did not meet State requirements for employment (in the student’s State of residence) in the occupation that the program for which the borrower received the loan was intended because of a physical or mental condition, age, criminal record, or other reason accepted by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEFBD3376510F4F4C9BCA318441DD18A1"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Unauthorized loan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a borrower requesting a discharge under this subsection because the institution signed the borrower’s name on the loan application or promissory note without the borrower’s authorization, the borrower shall—</text>
<clause id="HD51A1B82173545798661704A8210A762"><enum>(i)</enum><text>state that the borrower did not sign the document in question or authorize the institution to do so; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H354B2FC6FC86496F87855C758E124746"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide 5 different specimens of the borrower’s signature, two of which must be within one year before or after the date of the contested signature.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H829F1412F71F48638E3F3999F11C0F6E"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Unauthorized payment</header><text>In the case of a borrower requesting a false certification discharge because the institution, without the borrower’s authorization, endorsed the borrower’s loan check or signed the borrower’s authorization for electronic funds transfer, the borrower shall—</text>
<clause id="H121CD95A8FEE41D79288D4DC200B9901"><enum>(i)</enum><text>state that the borrower did not endorse the loan check or sign the authorization for electronic funds transfer or authorize the institution to do so;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDEADD5752339492ABA87401AF117217B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide 5 different specimens of the borrower’s signature, two of which must be within one year before or after the date of the contested signature; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEB3574E7AACA484C9C6C5A9BD44AA72F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>state that the proceeds of the contested disbursement were not delivered to the borrower or applied to charges owed by the borrower to the institution.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2221AE3612A4D658B58814C1E94F936"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Identity theft</header>
<clause id="H5FC4748F154E48EDA7411995FF59BCC7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of an individual whose eligibility to borrow was falsely certified because the individual was a victim of the crime of identity theft and is requesting a discharge, the individual shall—</text>
<subclause id="H73D266F4BAE345F4B143195C341F30EE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>certify that the individual did not sign the promissory note, or that any other means of identification used to obtain the loan was used without the authorization of the individual claiming relief;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4F50254EED3C4B908E1C3CC61EF6535A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>certify that the individual did not receive or benefit from the proceeds of the loan with knowledge that the loan had been made without the authorization of the individual;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAC7F570C78134F9E82A7A3614E1B82A8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>provide a copy of a local, State, or Federal court verdict or judgment that conclusively determines that the individual who is named as the borrower of the loan was the victim of a crime of identity theft; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1D8B04409CE14C06ADA5499721EF00F8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>if the judicial determination of the crime does not expressly state that the loan was obtained as a result of the crime of identity theft, provide—</text>
<item id="H74CC8FA2F8E3433587196A8EEA494690"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>authentic specimens of the signature of the individual, as described in subparagraph (D)(ii), or of other means of identification of the individual, as applicable, corresponding to the means of identification falsely used to obtain the loan; and</text>
</item><item id="H12A303D0C5774A8CBB7BB09C58220B92"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>statement of facts that demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that eligibility for the loan in question was falsely certified as a result of the crime of identity theft committed against that individual.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="H279B87C797EC4818B7CE33034BFB8791"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph:</text> <subclause id="H2BB77DE4785E4A1E9070412DD8F193F7"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Identity theft</header><text>The term <term>identity theft</term> means the unauthorized use of the identifying information of another individual that is punishable under section 1028, 1028A, 1029, or 1030 of title 18, United States Code, or substantially comparable State or local law.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H20770939E86A44B3A80263E6C3DC460C"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Identifying information</header><text>The term <term>identifying information</term> includes—</text> <item id="HB8470EDEAA9D4BA294A8E75BC0BFEAEF"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>name, Social Security number, date of birth, official State or government issued driver’s license or identification number, alien registration number, government passport number, and employer or taxpayer identification number;</text>
</item><item id="HB095DB0290BC4FEF92EEC54DAFAF90FB"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>unique biometric data, such as fingerprints, voiceprint, retina or iris image, or unique physical representation;</text>
</item><item id="HC787C45A039044FD81173800954853B7"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>unique electronic identification number, address, or routing code; or</text> </item><item id="H1749A1D0C2F44181830E806784B62B74"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>telecommunication identifying information or access device (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1029">18 U.S.C. 1029(e)</external-xref>) borrower qualifications for a false certification discharge</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04CA1C18E22B412C98DC9FD191D2CE89"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Claim to third party</header><text>The borrower shall state whether the borrower has made a claim with respect to the institutions’s false certification or unauthorized payment with any third party, such as the holder of a performance bond or a tuition recovery program, and, if so, the amount of any payment received by the borrower or credited to the borrower’s loan obligation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED184293C61145F8B5085DCD86EB2C8E"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Cooperation with the secretary</header><text>The borrower shall state that the borrower—</text> <clause id="H5C8BD87617A74A8D93B48CC4FEB8982C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>agrees to provide to the Secretary upon request other documentation reasonably available to the borrower that demonstrates that the borrower meets the qualifications for discharge under this subsection; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5D5DAAB7F14846F9B84F3E5454C20EDE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>agrees to cooperate with the Secretary in enforcement actions and to transfer any right to recovery against a third party to the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H74A3AE62A9F84428B80E2243C2F67609"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Borrower qualifications for an unpaid refund discharge</header><text>To receive an unpaid refund discharge of a portion of a loan under this subsection, a borrower shall submit to the holder or guaranty agency a written application—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA26E2DFF527447AB9C9308817731EABF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that requests the information required to calculate the amount of the discharge;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08CF12A02A804C21A302626EFDEF18E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that the borrower signs for the purpose of swearing to the accuracy of the information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13F146594AB34AA0B21B7B854FA8ADC5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is made by the borrower under penalty of perjury, and that may or may not be notarized; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD32242E9309347B48DBEDD8343976DD7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>under which the borrower states—</text>
<clause id="HDD363423DE99497394C42C3BECD6F16E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that the borrower—</text> <subclause id="H855FD40BB74543C6B2B1B826357E4534"><enum>(I)</enum><text>received, on or after January 1, 1986, the proceeds of a loan, in whole or in part, made, insured, or guaranteed under this title to attend an institution of higher education;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFFA59C3FE3234E7AB12489F844B93264"><enum>(II)</enum><text>did not attend, withdrew, or was terminated from the institution within a timeframe that entitled the borrower to a refund; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H16C65DAEF75D44B9A02790AF2F795990"><enum>(III)</enum><text>did not receive the benefit of a refund to which the borrower was entitled either from the institution or from a third party, such as the holder of a performance bond or a tuition recovery program;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD6F3256516B24661B441251A71A9B68C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether the borrower has any other application for discharge pending for this loan; and</text> </clause><clause id="H01FD1976AA004A1D821518FA2809E578"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that the borrower—</text>
<subclause id="HF9B1E190F16540D3B08D74837EEA92B1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>agrees to provide to the Secretary upon request other documentation reasonably available to the borrower that demonstrates that the borrower meets the qualifications for discharge under this subsection; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6C2F4DE4C6954F9CA9A6DF7A1FB9F53F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>agrees to cooperate with the Secretary in enforcement actions and to transfer any right to recovery against a third party to the Secretary.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section></part><part id="HFF09F698960D4526B39A50ACDCAD5CDD"><enum>C</enum><header>Federal Work-Study Programs</header>
<section id="H3A652DBF486B448B8E2EAF8BE7BD266D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>441.</enum><header>Purpose; authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 441 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-51">20 U.S.C. 1087–51</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2B014EB88B084BFF9434E96DA96907D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB81C6E33CD41476682E735371D851F27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>part-time</quote> and inserting <quote>paid</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8BCAC23DBF0462BA3AD057F0B2514F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, graduate, or professional</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4BB4950629EF4E1E9B7C5941BBE5F93E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>community service</quote> and inserting <quote>work-based learning</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H35D3FFE4A7B2403783AD4F22EBAF280E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>part, such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.</quote> and inserting <quote>part, $1,722,858,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92BE0DB4386A4481B9A48B4E957BA2B7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA0D4A949950461DB4D0EE238E529A93" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H1E86E3DA86504442AD01004E5EFD6B79"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Work-Based learning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this part, the term <term>work-based learning</term> means paid interactions with industry or community professionals in real workplace settings that foster in-depth, first-hand engagement with the tasks required of a given career field, that are aligned to a student’s field of study.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H169C188C808F4C749DD73428BCCBC80B"><enum>442.</enum><header>Allocation formula</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 442 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-52">20 U.S.C. 1087–52</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9990AC293E0847CA95DA5E680E5E4C5F" style="OLC"> <section id="HEBC04A2D58DB4ADB82C3FAD98397F476"><enum>442.</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H4531766BA9224AF18CEA9B5EECE4A349"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reservations</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HBB8159BC50AB4E6980DC83007F8609C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reservation for improved institutions</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB9551D4648404DEBA416F0CB476169D1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amount of reservation for improved institutions</header><text>For a fiscal year in which the amount appropriated under section 441(b) exceeds $700,000,000, the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H88D2ABD1D2C1444C8A0A00B3D95DEA1B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reserve the lesser of—</text> <subclause id="HBF128A121C0448C5BA6DD43F35982160"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount by which the amount appropriated under section 441(b) exceeds $700,000,000; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3CB5931DD5694990ACB97380B61F5B02"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$150,000,000; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H4715295DA607434388F3BF2E9D41D713"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>allocate the amount reserved under clause (i) to each improved institution in an amount—</text>
<subclause id="H06030BAF076148DBA2B78038D39717DF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>that bears the same proportion to the amount reserved under clause (i) as the total amount of all Federal Pell Grant funds awarded at the improved institution for the second preceding fiscal year bears to the total amount of Federal Pell Grant funds awarded at improved institutions participating under this part for the second preceding fiscal year; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF9F8C7C8AB684BEB9797D3E5F0671B6C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is not—</text> <item id="HCD9B186E9D3946CAB2787214E3CA1EA9"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>less than $10,000; or</text>
</item><item id="H72B9DACE838A4B04826F74DDD7B5ACC7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>greater than $1,500,000.</text> </item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2581A5C1605642B0ADC2084AAB229FFE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Improved institution described</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, an improved institution is an institution that, on the date the Secretary makes an allocation under subparagraph (A)(ii) is, with respect to—</text>
<clause id="H1705B56E5981447CA8BBA8CBF248F175"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the completion rate or graduation rate of Federal Pell Grant recipients at the institution, in the top 10 percent of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HBD4AD589667944C1AF913047405E7427"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the institution is an institution described in any of clauses (iv) through (ix) of section 132(d)(1)(B), all such institutions participating under this part for the preceding fiscal year; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H146ED4ABCB6D4E76ABD3A195E3FBC6D8"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the institution is an institution described in any of clauses (i) through (iii) of section 132(d)(1)(B), all such institutions participating under this part for the preceding fiscal year; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HC58BA954EEB64EAA8727121E993BA6E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the improvement of the completion rate or graduation rate between the preceding fiscal year and such date, in the top 10 percent of the institutions described in clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0D9723F36A14552B4A251D3528FAC1B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Completion rate or graduation rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of determining the completion rate or graduation rate under this section, a Federal Pell Grant recipient shall be counted as a completor or graduate if, within the normal time for completion of or graduation from the program, the student has completed or graduated from the program, or enrolled in any program of an institution participating in any program under this title for which the prior program provides substantial preparation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H537FCF7751BE4DC3B3A318BEBB0409D6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Reallocation of returned amount</header><text>If an institution returns to the Secretary any portion of the sums allocated to such institution under this paragraph for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall reallot such excess to improved institutions on the same basis as under subparagraph (A)(ii)(I).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H715FF35E6ECD42EFB6BA8C7CCC5694AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reservation for work colleges</header><text>From the amounts appropriated under section 441(b), the Secretary shall reserve to carry out section 448 such amounts as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H717AA1895B314AA7875D28C622062A44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocation formula for fiscal years 2019 through 2023</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H239C650F50504B6CA8DAB91131758F34"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From the amount appropriated under section 441(b) for a fiscal year and remaining after the Secretary reserves funds under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allocate to each institution—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEA3DABC9FF7240848CA01116A82C438F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2019, an amount equal to the greater of—</text> <clause id="HEA522E500F034E3C9D7D88A86CE70AF6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>90 percent of the amount the institution received under this subsection and subsection (a) for fiscal year 2018, as such subsections were in effect with respect to such fiscal year (in this subparagraph referred to as the <quote>2018 amount for the institution</quote>); or</text>
</clause><clause id="HD39161BD35C344EC8CEE1DE6021B2152"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (d);</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5ACB4BD82E64419D9154017C0D08007A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2020, an amount equal to the greater of—</text>
<clause id="HAB280678EB8440DE996C2C89D47DFEEE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>80 percent of the 2018 amount for the institution; or</text> </clause><clause id="HA86FF7B5AA0242C6A4D821C05CE51D3F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (d);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H82DAB87CD8904A498A810494C2D45AAB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2021, an amount equal to the greater of—</text> <clause id="HBE1470F5253847BAB18072B09E216FEB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>60 percent of the 2018 amount for the institution; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H357EE6DA932A46A185DF30A8403E4088"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (d);</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD05C1C0428574BB281657B584861AFE4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2022, an amount equal to the greater of—</text>
<clause id="H652C721ED9764F8E864A27A1DAAF6421"><enum>(i)</enum><text>40 percent of the 2018 amount for the institution; or</text> </clause><clause id="H6E2CD94142E64C64B48D01FEDCF0FABA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (d); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF401B508C36A4B318C3E5327E45625BD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2023, an amount equal to the greater of—</text> <clause id="H1F78D88C515C46A8A3D9CB27D9FCA22A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>20 percent of the 2018 amount for the institution; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HF2C18B2917864FDAAF7897A0A96FCD7E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (d).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE94FC8166FBA4A1AA727A8D1AD1DAFF5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ratable reduction</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H39949884EDA947689E9E69E9212C65BA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the amount appropriated under section 441(b) for a fiscal year and remaining after the Secretary reserves funds under subsection (a) is less than the amount required to be allocated to the institutions under this subsection, then the amount of the allocation to each institution shall be ratably reduced.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H61836D2530DA40DD8F6DECF424659579"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional appropriations</header><text>If the amounts allocated to each institution are ratably reduced under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year and additional amounts are appropriated for such fiscal year, the amount allocated to each institution from the additional amounts shall be increased on the same basis as the amounts under subparagraph (A) were reduced (until each institution receives the amount required to be allocated under this subsection).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF3DA4E34F1894041AE370A49150BF54C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation formula for fiscal year 2024 and each succeeding fiscal year</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the amount appropriated under section 441(b) for fiscal year 2024 and each succeeding fiscal year and remaining after the Secretary reserves funds under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allocate to each institution the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (d).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H11DF43DF675D498C808B763CDCF44714"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Determination of fair share amount</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H57361BA1BC6D4F5AAB5CCEB9BB19D3C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The fair share amount for an institution for a fiscal year shall be equal to the sum of the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H30196EFC67EB4AE0A75339D2584853A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An amount equal to 50 percent of the amount that bears the same proportion to the available appropriated amount for such fiscal year as the total amount of Federal Pell Grant funds disbursed at the institution for the preceding fiscal year bears to the total amount of Federal Pell Grant funds awarded at all institutions participating under this part for the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H90A115CC48734189923D359D319010AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An amount equal to 50 percent of the amount that bears the same proportion to the available appropriated amount for such fiscal year as the total amount of the undergraduate student need at the institution for the preceding fiscal year bears to the total amount of undergraduate student need at all institutions participating under this part for the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBEF2B1C25C694982970CA46F44EEBC8B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H33AFC2CB9F5E451295159390DF29CDB3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Available appropriated amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>available appropriated amount</term> means—</text>
<clause id="H2C69D46D30CD4D208B7A3C00C8BEBD60"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount appropriated under section 441(b) for a fiscal year, minus</text> </clause><clause id="H0B14D5BCAE82455F85BE8E0E83475284"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amounts reserved under subsection (a) for such fiscal year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H934E4B79723544FAB8181D099FD1937B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Average cost of attendance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>average cost of attendance</term> means, with respect to an institution, the average of the attendance costs for a fiscal year for students which shall include—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H0B1375E5042D44BB9DB99A389F997C3C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>tuition and fees, computed on the basis of information reported by the institution to the Secretary, which shall include—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H2B94BDD7EAA141929132393BD0084A7F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>total revenue received by the institution from undergraduate tuition and fees for the second year preceding the year for which it is applying for an allocation; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H2D6F88AA81B1473D9BBFC9130A65564E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the institution's enrollment for such second preceding year;</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H4AB9146ADD064FA0BAB754284DA3B64A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standard living expenses equal to 150 percent of the difference between the income protection allowance for a family of five with one in college and the income protection allowance for a family of six with one in college for a single independent student; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HCF2F8183DD444FDE8C629F5C78DBD61B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>books and supplies, in an amount not exceeding $800.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC47D9081C98F49D9923B0BDAA006F454"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Undergraduate student need</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>undergraduate student need</term> means, with respect to an undergraduate student for a fiscal year, the lesser of the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H4537F39CB6C24344B76CB27006F09C84"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total of the amount equal to (except the amount computed by this clause shall not be less than zero)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HEC2E83D5E7454AED84166DF789C9DE52"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the average cost of attendance for the fiscal year, minus</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HA48B1A5D7A604DA5A59225B64E664904"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the total amount of each such undergraduate student’s expected family contribution (computed in accordance with part F of this title) for the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H0F71FF95EEB040348A593202168A66CF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$12,500.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA5C7883AB72C45C0BEFF9CB92A3F1E41"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Return of surplus allocated funds</header> <paragraph id="H474429B48F8C4A8183C9971C78AB95CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amount returned</header><text>If an institution returns more than 10 percent of its allocation under subsection (d), the institution's allocation for the next fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount returned.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF7E82F5891243AEBC4EF953E509ECB3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive this paragraph for a specific institution if the Secretary finds that enforcing this paragraph would be contrary to the interest of the program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H33B1E5534E3643CC811C1A7E94D7495E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Filing deadlines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, from time to time, set dates before which institutions must file applications for allocations under this part.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H327E7D7F89C74BFE879F2B924AEC3B8B"><enum>443.</enum><header>Grants for Federal work-study programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 443 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-53">20 U.S.C. 1087–53</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC17F292951D64DB4BD70C59B04C738CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5F010B44D42E479BB947FF3928BF5D53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>part-time</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01956208B46C41BA8ACA49136B6BB8BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>except that—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>an institution may use a portion</quote> and inserting <quote>except that an institution may use a portion</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC19A4D8F3A234918BEA4BFCA863AE182"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>undergraduate</quote> after <quote>only</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E3D76A2D8174AD3907382EC56EDAC45"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>300</quote> and inserting <quote>500</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F9203080AEB4B63B0C94C16B60EC6ED"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text> <clause id="H81BC4C4872E54E5184C2776846990C93"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>shall not exceed 75 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>shall not exceed 75 percent in the first year after the date of the enactment of <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>, 65 percent in the first succeeding fiscal year, 60 percent in the second succeeding fiscal year, 55 percent in the third succeeding fiscal year, and 50 percent each succeeding fiscal year</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H500050EC27604E89B5B8192B5F8A5E9B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A);</text> </clause><clause id="HF2BE1EC0C7DE4175B200DF8B2AC1B3C3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="H1FCBC4B9511546ABAB2AC3725D565BD3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>75</quote> and inserting <quote>50</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H3A2EE1E46C574074AB58B6414D0851FD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking the semicolon and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HFE5475D04669441EA3CC4941851CBD78"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (A); and</text> </clause><clause id="HB9C95E7705F347FA81E7448AC10B25B3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H190F9DBCC0A3477C812D36837C63E5A2" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HECA2D2D533484C1C9F034C3F4AE877D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal share may equal 100 percent with respect to funds received under section 442(a)(1)(A);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6D2377E727540909EC2A26F858EAC55"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)—</text>
<clause id="HB383D84333A64855B2DE360BB9F00719"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting <quote>career</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H0E1DD7BC4DC641C490F71CC61B3D2DB4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>community service</quote> and inserting <quote>work-based learning</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H879E4F4501F04655B4964E7F264DE07C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (10), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H989D3714743C48CB95679467941F2F54"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in paragraph (11), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A4AC5E4D3934B86AE0F9A42EC22E75B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70ED14F4F11F490FABA70258894E1AFF" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H66183B609BB04E7BB83CA5824C53B20F"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide assurances that the institution will collect data from students and employers such that the employment made available from funds under this part will, to the maximum extent practicable, complement and reinforce the educational goals or career goals of each student receiving assistance under this part; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64D74A96917F47D2ACD86230A406E322"><enum>(13)</enum><text>provide assurances that if the institution receives funds under section 442(a)(1)(A), such institution shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA10E5EDDD78B4E57A3C450EF784FA63D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use such funds to compensate students participating in the work-study program; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H066A7FC3594343D48ED19920651F6041"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prioritize the awarding of such funds to students—</text>
<clause id="HEF7197CA1A794CB095419BF030DEB82A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who demonstrate exceptional need; or</text> </clause><clause id="HC1B24BB723FD4833910C1D4151172B14"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who are employed in work-based learning opportunities through the work-study program.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0FF58AFAF3FD41159DECD520B46E0152"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="HD2D847A3F19B4DBAB4F3842F0D38CA12"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H9ABA4450E4C84E9397CDFD74F6BD63D5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>program of part-time employment</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEE137A7D0C014BABA585CA23515BF411" style="OLC"> <text>program—</text><subparagraph id="H3F8086A09B324E69AFCA23AC2E5556DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of employment</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause id="HB3AA338EFD61450CAA142672B9FA7976"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or</quote> after <quote>subsection (b)(3);</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD2D2F1F0E66641BDA10743FC96FF75AA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA730BA42A4394076A5367C1B58EF7070" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H089EBB79B2804451975E4DBF1ABD0FB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of full-time employment of its cooperative education students in work for a private for-profit organization under an arrangement between the institution and such organization that complies with the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (b)(1) of this section and subsection (b)(4) of this section;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD393716287C4A51A896E285B338500B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42E672D26D8D4A3ABF0F0D80BB16DA96"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>and complement and reinforce the educational goals or career goals of each student receiving assistance under this part</quote> after <quote>relevant</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9ACD2B1B2FBD4C3EBAEABCF525A2BBE4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE6458B12F04A42DFAAE05A8EA0721A32"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE58B531CB78643CFB811EBFDDBCB1A5D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H1D5FF7DD1DB147ECBA0118730BB076BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>In any academic year to which subsection (b)(2)(A) applies, an institution shall ensure that</quote> and inserting <quote>An institution may use the</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6311B251F47B48B981C6228020811495"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>are used</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A31A8513A2344C586B3DBFD8F2E6CD6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>may exceed 75 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>shall not exceed 50 percent</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H45F942B3915D4160A8EFF49CB0E5646D"><enum>444.</enum><header>Flexible use of funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 445(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-55">20 U.S.C. 1087–55(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H00826728AA54424F81450969F209481A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>in the same State</quote> and inserting <quote>described under section 442(a)(1)(B)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0334B3C40F3645D7A0C6C3825443E9E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E3992A405DD4D3EBD5B59E6F798B65B" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HC8B26D266D1749F7B8384C31A8AB0540" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the carry-over sums authorized under paragraph (1) of this section, an institution may permit a student who completed the previous award period to continue to earn unearned portions of the student’s work-study award from that previous year if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6F7208D8215448C3B5CA661B9D9EEBD1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any reduction in the student’s need upon which the award was based is accounted for in the remaining portion; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB80D198C9654373B3A1EA3C661F31B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the student is currently employed in a work-based learning position.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="H1C782AB971754CBBAA1F4461A2C7F55A"><enum>445.</enum><header>Job location and development programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 446 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-56">20 U.S.C. 1087–56</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDE9615C2A09A402D8C842E011292C562"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H6999B8169ACB4EF898F85ACE4446B0FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H43F3A4E0816F4133A481E4DDF4F7BA12"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>10 percent or $75,000</quote> and inserting <quote>20 percent or $150,000</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H16A2F8F6F51F4240BA53880DA0042898"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, including community service jobs,</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05F9A03CE7F54C9B8800D47D4762B27F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting <quote>career</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEBE2222C54B4CCCA1672CC6B3A3906B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2AC15F34E1A84F61A30157BCF3C0687F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB807F65CF514E619099DB0316775320"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H814CE0604CA047CDB9DB88EC32F186AD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (4) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA82A435E13E94E3782E038933DC69A5B" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HE5CCAB6B07A6403488ED6A211D48394F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide satisfactory assurance that the institution will prioritize placing students with the lowest expected family contribution and Federal work-study recipients in jobs located and developed under this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H136416B5FCE34FBBB88C8DFB6EBAB02D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide a satisfactory assurance that the institution will locate and develop work-based learning opportunities through the job location development programs;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D9C185AA8F44A259D42D7500F37AFE5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking the period and inserting</text> <quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA14DFA37A0714FB1BA2B796030BF84ED" style="OLC"> <text>, including—</text><subparagraph id="HE16FB2B99F1E4C8AA60DE0723E7318E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of students employed in work-based learning opportunities through such program;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H536C9DD650A84B75B3B7452CB9C45F51"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of students demonstrating exceptional need and employed in a work-study program through such program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H980872F4E4F448CB8A720217C4CBEDB6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of students demonstrating exceptional need and employed in work-based learning opportunities through such program.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H9AABBF0D8E1944919FA305462FF4CB90"><enum>446.</enum><header>Community service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 447 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-57">20 U.S.C. 1087–57</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </section><section id="H52A22ECEF2C04F7CA888D83E5730A361"><enum>447.</enum><header>Work colleges</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 448 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-58">20 U.S.C. 1087–58</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8689C4150B7143EAB602E72128393EF5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCA851B3371BC43EB96A6447D2DADB5EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H12C2792D08EB4DCF85C05027C7EFC7BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and part E</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H61CB71AC8DBD443BB27255B142EBEAD9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>appropriated</quote> and inserting <quote>allocated</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2473A6A1F2554ACC960D6052C82C51F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>appropriated pursuant to</quote> and inserting <quote>allocated under</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H46ACD647560C48DFBCC5D40B593733D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>authorized by</quote> and inserting <quote>allocated under</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H317F2F16DEA64393BF417DC0BF247233"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HDDE77F50FBCF46D4A37E394E88B9C73C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEB39D9B31224DF4985BF9A8A4F9266A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4FDB5E62D034AA5B8ACB72BE6895F82" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HE233A1A288434C74BF8B3F587EC4A3A9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>has administered Federal work-study for at least 2 years; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H196D8CFA0DB546789332CB0D916CEEA4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67D1C21958614A5F9D5EE7B45110D6FD" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="H9CEF15AB0D99454199C943E3F5674D65"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Allocation of reserved funds</header> <paragraph id="HD2A012FED270419F9B1E75385084D4ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), from the amount reserved under section 442(a)(2) for a fiscal year to carry out this section, the Secretary shall allocate to each work college that submits an application under subsection (c) an amount equal to the amount that bears the same proportion to the amount appropriated for such fiscal year as the number of students eligible for employment under a work-study program under this part who are enrolled at the work college bears to the total number of students eligible for employment under a work-study program under this part who are enrolled at all work colleges.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD690DC76627745F5BCDAFF8C07F64AAB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reallotment of unmatched funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a work college is unable to match funds received under paragraph (1) in accordance with subsection (d), any unmatched funds shall be returned to the Secretary and the Secretary shall reallot such funds on the same basis as funds are allocated under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section></part><part id="H2100E3CB870149F790EBE643DDAB8452"><enum>D</enum><header>Federal Direct Student Loan Program</header>
<section id="H165AA9CF459B490898FD46B8B93458E6"><enum>451.</enum><header>Termination of Federal Direct Loan Program under part D and other conforming amendments</header>
<subsection id="H6049DF777E704ED6AB84D0FCAD23D0E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 451 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087a">20 U.S.C. 1087a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H27D2D8131C7F442E9B64F55973947BB4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: <quote>No sums may be expended after September 30, 2024, with respect to loans under this part for which the first disbursement is after such date.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67632EDC11064FBCB6308772846EFD32"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end, the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC68CEEDF32E44ED9A1E36A0E6EBC6094" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H3C43C0954161478DB652035E59F72283"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination of authority To make new loans</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other provision of law—</text>
<paragraph id="H1FE6D9612ABD46D0A0E2687BAA63D150"><enum>(1)</enum><text>no new loans may be made under this part after September 30, 2024; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H739D8CAF95DF4110B542C2DE3F87B32E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>no funds are authorized to be appropriated, or may be expended, under this Act, or any other Act to make loans under this part for which the first disbursement is after September 30, 2024,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">except as expressly authorized by an Act of Congress enacted after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="HC5DBCDF595384890BB8A3E4920A59724"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Student eligibility beginning with award year 2019</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1E8B751F689B4A9BADA88EFDDA82D106"><enum>(1)</enum><header>New borrowers</header><text>No loan may be made under this part to a new borrower for which the first disbursement is after June 30, 2019.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D14A30E085A4C87991086D528EBB01A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Borrowers with outstanding balances</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), with respect to a borrower who, as of July 1, 2019, has an outstanding balance of principal or interest owing on a loan made under this part, such borrower may—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDB5C4AA5150B4928A1147801C2A8F86D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of such a loan made to the borrower for enrollment in a program of undergraduate education, borrow loans made under this part for any program of undergraduate education through the close of September 30, 2024;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E3B52E9BA7E4DE9A47A386366D1A56C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of such a loan made to the borrower for enrollment in a program of graduate or professional education, borrow loans made under this part for any program of graduate or professional education through the close of September 30, 2024; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84A7DB77DE0846CA82982AEF0386AF20"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of such a loan made to the borrower on behalf of a dependent student for the student’s enrollment in a program of undergraduate education, borrow loans made under this part on behalf of such student through the close of September 30, 2024.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H80197FA4B8894AEF90B9C3E9EAE78790"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Loss of eligibility</header><text>A borrower described in paragraph (2) who borrows a loan made under part E for which the first disbursement is made on or after July 1, 2019, shall lose the borrower’s eligibility to borrow loans made under this part in accordance with paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H80A3F32100374B2D8839C601F7ADD3EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Perkins Loan conforming amendment</header><text>Section 453(c)(2)(A) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087c">20 U.S.C. 1087c(c)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and pursuant to subsection 461(a),</quote> after <quote>part E</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H105D81C94F034710A4AFE3EE6B985226"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicable interest rates and other terms and conditions</header><text>Section 455 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087e">20 U.S.C. 1087e</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD8EEDEF1B73B4FED80388539A1E8A84D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H60F0AC5A88104A43BC08AF1C4DBABE0B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, and first disbursed before October 1, 2024,</quote> after <quote>under this part</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1D51A61BE584C6E828D03BA60186904"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>, and first disbursed before October 1, 2024,</quote> after <quote>under this part</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCB443EC78B3149A7B00FFDF8CE01EA1F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(8)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1DF862B80DE0466B835BE39556818982"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and before October 1, 2024</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">2013</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F56F26D6A29439E964202052CD77E5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>and before October 1, 2024,</quote> after <quote>July 1, 2013,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E42E2C11703498F857E23B7BE1AE482"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and before October 1, 2024,</quote> after <quote>July 1, 2013,</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F5989716D324E3CA47E6F26BF227234"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>and before October 1, 2024,</quote> after <quote>July 1, 2013,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD9BADA971B14BAEA1DE405133AFFF29"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>and before October 1, 2024,</quote> after <quote>July 1, 2013,</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDD3F3639E01481BA25BF1ECFD5FF5EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2)(E), by inserting <quote>, and before October 1, 2024</quote> after <quote>July 1, 2010</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1717BB516492475A8023628A8A7CAA3D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(7), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and pursuant to subsection 461(a)</quote> after <quote>part E</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H260FF49E8D764AC998638F9BFCF52DDF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H359B4477BFD4428EB2C37E58BE75FD99"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and first disbursed before October 1, 2024,</quote> after <quote>under this part</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3617C782A2F94C95AE01A2AFCF81675B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>The authority to make consolidation loans under this subsection expires at the close of September 30, 2024. No loan may be made under this subsection for which the disbursement is on or after October 1, 2024.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H16B2FA42050E4FB4824EF4B739D35C94"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (o)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA6FB25802B64499A9A6F6E0931A72B9A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, and before October 1, 2024,</quote> after <quote>October 1, 2008</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FB061B980BD453AAAC943773185C1F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="HDB0A444146A84C73B20FFAD78477FB8A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and before October 1, 2024,</quote> after <quote>October 1, 2008,</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC0123878897347C382E420E0529C7AE7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and before October 1, 2024</quote> after <quote>October 1, 2008</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB9BD5A1901B04A85A2FDE2A54240D4BC"><enum>452.</enum><header>Borrower defenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 455(h) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087e">20 U.S.C. 1087e(h)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H523F720B98484EA384F966CB1F0BD833" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE0F86448B5D84F5F8E408912ADC4F5C0"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Borrower Defenses</header>
<paragraph id="HCF772648CE724737B5E1400FC696022C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In any proceeding to collect on a loan made under this part to a borrower, the Secretary shall abide by the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H727DE9F6CD604F21A9243668E544B786"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In no event may the borrower recover any amount previously collected or be freed of amounts owed to the Secretary without submitting an individually-filed application for approval.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB414E93BBC5C49BAB8298FAC42068582"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In no event may the borrower recover amounts previously collected by the Secretary, in any action arising from or relating to a loan made under this part, in an amount in excess of the amount that has been paid by the borrower on such loan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2BF31E5F26B4450AEA18725949205B1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In no event may the borrower recover amounts previously collected by the Secretary later than 3 years after the misconduct or breach of contract on behalf of the institution takes place that gives rise to the borrower to assert a defense to repayment of the loan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D756A3A1EEC4AC1A9689598284722E5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>In no event may anyone other than an administrative law judge or its equivalent preside over hearings of any kind related to applications submitted under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB63708B7EB044D35A9584150B3A5A69A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>In no event may the Secretary approve or disapprove the borrower’s application under this subsection without allowing for the equal consideration of evidence and arguments presented by a representative on behalf of the student or students and a representative on behalf of the institution, if either such party makes a request.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DF4F458EC914681BD15120BA6D0AAD3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>In no event may the Secretary withhold from an institution any materials, facts, or evidence used when processing an application submitted by the borrower.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1099966035E4D7AA9D347D1C1881CAE"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In no event may the borrower of a loan made, insured or guaranteed under this title (other than a loan made under this part or a Federal ONE Loan) submit an application under this subsection without consolidating the loans of the borrower into a Federal ONE Consolidation Loan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0E895EB0EAAF42F8BCAD9CA55C694FE7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Borrower application requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H680BB0DBAFFD46828F8BBB55EC795F46"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An application submitted by a borrower under this subsection to the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="HA28CA7461D8C472686E96D6DAB5D8D0B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>certify the borrower’s receipt of loan proceeds, in whole or in part, to attend the named institution of higher education;</text>
</clause><clause id="H022CA7BEEC1C48F599BA4E1CCCC52D2D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide evidence described in subparagraph (B) that supports a borrower defense to repayment of the loan; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3B4B767FBB3146A8BB05348DDAE716A5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>indicate whether the borrower has made a claim with respect to the information underlying the borrower defense with any third party and, if so, the amount of any payment received by the borrower or credited to the borrower’s loan obligation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FAB9EA9EA5B43BD83F225D8A9256599"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Evidence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The borrower has a borrower defense if—</text> <clause id="H7431E690CECF4A7FA8A2D6299752C239"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the borrower, whether as an individual or as a member of a class, or a governmental agency, has obtained against the institution of higher education a nondefault, favorable contested judgment based on State or Federal law in a court or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF68B7E311BA744E1AA0F533F9B522060"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the institution of higher education for which the borrower received the loan made under this part failed to perform its obligations under the terms of a contract with the student; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H9B70EDEED73B4ACA888247B488E67E33"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the institution of higher education described in clause (ii) or any of its representatives engaged directly in marketing, recruitment or admissions activities, or any other institution of higher education, organization, or person with whom such institution has an agreement to provide educational programs, or to provide marketing, advertising, recruiting, or admissions services, made a substantial misrepresentation within the meaning of section 487(c)(3)(B)(i)(II) that the borrower reasonably relied on when the borrower decided to attend, or to continue attending, such institution.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDE4E9712006148B5BBFBDA6F0097EA6F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretarial notification requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H3E92499380D645DFA051DEE9A3D5989B"><enum>(A)</enum><header> Receipt of application</header><text>Upon receipt of a borrower’s application, the Secretary—</text> <clause id="HCF3E8DA852024C34A9B89BB4F8063BAF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the borrower is not in default on the loan for which a borrower defense has been asserted, shall grant a forbearance and notify the borrower of the option to decline the forbearance and to continue making payments on the loan;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAC9A3DF2D8104B9A86FA8FE5DAC8A6B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the borrower is in default on the loan for which a borrower defense has been asserted—</text> <subclause id="H3364DC745BC04AAAA28D8FE4E111EEA6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall suspend collection activity on the loan until the Secretary issues a decision on the borrower’s claim;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEECA52AA57CB43D4AD04BDA12B4B1AEA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shall notify the borrower of the suspension of collection activity and explain that collection activity will resume if the Secretary determines that the borrower does not qualify for a full discharge; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBA0C3EFCCFBC4C8D83F22741A396731A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>shall notify the borrower of the option to continue making payments under a rehabilitation agreement or other repayment agreement on the defaulted loan; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H46A5896AC58C42FF97CCC75FDCF71771"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall to the extent possible, notify the institutions against which the application is filed, which notification shall include—</text>
<subclause id="H51741475C50444688506E502B3A9699E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the reasons that the application has been filed; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HDDCBA7D09539443789A756386D0D9D77"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of relief requested.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE827958371FE4A63BE9E57C9EF9F5AD4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Approved application</header><text>If a borrower’s application is approved in full or in part, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="HC26399338E1748F095F0DAF12A2D6362"><enum>(i)</enum><text>notify the borrower and the institution in writing of that determination and of the relief provided; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H237A0EEBC956445085D5FF5E37B0F60C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>inform the institution of the opportunity to request a one-time reconsideration of the claim in the application if new evidence that was not previously provided can be identified.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H901C752E93D44C35921867095D3C9BFA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Application not approved</header><text>If a borrower’s application is not approved in full or in part, the Secretary—</text> <clause id="H0C33EF45AE624670B15A03D91AE75DC7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall notify the borrower and the institution of the reasons for the denial, the evidence that was relied upon, any portion of the loan that is due and payable to the Secretary, whether the Secretary will reimburse any amounts previously collected, and inform the borrower that the loan will return to its status prior to the borrower’s submission of the application; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF9A2C922E34E456DA397F69BDB5AD89E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall inform the borrower of the opportunity to request a one-time reconsideration of the claim in the application if new evidence that was not previously provided can be identified.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC04A1C162CCF4BF9BBF3B68D2DBE749A"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Consolidation</header><text>During a proceeding for an individual borrower, the Secretary may consolidate individually-filed applications that have common facts and claims and resolve the borrowers’ borrower defense claims for faster processing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96A11C4245584DE684EB441245035FBD"><enum>(E)</enum><header>New evidence defined</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>new evidence</term> means relevant evidence that the borrower or the institution did not previously provide and that was not identified in the final decision as evidence that was relied upon for the final decision. If accepted for reconsideration by the Secretary, the Secretary shall follow the procedure under this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H914B099758364715B0124EBBB6E97CB6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Calculation of relief</header><text>The Secretary shall determine the appropriate method for calculating the amount of relief to be awarded to a borrower as a result of a proceeding described in this subsection based on the materials, facts, and evidence presented during the proceeding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H378AA79ED5E54462BE8C7D2030472896"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Further relief</header><text>The Secretary may afford the borrower such further relief as the Secretary determines is appropriate under the circumstances, but which shall not exceed the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H077424D28D0B430EB5A6DE3FA23D3C8E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Reimbursing the borrower for amounts paid toward the loan voluntarily or through enforced collection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C4A6FFA7EFA4EDBB71D2077C36CD2F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Restoring eligibility for assistance under this title after determining that the borrower is not in default on the loan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01BF9ABA05304EEBB511415EC2BA6B5D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Updating reports to consumer reporting agencies to which the Secretary previously made adverse credit reports with regard to a loan made under this part.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H160725859BE545F191F0516553B5DD9E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Recovery</header>
<subparagraph id="H63EE677384194DB39761336CAF6C338E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may initiate an appropriate proceeding to require the institution of higher education whose act or omission resulted in the borrower’s successful defense against repayment of a loan made under this part to pay to the Secretary the amount of the loan to which the defense applies not later than 3 years from the end of the last award year in which the student attended the institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7276FE01B0294D138F0949B2C8416B3E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The Secretary may initiate a proceeding to collect at any time if the institution received notice of the claim before the end of the later of the periods described in subparagraph (A). For purposes of this subparagraph, notice includes receipt of—</text>
<clause id="HAC77DD5E6A7443828902E9B5988F0BDE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>actual notice from the borrower, from a representative of the borrower, or from the Department;</text> </clause><clause id="HCF85BA532F4F4AE2A88C3BD7664CD066"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a class action complaint asserting relief for a class that may include the borrower; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HE21189AC8F8F41AF8770B38F9FBF967E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>written notice, including a civil investigative demand or other written demand for information, from a Federal or State agency that has power to initiate an investigation into conduct of the institution of higher education relating to specific programs, periods, or practices that may have affected the borrower.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HA6AD37A0B53D4B0A8494C914FF11DACE"><enum>453.</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 458(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087h">20 U.S.C. 1087h</external-xref>)—</text> <paragraph id="H1BE2D2DFBC2F408DB0F7B2871EC338CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC15DB5F8559B487295F583EB575C41D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2007</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2019</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBEC28042B394F1CA73B29E3896493CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2014</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2024</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1E81B7FD12F84449A8AF913A5981D0A9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>part and part B, including the costs of the direct student loan programs under this part</quote> and inserting <quote>title</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE7C729F2DA2E40B48BD8CBF9234DE233"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H561E717A4037415993345A1A2CC6A426"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>2010</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02EE62B312334FE7A8F33C649D94111C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>training</quote> and inserting <quote>education</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3B124DCDCA974D60A0B296FBA38516D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (7); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBB3C7A9B498E47229886D4018B32CDD9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (7).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H52A87503ECF643F69F2E7B5627FD56EC"><enum>454.</enum><header>Loan cancellation for teachers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 460(b)(1)(A) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087j">20 U.S.C. 1087j(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>that qualifies under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for Perkins loan recipients who teach in such schools or locations</quote> and inserting <quote>described in section 420N(b)(1)(B)</quote>.</text>
</section></part><part id="HE21395F6537240758443CD48E2426A2F"><enum>E</enum><header>Federal ONE Loans</header>
<section id="HEB5874EC617648D8AA9C16241F3B2D66"><enum>461.</enum><header>Wind-down of Federal Perkins Loan Program</header>
<subsection id="H9ECFAAE3ED6E4B6D88E947EE3A6AE910"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this section and notwithstanding section 462, the provisions of part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087aa">20 U.S.C. 1087aa</external-xref> et seq.), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, are deemed to be incorporated in this subsection as though set forth fully in this subsection, and shall have the same force and effect as on such day.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H237F7415DD3B41CF976731A969AF4EA1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Close-Out audits</header>
<paragraph id="H01ED5F56786F428BB577FC38ADE46B79"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of an institution of higher education that desires to have a final audit of its participation under the program under part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087aa">20 U.S.C. 1087aa</external-xref> et seq.), as in effect pursuant to subsection (a), at the same time as its annual financial and compliance audit under section 487(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(c)</external-xref>), such institution shall submit to the Secretary a request, in writing, for such an arrangement not later than 60 days after the institution terminates its participation under such program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90F16F1203904AB8BDF4114D0E0A5816"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination of participation</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, an institution shall be considered to have terminated its participation under the program described in paragraph (1), if the institution—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1EFE7C3BE4354F32A3241DF934228B4E"><enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEEDA822CA6A2447892BEAEBAD00ED5FE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has made a determination not to service and collect student loans made available from funds under part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087aa">20 U.S.C. 1087aa</external-xref> et seq.), as in effect pursuant to subsection (a); or</text>
</clause><clause id="HC202F0927048435596E6075447D91D97" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has completed the servicing and collection of such student loans; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB45E823A42DD4658B6923B95A8DFFB42"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has completed the asset distribution required under section 466(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087ff">20 U.S.C. 1087ff(b)</external-xref>), as in effect pursuant to subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFB7E1E8019934DE492DB1DBEDD517BED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Collection of interest on certain student loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an institution of higher education that, on or after October 1, 2006, loaned an amount to its student loan fund established under part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087aa">20 U.S.C. 1087aa</external-xref> et seq.), as in effect pursuant to subsection (a), for the purpose of making student loans from such fund, and that, before the date of enactment of this Act, has repaid to itself the amount loaned to such student loan fund, the institution shall collect any interest earned on such student loans.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF10481DD324A4B2D831DD66D5E4D0E97"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Assignment of loans to Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the requirements of section 463(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087cc">20 U.S.C. 1087cc(a)(5)</external-xref>), as in effect pursuant to subsection (a), if an institution of higher education determines not to service and collect student loans made available from funds under part E of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087aa">20 U.S.C. 1087aa</external-xref> et seq.), as so in effect—</text>
<paragraph id="H1FE2CF93F6754ED3B1145E3431FF615C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the institution shall assign, during the repayment period, any notes or evidence of obligations of student loans made from such funds to the Secretary; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H944AAC392F524A4DB3C0FE65117E113D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary shall deposit any sums collected on such notes or obligations (less an amount not to exceed 30 percent of any such sums collected to cover that Secretary’s collection costs) into the Treasury of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H23A6EAEC7B7A49948D31EFE9729FE8D9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Closed school discharge</header><text>The amendments made by section 427 to section 437(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087">20 U.S.C. 1087</external-xref>), relating to closed school discharge, shall apply with respect to any loans discharged on or after the date of enactment of this Act under section 464(g) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/10877dd">20 U.S.C. 10877dd(g)</external-xref>), as in effect pursuant to subsection (a)).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB3FD28B5933A4D898EBAFA0F4878A150" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>462.</enum><header>Federal ONE Loan program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part E of title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087aa">20 U.S.C. 1087aa</external-xref> et seq.) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18A8C842AA924AAFAB0DFAEC1356A374" style="OLC"> <section id="HE3A0DAFACDBD44D5AFD95EBA45AB0FB2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>461.</enum><header>Program authority</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HAA292E6252EE4642BC0BDED0BDA3A788"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are hereby made available, in accordance with the provisions of this part, such sums as may be necessary to make loans to all eligible students (and the eligible parents of such students) in attendance at participating institutions of higher education selected by the Secretary to enable such students to pursue their courses of study at such institutions during the period beginning July 1, 2019. Loans made under this part shall be made by participating institutions that have agreements with the Secretary to originate loans.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H65B9308789874EFD95F8C0B21136E77A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program established under this part shall be referred to as the <quote>Federal ONE Loan Program</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD43C629823454D37B449B36A1DB863AB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>ONE Loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise specified in this part, loans made to borrowers under this part shall be known as <quote>Federal ONE Loans</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H43AD9C4A7FAD4E11A376730D4957E063"><enum>462.</enum><header>Funds for the origination of ONE loans</header>
<subsection id="HBC6788B384F54F7AA936451999C90190"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide, on the basis of eligibility of students at each participating institution, and parents of such students, for such loans, funds for student and Parent Loans under this part directly to an institution of higher education that has an agreement with the Secretary under section 464(a) to participate in the Federal ONE Loan Program under this part and that also has an agreement with the Secretary under section 464(b) to originate loans under this part.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC792780E4B6E40839D3E9E7C1F04CD5B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Parallel terms</header><text>Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 452 shall apply to the loan program under this part in the same manner that such subsections apply to the loan program under part D.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD0B261FA0B53443C8EC8CC4C754223D0"><enum>463.</enum><header>Selection of Institutions for Participation and Origination</header>
<subsection id="HB63D9E35A1DF4020A85D69650F603327"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enter into agreements pursuant to section 464(a) with institutions of higher education to participate in the Federal ONE Loan Program under this part, and agreements pursuant to section 464(b) with institutions of higher education, to originate loans in such program, for academic years beginning on or after July 1, 2019. Such agreements for the academic year 2019–2020 shall, to the extent feasible, be entered into not later than January 1, 2019.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCE058A2E44DC4CB98448F5F2B5579634"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Selection criteria and procedure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The application and selection procedure for an institution of higher education desiring to participate in the loan program under this part shall be the application and selection procedure described in section 453(b) for an institution of higher education desiring to participate in the loan program under part D.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBE8368F7BB0E4764BD5C6CADDE0C4420"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not select an institution of higher education for participation under this part unless such institution is an eligible institution under section 487(a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H178A2E39FFC1452088E7EF2A610E0998"><enum>464.</enum><header>Agreements with Institutions</header>
<subsection id="HBE164438950F42C0A24EB7680B6FFFA1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Participation Agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agreement with any institution of higher education for participation in the Federal ONE Loan Program under this part shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H5C522295FC874C3BA0D6057B22A505C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for the establishment and maintenance of a direct student loan program at the institution under which the institution will—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA7BA2ABE773A4EA1A10F8401F0B3DB05"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify eligible students who seek student financial assistance at such institution in accordance with section 484;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AD63CE607244B688680656C4233F24D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide a statement that certifies the eligibility of any student to receive a loan under this part that is not in excess of the annual or aggregate limit applicable to such loan, except that the institution may, in exceptional circumstances identified by the Secretary pursuant to section 454(a)(1)(C), refuse to certify a statement that permits a student to receive a loan under this part, if the reason for such action is documented and provided in written form to such student;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9107BCF7CEBC4F6F8AF443E82DA877A7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">set forth a schedule for disbursement of the proceeds of the loan in installments, consistent with the requirements of section 465(a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H971FC7048AAD48F891A24EED7FA76129"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide timely and accurate information, concerning the status of student borrowers (and students on whose behalf parents borrow under this part) while such students are in attendance at the institution and concerning any new information of which the institution becomes aware for such students (or their parents) after such borrowers leave the institution, to the Secretary for the servicing and collecting of loans made under this part;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA5BCD6A637514527B8C97BB65714E679"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide assurances that the institution will comply with requirements established by the Secretary relating to student loan information with respect to loans made under this part;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB08B183028D249A684FAE73E38B423D5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that the institution accepts responsibility and financial liability stemming from its failure to perform its functions pursuant to the agreement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3153DEE287BD49BBA0584ABF6A92EEBB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for the implementation of a quality assurance system, as established by the Secretary and developed in consultation with institutions of higher education, to ensure that the institution is complying with program requirements and meeting program objectives; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE881BDDB56324F519CC03D5203FD7333"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that the institution will not charge any fees of any kind, however described, to student or parent borrowers for origination activities or the provision of any information necessary for a student or parent to receive a loan under this part, or any benefits associated with such loan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0BF0C09610374725BE0D66B9AE33C506"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Origination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agreement with any institution of higher education for the origination of loans under this part shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H5F413B3A95B54389B1CC591FEDBD745D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supplement the agreement entered into in accordance with subsection (a);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H67EAA190F34F4A458D65B5A536BD3E88"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include provisions established by the Secretary that are similar to the participation agreement provisions described in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) of subsection (a), as modified to relate to the origination of loans by the institution;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFCEA18DD386E4EBDB26C87A6D025B9DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that the institution will originate loans to eligible students and parents in accordance with this part; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE77F187030174EFF831508A41FC9CFFF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide that the note or evidence of obligation on the loan shall be the property of the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEE152840CE724BDCB744A081A221B5B6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Withdrawal procedures</header> <paragraph id="H91615D0C4FC4460E91C1DD1C8205E1A1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An institution of higher education participating in the Federal ONE Loan Program under this part may withdraw from the program by providing written notice to the Secretary of the intent to withdraw not less than 60 days before the intended date of withdrawal.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48C8AEE74AD14B36B621B0F7C6BB68ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Date of withdrawal</header><text>Except in cases in which the Secretary and an institution of higher education agree to an earlier date, the date of withdrawal from the Federal ONE Loan Program under this part of an institution of higher education shall be the later of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H50D1D17231DE4CF29DD669CA648A8FBD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>60 days after the institution submits the notice required under paragraph (1); or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8FAFE8D299D461CA06877BCFE489D01"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a date designated by the institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HBE3C4CCEC74C4F8CA3605FB11D205A11" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>465.</enum><header>Disbursement of student loans, loan limits, interest rates, and loan fees</header>
<subsection id="HD06E70CEE61C44DD8DFEB563FACB41CF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements for disbursement of student loans</header>
<paragraph id="H387B73CEE4B548BFBF3281657D430F3B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Multiple disbursement required</header>
<subparagraph id="H9F1DA5253ABB4BF08A6D1610CE375C1D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Required disbursements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The proceeds of any loan made under this part that is made for any period of enrollment shall be disbursed as follows:</text>
<clause id="H112BFE8C29764512BC70422FE8EE98B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The disbursement of the first installment of proceeds shall, with respect to any student other than a student described in subparagraph (B)(i), be made not more than 30 days prior to the beginning of the period of enrollment, and not later than 30 days after the beginning of such period of enrollment.</text>
</clause><clause id="H4B4538E8A4C54AB881FA1EB8269AF2B3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The disbursement of an installment of proceeds shall be made in substantially equal monthly or weekly installments over the period of enrollment for which the loan was made, except that installments may be unequal as necessary to permit the institution to adjust for unequal costs (which may include upfront costs such as tuition and fees) incurred or estimated financial assistance received by the student.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD97B415E42BA4DE69288BA6749E4D187"><enum>(B)</enum><header>First-year students</header>
<clause id="HD873070B5359491D9D7DC8199F568DFC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The first installment of the proceeds of any loan made under this part that is made to a student borrower who is entering the first year of a program of undergraduate education, and who has not previously obtained a loan under this part, shall not (regardless of the amount of such loan or the duration of the period of enrollment) be presented by the institution of higher education to the student for endorsement until 30 days after the borrower begins a course of study, but may be delivered to the eligible institution prior to the end of that 30-day period.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HDA6A4E3CE73C4D61B670E1C41E9859DB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>An institution of higher education in which each educational program has a loan repayment rate (as determined under section 481B(c)) for the most recent fiscal year for which data are available that is greater than 60 percent shall be exempt from the requirements of clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9143BCA762C1449C8169DB907BDAE6A6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Withdrawing of succeeding disbursements</header>
<subparagraph id="H6B8E783C07AB480FA854127CE0AAAC29"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Withdrawing students</header><text>In the case in which the Secretary is informed by the borrower or the institution that the borrower has ceased to be enrolled before the disbursement of the second or any succeeding installment, the Secretary shall withhold such disbursement. Any disbursement which is so withheld shall be credited to the borrower’s loan and treated as a prepayment on the principal of the loan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFEA5A14442B44E12A3FF256E353E1C49"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Students receiving over-awards</header><text>If the sum of a disbursement for any borrower and the other financial aid obtained by borrower exceeds the amount of assistance for which the borrower is eligible under this title, the institution the borrower, or dependent student, in the case of a parent borrower, is attending shall withhold and return to the Secretary the portion (or all) of such installment that exceeds such eligible amount, except that overawards permitted pursuant to section 443(b)(4) shall not be construed to be overawards for purposes of this subparagraph. Any portion (or all) of a disbursement installment which is so returned shall be credited to the borrower’s loan and treated as a prepayment on the principal of the loan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H93FC906154754FACA18A36800529D069"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exclusion of Consolidation and Foreign Study Loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of this subsection shall not apply in the case of a Federal ONE Consolidation Loan, or a loan made to a student to cover the cost of attendance in a program of study abroad approved by the home eligible institution if each of the educational programs of such home eligible institution has a loan repayment rate (as calculated under section 481B(c)) for the most recent fiscal year for which data are available of greater than 70 percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C59C96A94B548A9B231366930A00262"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Beginning of Period of Enrollment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, a period of enrollment begins on the first day that classes begin for the applicable period of enrollment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HFD962EBFDAA74DAAB010452FFFA5E01B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount of loan</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8A74CCFD498D44538652341BD6EB705B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The determination of the amount of a loan disbursed by an eligible institution under this section shall be the lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H135A3B254BDA4A62897BFA04A95DFBA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an amount that is equal to the estimated loan amount, as determined by the institution by calculating—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H9881D3BDD8B34A37AFB4037FC5717719"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the estimated cost of attendance at the institution, minus</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H2B86C7FDC24540CDA9D7D780FD04894A"><enum>(ii)</enum> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H97E02352083E4ECD904341E2FC4E9D3B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any estimated financial assistance reasonably available to such student, including assistance that the student will receive from a Federal grant, including a Federal Pell Grant, a State grant, an institutional grant, or a scholarship or grant from another source, that is known to the institution at the time the student’s determination of need is made; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HE4FC2052108E4A21BF208E6F99B992E9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of a loan to a parent, the amount of a loan awarded under this part to the parent’s child; or</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H38FF897FCE8842A7AC7898E0D55D7729"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the maximum Federal loan amount for which such borrower is eligible in accordance with paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB45FEF0DAFA04BEC85EAF1BDFF415C8D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Loan limits</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEE5C662B5493461EA5BC904E6F911B9B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Annual limits</header><text>Except as provided under subparagraph (B), (C), or (D), the amount of loans made under this part that an eligible student or parent borrower may borrow for an academic year shall be as follows:</text>
<clause id="HE1B807C1C1DD4FE3892883C1AFFE7D65"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Undergraduate students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to enrollment in a program of undergraduate education at an eligible institution—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="HC44F44CE7BA442FD95217AEE73763075"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a dependent student—</text>
<item id="HD7698AED83CB4D6CA6E141FA61DA29A5"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>who has not successfully completed the first year of a program of undergraduate education, $7,500;</text> </item><item id="HEF508CF9017C4176BEED177176F948E4"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>who has successfully completed such first year but has not successfully completed the remainder of a program of undergraduate education, $8,500; and</text>
</item><item id="HFE4F891F47AB47349FEAA2E4112D2F92"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>who has successfully completed the first and second years of a program of undergraduate education but has not successfully completed the remainder of such program, $9,500;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HFD38DA03101E42F2BA6E8547803BBCD1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an independent student, or a dependent student whose parents are unable to borrow a loan under this part on behalf of such student—</text>
<item id="H10C5F25B293E4BB191441087E12A9F3A"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>who has not successfully completed the first year of a program of undergraduate education, $11,500;</text> </item><item id="HDCD5C512BFFA489BB303C8315981F6DC"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>who has successfully completed such first year but has not successfully completed the remainder of a program of undergraduate education, $12,500; and</text>
</item><item id="H5F57D7FDD30749CBA8457A05E7FC9E14"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>who has successfully completed the first and second years of a program of undergraduate education but has not successfully completed the remainder of such program, $14,500; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HA6D787E1B4244A75A8E84148C240C5D5"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a student who is enrolled in a program of undergraduate education that is less than one academic year, the maximum annual loan amount that such student may receive may not exceed the amount that bears the same ratio to the amount specified in subclause (I) or (II), as applicable, as the length of such program measured in semester, trimester, quarter, or clock hours bears to one academic year.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H0BC2E08D601A415F92D1042F5BE149C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Graduate or professional students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a graduate or professional student for enrollment in a program of graduate or professional education at an eligible institution, $28,500.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H68FE6C76BC53439B893D4BFA1BE52A00"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Parent borrowers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a parent borrowing a loan under this part on behalf of a dependent student for the student’s enrollment in a program of undergraduate education at an eligible institution, $12,500 per each such student.</text>
</clause><clause id="H28806BF92FBE48759F323838D75C0C89"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Coursework for undergraduate enrollment</header><text>With respect to enrollment in coursework specified in section 484(b)(3)(B) necessary for enrollment in an undergraduate degree or certificate program—</text>
<subclause id="H49A5F581DBF045F78CECF3BBDC258A8A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of a dependent student, $2,625;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H6E91EBE522374022A8870BD6D9CC174E"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a parent borrowing a loan under this part on behalf of a dependent student for the student’s enrollment in such coursework, $6,000; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4CEDCFF1F1114A039E92B9B43E260138"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case an independent student, or a dependent student whose parents are unable to borrow a loan under this part on behalf of such student, $8,625.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H5A8D16ED75BB4C36BA7E737AC123442F"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Coursework for graduate or professional enrollment or teacher employment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the enrollment of a student who has obtained a baccalaureate degree in coursework specified in section 484(b)(3)(B) necessary for enrollment in a graduate or professional degree or certificate program, or coursework specified in section 484(b)(4)(B) necessary for a professional credential or certification from a State required for employment as a teacher in an elementary or secondary school, in the case of a student (without regard to whether the student is a dependent student or dependent student), $12,500.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6F0C614CE2824F8495947E3C5A295626"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Aggregate limits</header><text>Except as provided under subparagraph (C), (D), or (E), the maximum aggregate amount of loans under this part and parts B and D that an eligible student or parent borrower may borrow shall be—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HC5272AB4456A4B0DAC68D11CED96B054"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for enrollment in a program of undergraduate education at an eligible institution, including for enrollment in coursework described in clause (iv) or (v) of subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="H2024910378294D24B1FA2F17FAB24DB6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of a dependent student, $39,000;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H004090DC3F24497F80A9B0CD41067092"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of an independent student, or an dependent student whose parents are unable to receive a loan under this part on behalf of such student, $60,250; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE85B4E80B152427898EF972EE33596B5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in the case of a parent borrowing a loan under this part on behalf of a dependent student for the student’s enrollment in such a program, $56,250 per each such student.; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HE5071997EFA84F8CA7D5C6D139C919CF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a graduate or professional student for enrollment in a program of graduate or professional education at an eligible institution, $150,000.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA2B51882E4F245C2A56D49BD359D84A6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Application of limits to borrowers with part B or D loans</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H87EA5AAEC9124CD4911B8E04972B024A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Graduate or professional students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a graduate or professional student who is not described in subparagraph (E) and who has received loans made under part B or D for enrollment in a graduate or professional program at an eligible institution, the total amount of which equal or exceed $28,500 as of the time of disbursement, the student may continue to borrow the amount of loans under this part necessary to complete such program without regard to the aggregate limit under subparagraph (B)(ii), except that the—</text>
<subclause id="H50F7DD758B4E4CBDA324C63EBE038DE6"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">amount of such loans shall not exceed the annual limits under subparagraph (A)(ii) for any academic year beginning after June 30, 2019; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H67770003976547F9AF15E0B63EDF240F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>authority to borrow loans in accordance with this subclause shall terminate at the end of the academic year ending before September 30, 2024.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H46FD091D111E49C19A56BD50AE54D045"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Parent borrowers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a parent borrower who has received loans made under part B or D on behalf of a dependent student for the student’s enrollment in a program of undergraduate education at an eligible institution, the total amount of which equal or exceed $12,500 for such student as of the time of disbursement, the parent borrower may continue to borrow the amount of loans under this part necessary for such student to complete such program without regard to the aggregate limit under subparagraph (B)(i)(III), except that the—</text>
<subclause id="H6C907D38107D4D60A16A5937034BABAB"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">amount of such loans shall not exceed the annual limits under subparagraph (A)(iii) for any academic year beginning after June 30, 2019; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD8983C29B8CF46B8A2311FA138F4274B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the authority to borrow loans in accordance with this subclause shall terminate at the end of the academic year ending before September 30, 2024.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE6419386DA034BDF9A0E3B351F6EAEFB"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Institutional determined limits</header>
<clause id="H6E86DF52C2414F618D63C6E5E98A67F0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, an eligible institution (at the discretion of a financial aid administrator at the institution) may prorate or limit the amount of a loan any student enrolled in a program of study at that institution may borrow under this part for an academic year—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HD4A8FF735B4346C6ABFAEAFF2981D058"><enum>(I)</enum><text>if the institution, using the most recently available data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the average starting salary in the region in which the institution is located for typical occupations pursued by graduates of such program, can reasonably demonstrate that student debt levels are or would be excessive for such program;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF498A28CA37E47BEBE53D054C0AE2C5D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a case in which the student is enrolled on a less than full-time basis or the student is enrolled for less than the period of enrollment to which the annual loan limit applies under this subsection, based on the student’s enrollment status;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCE90C889D9D34843801E3CB2CBFF3012"><enum>(III)</enum><text>based on the credential level (such as a degree, certificate, or other recognized educational credential) that the student would attain upon completion of such program; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0114167DD7764005BA7DA39D77B5B01A"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>based on the year of the program for which the student is seeking such loan.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H0879227A2A994ADD96235F34EDCE510A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Application to all students</header><text>Any proration or limiting of loan amounts under clause (i) shall be applied in the same manner to all students enrolled in the institution or program of study.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HB7CF4F574B3C4F04AB52E59B6009587A"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Increases for Individual Students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the request of a student whose loan amount for an academic year has been prorated or limited under clause (i), an eligible institution (at the discretion of the financial aid administrator at the institution) may increase such loan amount to an amount not exceeding the annual loan amount applicable to such student under this subparagraph for such academic year if such student demonstrates special circumstances or exceptional need.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFBEFA8DB461A4AA098365B38BA3C0E2C"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Increases for certain graduate or professional students</header>
<clause id="HFDB34A20E02C4D9D87808C9E5FBD0DB3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Additional annual amounts</header><text>Subject to clause (iii) of this subparagraph, in addition to the loan amount for an academic year described in subparagraph (A)(ii)—</text>
<subclause id="H8BD121E8BEAD418DB95614A412585A04"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a graduate or professional student who is enrolled in a program of study to become a doctor of allopathic medicine, doctor of osteopathic medicine, doctor of dentistry, doctor of veterinary medicine, doctor of optometry, doctor of podiatric medicine, doctor of naturopathic medicine, or doctor of naturopathy may borrow an additional—</text>
<item id="H820279FFABDE4E2D87E908A995A0B90C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a program with a 9-month academic year, $20,000 for an academic year; or</text> </item><item id="H19601758EF75462CB9F154D13861D2D7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a program with a 12-month academic year, $26,667 for an academic year; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H4FF8C5E01EB14D66BD3632428C47510E"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a graduate or professional student who is enrolled in a program of study to become a doctor of pharmacy, doctor of chiropractic medicine, or a physician’s assistant, or receive a graduate degree in public health, doctoral degree in clinical psychology, or a masters or doctoral degree in health administration may borrow an additional—</text>
<item id="H6A413993D3D54A5EBA1E7C47159F9839"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a program with a 9-month academic year, $12,500 for an academic year; or</text> </item><item id="H811D68B81717450AAF3040FE79E0C80F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a program with a 12-month academic year, $16,667 for an academic year.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="H970ACA51C2F44C60AF20D15C8AFED0F1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Aggregate limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to clause (iii) of this subparagraph, the maximum aggregate amount of loans under this part and parts B and D that a student described in clause (i) may borrow shall be $235,500.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HA616433415FC4F8D96960FCED1C3366A"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a graduate or professional student described in clause (i) of this subparagraph who has received loans made under part B or D for enrollment in a graduate or professional program at an eligible institution, the total amount of which equal or exceed $34,000 as of the time of disbursement, the student may continue to borrow the amount of loans under this part necessary to complete such program without regard to the aggregate limit under clause (ii) of this subparagraph, except that the—</text>
<subclause id="H5E01812069AD474EAEC8F7EEB8E02FBD"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">amount of such loans shall not exceed the annual limits under clause (i) of this subparagraph for any academic year beginning after June 30, 2019; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA5261CBA3A8A41D7B07EC7947D9709E5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>authority to borrow loans in accordance with this subclause shall terminate at the end of the academic year ending before September 30, 2024.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H74D751ACD8FB4B3B8EA78FCC1B682E90"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Interest rate provisions for Federal ONE Loans</header>
<paragraph id="H1DC0F6DD2C2D4D8CBCB8E09798DDA22E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Undergraduate One Loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For Federal ONE Loans issued to undergraduate students, the applicable rate of interest shall, for loans disbursed during any 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30, be determined on the preceding June 1 and be equal to the lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3CB6041E7D304241A616189A13272DEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a rate equal to the high yield of the 10-year Treasury note auctioned at the final auction held prior to such June 1 plus 2.05 percent; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB09E9014068F4CA8AD2CD6AA853C3B49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>8.25 percent.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H39BAEB311F3D4AC38AC630DD7B977537"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Graduate and Professional One Loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For Federal ONE Loans issued to graduate or professional students, the applicable rate of interest shall, for loans disbursed during any 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30, be determined on the preceding June 1 and be equal to the lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4E2170512D684558B82A27DFFE1CB060"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a rate equal to the high yield of the 10-year Treasury note auctioned at the final auction held prior to such June 1 plus 3.6 percent; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF1EEB203CD2422C95B1F6932C63E786"><enum>(B)</enum><text>9.5 percent.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF698A5E6EA164FE183A9793770906AD6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Parent One Loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For Federal ONE Parent Loans, the applicable rate of interest shall, for loans disbursed during any 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30, be determined on the preceding June 1 and be equal to the lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63A7BFE5CBB940FB947BFD826CA414E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a rate equal to the high yield of the 10-year Treasury note auctioned at the final auction held prior to such June 1 plus 4.6 percent; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9558FF177D90436CB7B67835204CC6FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">10.5 percent.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFFD4D26B6D1948D69A5C05243C008A35"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consolidation Loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any Federal ONE Consolidation Loan for which the application is received on or after July 1, 2019, shall bear interest at an annual rate on the unpaid principal balance of the loan that is equal to the weighted average of the interest rates on the loans consolidated, rounded to the nearest higher one-eighth of one percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA1BB230CD8D44028A504214C424D7D2B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Publication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall determine the applicable rates of interest under this subsection after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and shall publish such rate in the Federal Register as soon as practicable after the date of determination.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8C83D45B3F62452D832D077A0EF3F8F5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The applicable rate of interest determined under this subsection for a loan under this part shall be fixed for the period of the loan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H66F1FB2211EC416A83EC4807F3D04A2F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on certain repayment incentives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the Secretary is prohibited from authorizing or providing any repayment incentive or subsidy not otherwise authorized under this part to encourage on-time repayment of a loan under this part, including any reduction in the interest paid by a borrower of such a loan, except that the Secretary may provide for an interest rate reduction of not more than 0.25 percentage points for a borrower who agrees to have payments on such a loan automatically debited from a bank account.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9A9DCF39EEBF4628A20B83AA3AAF18F3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Loan fee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not charge the borrower of a loan made under this part an origination fee.</text> </subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H500BF5331A21413ABF830DAF03496BC4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Armed forces student loan interest payment program</header> <paragraph id="HC7CD6F7FB9354725B57E42ACA870DF87"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Using funds received by transfer to the Secretary under section 2174 of title 10, United States Code, for the payment of interest on a loan made under this part to a member of the Armed Forces, the Secretary shall pay the interest on the loan as due for a period not in excess of 36 consecutive months. The Secretary may not pay interest on such a loan out of any funds other than funds that have been so transferred.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCF763F26E517409B92DA81F8CA086A71"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deferment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the period in which the Secretary is making payments on a loan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall grant the borrower administrative deferment, in the form of a temporary cessation of all payments on the loan other than the payments of interest on the loan that are made under that paragraph.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4526440AE59949BABD03582D891438C4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>No accrual of interest for active duty service members</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDCDB5567150B4F7581C795E0D83055A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General </header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this part and in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (4), interest shall not accrue for an eligible military borrower on a loan made under this part.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H88FD1A21D3164F9987E9A56D3E3F4375"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consolidation loans</header><text>In the case of any consolidation loan made under this part, interest shall not accrue pursuant to this subsection only on such portion of such loan as was used to repay a loan made under this part or a loan made under part D for which the first disbursement was made on or after October 1, 2008, and before July 1, 2019.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0304907DFF3A4CBCA2067BA2BC40097E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible military borrower</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>eligible military borrower</term> means an individual who—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H9E5440A7066E4E5D930249439BB63AB2"><enum>(A)</enum> <clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H38B382EF23EA4B069E86D99A6706D2F3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is serving on active duty during a war or other military operation or national emergency; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H3A82777B2F924B938AF2DAB169272CDA" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is performing qualifying National Guard duty during a war or other military operation or national emergency; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDA55A220E32F4367AB7A8BFBCFCE0A39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is serving in an area of hostilities in which service qualifies for special pay under section 310 of title 37, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H90964087BF494D3CA841022ABCFB5929"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>An individual who qualifies as an eligible military borrower under this subsection may receive the benefit of this subsection for not more than 60 months.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8E4AB95DC54743A2877C8747EBBF28A0"><enum>466.</enum><header>Repayment</header>
<subsection id="HDA0CD2F0DF96445ABC99D21422EBB99A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repayment period; commencement of repayment</header>
<paragraph id="H84F688875986437097C900BC383232F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repayment period</header>
<subparagraph id="H533E6268CB6A4F4C832D97E3F6B70445"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a Federal ONE Loan—</text> <clause id="H17D99C79A068418CB37F0F201098A764"><enum>(i)</enum><text>subject to clause (ii), the repayment period shall—</text>
<subclause id="HB2F867FFAD554057946817A5776E3CA4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>exclude any period of authorized deferment under section 469A; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H481BA1F844364630BC1D0FB32D15FBE9"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">begin the day after 6 months after the date the student ceases to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload (as determined by the institution); and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H7839DA1FBC5240B8B0FC8832D7B95FBC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>interest shall begin to accrue or be paid by the borrower on the day the loan is disbursed.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3452ED6DD9C74E72AD8BABCCCAF2545F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consolidation and Parent Loans</header><text>In the case of a Federal ONE Consolidation Loan or a Federal ONE Parent Loan, the repayment period shall—</text>
<clause id="HCD6FE88BAB4441A28A71CB08E745C11D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>exclude any period of authorized deferment; and</text> </clause><clause id="HDA457BA14C614F08A19077ECE7CB89EF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>begin—</text>
<subclause id="HBEEB17BBC6D14B23935914490B697A28"><enum>(I)</enum><text>on the day the loan is disbursed; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H4F6AA9CEFB2947FFA95D548E5B120AE2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if the loan is disbursed in multiple installments, on the day of the last such disbursement.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA6A274F339E4293A26DC3C99DC4145F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Active duty exclusion</header><text>There shall be excluded from the 6-month period that begins on the date on which a student ceases to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload as described in subparagraph (A) any period not to exceed 3 years during which a borrower who is a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces named in section 10101 of title 10, United States Code, is called or ordered to active duty for a period of more than 30 days (as defined in section 101(d)(2) of such title). Such period of exclusion shall include the period necessary to resume enrollment at the borrower’s next available regular enrollment period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1D7477D36C5741ED9D3BCF51D25ED374"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payment of Principal and Interest</header>
<subparagraph id="H6B97F601B0584D5EB1B712D8E8F17338"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Commencement of repayment</header><text>Repayment of principal on loans made under this part shall begin at the beginning of the repayment period described in paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H381CF7B3728245229B2A41F58E5B2D51"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Capitalization of interest</header>
<clause id="H2872A0EB50DB4198A5F1D967C9DE0EE4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Interest on loans made under this part for which payments of principal are not required during the 6-month period described in paragraph (1)(A)(i)(II) or for which payments are deferred under section 469A shall—</text>
<subclause id="H7D333D118C504BD1BA5839D47B429845"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be paid monthly or quarterly; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H279BF7BD89E04858BD1CAE0B09273303"><enum>(II)</enum><text>be added to the principal amount of the loan only—</text>
<item id="H5139F0D5A5044DB1BD8B8BCDA46DEC68"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>when the loan enters repayment;</text> </item><item id="H96C2586EFF2E498CBD28E85E4BF3466C"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>at the expiration of a the 6-month period described in paragraph (1)(A)(i)(II);</text>
</item><item id="H6715E7ABF58B4910B9B77BDCEDE8451D"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>at the expiration of a period of deferment, unless otherwise exempted; or</text> </item><item id="H89D3D4694E1E47B5821F4E20E71320FC"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>when the borrower defaults.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="HD07CE62265594CEF9A6AA00829F79284"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Maximum aggregate limit</header><text>Interest capitalized shall not be deemed to exceed the amount equal to the maximum aggregate limit of the loan under section 465(b).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5ACFB7D6F6A41D391E4A56C63EB6605"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>Not less than 60 days, and again not less than 30 days, prior to the anticipated commencement of the repayment period for a Federal ONE Loan, the Secretary shall provide notice to the borrower—</text>
<clause id="H55162D0FF30D4F6C9BF8F15EB84147C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that interest will accrue before repayment begins;</text> </clause><clause id="HBFC0113740C34457AF7916BCB4117B52"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that interest will be added to the principal amount of the loan in the cases described in subparagraph (B)(i)(II); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H81ED25BDC1EB4466A19B6755E85AD17E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>of the borrower’s option to begin loan repayment prior to such repayment period.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE0C209C5D6884B5BBCC75A275BE2C739"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repayment amount</header> <paragraph id="HE8C41D60F2E24F5AA591336A899B289C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The total of the payments by a borrower, except as otherwise provided by an income-based repayment plan under subsection (d), during any year of any repayment period with respect to the aggregate amount of all loans made under this part to the borrower shall not (unless the borrower and the Secretary otherwise agree), be less than $600 or the balance of all such loans (together with interest thereon), whichever amount is less (but in no instance less than the amount of interest due and payable, notwithstanding any repayment plan described in subsection (c)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0CAF153FB6CF4145A24B21F06AF7B1D3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amortization</header>
<subparagraph id="H79ADCC8EF0864DC9BAAF07712246E572"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Interest rate</header><text>The amount of the periodic payment and the repayment schedule for a loan made under this part shall be established by assuming an interest rate equal to the applicable rate of interest at the time of the first disbursement of the loan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F1508F7D70B4217917145AE64EE6B64"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Adjustment to repayment amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The note or other written evidence of a loan under this part shall require that the amount of the periodic payment will be adjusted annually in order to reflect adjustments in—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HBD9FD5103CD84E8DAE00E38B33EC41E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">interest rates occurring as a consequence of variable rate loans under parts B or D paid in conjunction with Federal ONE Loans under subsection (d)(1)(B)(i); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H0A2CABE1DE03490C83526284EADF7DA7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>principal occurring as a consequence of interest capitalization under subsection (a)(2)(B).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H43537E6B75154ADF8572D2A88B01DAA3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repayment plans</header> <paragraph id="H5EF729B6B15C4A91A9BF65E7A5200DC9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Design and selection</header><text>Not more than 6 months prior to the date on which a borrower’s first payment on a loan made under this part is due, the Secretary shall offer the borrower two plans for repayment of such loan, including principal and interest on the loan. The borrower shall be entitled to accelerate, without penalty, repayment on the borrower’s loans under this part. The borrower may choose—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFCE17C0234E1478C850B26D2397C5984"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a standard repayment plan with a fixed monthly repayment amount paid over a fixed period of time, not to exceed 10 years; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B3D1B9BB1C94DE5873599290A56B00B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an income-based repayment plan under subsection (d).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0F52F11A958442B59D9AC6CEDD6D9F69"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection by secretary</header><text>If a borrower of a loan made under this part does not select a repayment plan described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide the borrower with the repayment plan described in paragraph (1)(A).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52F812803AD74907A44A33B55D924241"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Changes in selections</header>
<subparagraph id="H94813E119056495B945812150F7AB4FF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), the borrower of a loan made under this part may change the borrower’s selection of a repayment plan under paragraph (1), or the Secretary’s selection of a plan for the borrower under paragraph (2), as the case may be, under such terms and conditions as may be established by the Secretary, except that the Secretary may not establish any terms or conditions with respect to whether a borrower may change the borrower’s repayment plan. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the Secretary from encouraging struggling borrowers from enrolling in the income-driven repayment plan described in section 466(d).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD7763C0E24C4F549DBED0D1EE71A8DA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Same repayment plan required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All loans made under this part to a borrower shall be repaid under the same repayment plan under paragraph (1), except that the borrower may repay a Federal ONE Parent Loan or an Excepted Federal ONE Consolidation Loan (as defined in subsection (d)(5)) separately from other loans made under this part to the borrower.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H670EFBDCBB9F49D88667A64A782A2E07"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Repayment after default</header><text>The Secretary may require any borrower who has defaulted on a loan made under this part to—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H6B3078AE01494F6D8DD837D7558F8F5A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>pay all reasonable collection costs associated with such loan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA7B11D7A45A547DBBC2919FDEDFA0FC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>repay the loan pursuant to the income-based repayment plan under subsection (d).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCCEA2F742EA1451588D0EC420CCF443E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Repayment period</header><text>For purposes of calculating the repayment period under this subsection, such period shall commence at the time the first payment of principal is due from the borrower.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED843ABC8D004E498CD9E4452F4EA785"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Installments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repayment of loans under this part shall be in installments in accordance with the repayment plan selected under paragraph (1) and commencing at the beginning of the repayment period determined under paragraph (5).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB1E7E8BC5B104508A7DCC0DF10C2820C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Income-Based repayment program</header>
<paragraph id="H1391BB4BBA384B3384860D793373E8EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary shall carry out a program under which—</text>
<subparagraph id="H189FCCBA196C42CDA847A61E0A2627A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a borrower of any loan made under this part (other than a Federal ONE Parent Loan or an Excepted Federal ONE Consolidation Loan) may elect to have the borrower’s aggregate monthly payment for all such loans—</text>
<clause id="H978F62F847094FAAB7E5702AEDA3DAF0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not to exceed the result obtained by dividing by 12, 15 percent of the result obtained by calculating, on at least an annual basis, the amount by which—</text>
<subclause id="H09BC11E30BB7419CB20E8DDDD43A57B5"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the adjusted gross income of the borrower or, if the borrower is married and files a Federal income tax return jointly with or separately from the borrower’s spouse, the adjusted gross income of the borrower and the borrower's spouse, exceeds</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC3A173E2C1DE4EE4A95AC14BF447753F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>150 percent of the poverty line applicable to the borrower’s family size as determined under section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9902">42 U.S.C. 9902(2)</external-xref>); and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H3D54C8628AD54BA5912F5310207C94C6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not to be less than $25;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H362BCA95AF704294B6496B8E8005E812"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary adjusts the calculated monthly payment under subparagraph (A), if—</text>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H335CB12C9D824DC2BCAABB1E226D4E9B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in addition to the loans described in subparagraph (A), the borrower has an outstanding loan made under part B or D (other than an excepted parent loan or an excepted consolidation loan, as such terms are defined in section 493C(a)), by determining the borrower’s adjusted monthly payment by multiplying—</text>
<subclause id="H896E14CF2ACC4337B1A6C302B737AB61"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the calculated monthly payment, by</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H7A577B5795854F409314EA58B7DA9627"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of the total outstanding principal amount of the borrower’s loans described in the matter preceding subclause (I), which are described in subparagraph (A);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4FA159F5C2F4DFF908CF678ED6CAA31"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the borrower and borrower’s spouse have loans described in subparagraph (A) and outstanding loans under part B or D (other than an excepted parent loan or an excepted consolidation loan, as such terms are defined in section 493C(a)) and have filed a joint or separate Federal income tax return, in which case the Secretary determines—</text>
<subclause id="H72C91E6246D64656BFF73870A5D5A0CD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>each borrower’s percentage of the couple’s total outstanding amount of principal on such loans;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H9E4FA633A62A46048CB05DB5B9A8EB4B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the adjusted monthly payment for each borrower by multiplying the borrower’s calculated monthly payment by the percentage determined under subclause (I) applicable to the borrower; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEB73181803CE4F8A862092D97CA78190"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the borrower’s loans are held by multiple holders, the borrower’s adjusted monthly payment for loans described in subparagraph (A) by multiplying the adjusted monthly payment determined under subclause (II) by the percentage of the total outstanding principal amount of the borrower’s loans described in the matter preceding subclause (I), which are described in subparagraph (A);</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16C9E45795B64AC8868BDD7304CDE15C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the holder of such a loan shall apply the borrower’s monthly payment under this subsection first toward interest due on the loan, next toward any fees due on the loan, and then toward the principal of the loan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE75680FD9B344BB4AF0B009D83199C98"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any principal due and not paid under subparagraph (C) shall be deferred;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCBFE9BE8DD6491BB60CA9AB163D4049"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any interest due and not paid under subparagraph (C) shall be capitalized, at the time the borrower—</text>
<clause id="H28ED323DAE8448848097C2FE5331AB22"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ends the election to make income-based repayment under this subsection; or</text> </clause><clause id="HA06D00DCAE814BC3B39CEF413FA956E7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>begins making payments of not less than the amount specified in subparagraph (G)(i);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98C2BAEECC3249F58089A944BB4B7634"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the amount of time the borrower makes monthly payments under subparagraph (A) may exceed 10 years;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H411264CFD60E426B9FB6A480404F4129"><enum>(G)</enum><text>if the borrower no longer wishes to continue the election under this subsection, then—</text>
<clause id="H5CCD910236674375856CF190BC5AFF0E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the maximum monthly payment required to be paid for all loans made to the borrower under this part (other than a Federal ONE Parent Loan or an Excepted Federal ONE Consolidation Loan) shall not exceed the monthly amount calculated under subsection (c)(1)(A), based on a 10-year repayment period, when the borrower first made the election described in this subsection; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3C1FDC2534A94A93A43C540B016EF57C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of time the borrower is permitted to repay such loans may exceed 10 years;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H29CA1A160AE240AA924B06712CD2E879"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary shall cancel any outstanding balance (other than an amount equal to the interest accrued during any period of in-school deferment under subparagraph (A), (B), or (F) of section 469A(b)(1)) due on all loans made under this part (other than a Federal ONE Parent Loan or an Excepted Federal ONE Consolidation Loan) to a borrower—</text>
<clause id="HCA1E231D6FF74EE694C0EB410974C2D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who, at any time, elected to participate in income-based repayment under subparagraph (A);</text> </clause><clause id="HDAF6216992134C11A4CEFB093665D2A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whose final monthly payment for such loans prior to the loan cancellation under this subparagraph was made under such income-based repayment; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2A600E7A68C14E66B43145C19C0D9B5D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who has repaid, pursuant to income-based repayment under subparagraph (A), a standard repayment plan under subsection (c)(1)(A), or a combination—</text>
<subclause id="H275B3F97060D441D828D26481DE420DA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an amount of principal and interest on such loans that is equal to the total amount of principal and interest that the borrower would have repaid under a standard repayment plan under subsection (c)(1)(A), based on a 10-year repayment period, when the borrower entered repayment on such loans; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H93EBAFD087CE45BDAB5B9D3D28EAB87C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of interest that accrues during a period of deferment described in section 469A prior to the completion of the repayment period described in subclause (I) on the portion of such loans remaining to be repaid in accordance with such subclause; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6555197293E94173A5F862601256A74F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a borrower who is repaying a loan made under this part pursuant to income-based repayment under subparagraph (A) may elect, at any time during the 10-year period beginning on the date the borrower entered repayment on the loan, to terminate repayment pursuant to such income-based repayment and repay such loan under the standard repayment plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9B9604714E954A74A27F554C7BCE38AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility determinations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H91918B40AD2E49B78744A9DB2795169F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish procedures for annual verification of a borrower’s annual income and the annual amount due on the total amount of loans made under this part (other than a Federal ONE Parent Loan or an Excepted Federal ONE Consolidation Loan), and such other procedures as are necessary to implement effectively income-based repayment under this subsection, including the procedures established with respect to section 493C.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8B942B188DBA4B3494D30FDF961124EC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Income information</header><text>The Secretary may obtain such information as is reasonably necessary regarding the income of a borrower (and the borrower's spouse, if applicable) of a loan made under this part that is, or may be, repaid pursuant to income-based repayment under this subsection, for the purpose of determining the annual repayment obligation of the borrower. The Secretary shall establish procedures for determining the borrower’s repayment obligation on that loan for such year, and such other procedures as are necessary to implement effectively the income-based repayment under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3CF40DACDAD049909A594ECE1F1B10AB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Borrower requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A borrower who chooses to repay a loan made under this part pursuant to income-based repayment under this subsection, and—</text>
<clause id="H963BC25740054DADBBB78DAE33835B33"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for whom adjusted gross income is available and reasonably reflects the borrower's current income, shall, to the maximum extent practicable, provide to the Secretary the Federal tax information of the borrower; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8567E914E0694880866489AFFFA9C390"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for whom adjusted gross income is unavailable or does not reasonably reflect the borrower's current income, shall provide to the Secretary other documentation of income satisfactory to the Secretary, which documentation the Secretary may use to determine an appropriate repayment schedule.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1A2F463770C446BCABEADE4252DB32EA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification to borrowers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish procedures under which a borrower of a loan made under this part who chooses to repay such loan pursuant to income-based repayment under this subsection is notified of the terms and conditions of such plan, including notification that if a borrower considers that special circumstances, such as a loss of employment by the borrower or the borrower's spouse, warrant an adjustment in the borrower's loan repayment as determined using the borrower’s Federal tax return information, or the alternative documentation described in paragraph (2)(C), the borrower may contact the Secretary, who shall determine whether such adjustment is appropriate, in accordance with criteria established by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD7E2014999548EAA6687C733D60B2E7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reduced payment periods</header>
<subparagraph id="HE6CBE632EB024F67A6FEFF794004E200"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall authorize borrowers meeting the criteria under subparagraph (B) to make monthly payments of $5 for a period not in excess of 3 years, except that—</text>
<clause id="H5B8D295BB23F4D1CA92778754E9A527E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), the Secretary may authorize reduced payments in 6-month increments, beginning on the date the borrower provides to the Secretary the evidence described in subclause (I) or (II) of subparagraph (B)(i); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H53F10481D21D4240805F44CB50045AFD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for purposes of subparagraph (B)(ii), the Secretary may authorize reduced payments in 3-month increments, beginning on the date the borrower provides to the Secretary the evidence described in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D8B7531B23E44A5897BF4EBC8C6B9B6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligibility determinations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall authorize borrowers to make reduced payments under this paragraph in the following circumstances:</text>
<clause id="H4145D2C58029443AA666088872B79D8C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>In a case of borrower who is seeking and unable to find full-time employment, as demonstrated by providing to the Secretary—</text>
<subclause id="H5F93FA485F5748A2B010B141CA1EEC48"><enum>(I)</enum><text>evidence of the borrower’s eligibility for unemployment benefits to the Secretary; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H19B983DD2F6844FCBB5C3AAC806005E4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a written certification or an equivalent that—</text>
<item id="H71E6900057E9460E853CC554992B32CF"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the borrower has registered with a public or private employment agency that is available to the borrower within a 50-mile radius of the borrower’s home address; and</text>
</item><item id="H9BA028BF90444A12A839882BDE58EFC2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in the case of a borrower that has been granted a request under this subparagraph, the borrower has made at least six diligent attempts during the preceding six-month period to secure full-time employment.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="HD5490791F28B42778C5EA1DDE6D000C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary determines that, due to high medical expenses, the $25 monthly payment the borrower would otherwise make would be an extreme economic hardship to the borrower, if—</text>
<subclause id="HC29AE25569C54AACB41310D41C1599B8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the borrower documents the reason why the $25 minimum payment is an extreme economic hardship; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H154D32271EDE4D26BCDF48669DF2CAEC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the borrower recertifies the reason for the $5 minimum payment on a three-month basis.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9337DE60E9E74DCBAE1C723064E10AF8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purpose of this section, the term <term>full-time employment</term> means employment that will provide not less than 30 hours of work a week and is expected to continue for a period of not less than 3 months.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCBC1728EBCE544948F5085F8C5B08067"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H122FDB52AF84441EBDB39E29C9329F1E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Adjusted gross income</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>adjusted gross income</term> has the meaning given the term in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/62">section 62</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF877A7ECB2914E69B6344239B8989F69"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Excepted Federal ONE Consolidation Loan</header><text>The term <term>Excepted Federal ONE Consolidation Loan</term> means a Federal ONE Consolidation Loan if the proceeds of such loan were used to discharge the liability on—</text>
<clause id="H45BA13C6B7AC4ED8AAB40025D5E6D43B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a Federal ONE Parent Loan;</text> </clause><clause id="H5E45F965165E44C7955E26E1E7EF8AA9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a Federal Direct PLUS Loan, or a loan under section 428B, that is made, insured, or guaranteed on behalf of a dependent student;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3B71D82C8B9A42AE8877C1078CAB52D4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an excepted consolidation loan (defined in section 493C); or</text> </clause><clause id="HE50E2AD11B014DCC970D9F55A675063A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a Federal ONE Consolidation loan that was used to discharge the liability on a loan described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H062C82EB9D9644D5B12348320EEF9A63"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rules of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize, with respect to loans made under this part—</text>
<paragraph id="H6D75A156B5FE43468BDB8A96A0366F1C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>eligibility for a repayment plan that is not described in subsection (c)(1) or section 468(c); or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5CF4E8AB3C274F3D8AEDAAD4DF9DDFD8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3E4CEF0326824DD4B76C08829188DF6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out a repayment plan, which is not described in subsection (c)(1) or section 468(c); or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45B268A363024A3F8A3DB50D6D07D702"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">modify a repayment plan that is described in subsection (c)(1) or section 468(c) in a manner that results in any net cost to the Federal Government, as determined jointly by the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC3CC46E9FB642E0A14862DF8ACFEBF7"><enum>467.</enum><header>Federal ONE Parent Loans</header>
<subsection id="H073CBDFDEF8A41B4A8BAAF7CDC94ACD4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To Borrow</header>
<paragraph id="H37FFC7D25CFD43C49C61F41637E47619"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority and eligibility</header><text>The parent of a dependent student shall be eligible to borrow funds under this section in amounts specified in subsection (b), if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4D7F73C464BF403BAED4685B0EFDC3B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the parent is borrowing to pay for the educational costs of a dependent student who meets the requirements for an eligible student under section 484(a);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB7AF2E86F10C423FBCE12B6E54A32884"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the parent meets the applicable requirements concerning defaults and overpayments that apply to a student borrower;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H67E09CAE438942538CBBA95F683A2100"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the parent complies with the requirements for submission of a statement of educational purpose that apply to a student borrower under section 484(a)(4)(A) (other than the completion of a statement of selective service registration status);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7C9E6F657FF54854A6F463B627C14444"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the parent meets the requirements that apply to a student under section 437(a);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8DAFB441E0E94F10B2AB2A6D68FA7523"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the parent—</text>
<clause id="H9E10B0AB70E2437690E1FD90612F6156"><enum>(i)</enum><text>does not have an adverse credit history; or</text> </clause><clause id="H10207992BD03436EB7FFB9820CA2634B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has an adverse credit history, but has—</text>
<subclause id="H570602DE8CDD4D9EAECC2752CE1BD348"><enum>(I)</enum><text>obtained an endorser who does not have an adverse credit history or documented to the satisfaction of the Secretary that extenuating circumstances exist in accordance with paragraph (4)(D); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE033B3D356F8459DBE82A9EE04F4AC25"><enum>(II)</enum><text>completed Federal ONE Parent Loan counseling offered by the Secretary; and</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36E32904C70D48968992AC07A7B1010B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in the case of a parent who has been convicted of, or has pled nolo contendere or guilty to, a crime involving fraud in obtaining funds under this title, such parent has completed the repayment of such funds to the Secretary, or to the holder in the case of a loan under this title obtained by fraud.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7402915762BF4F2EA4BD1FDA44A90874"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms, conditions, and benefits</header><text>Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), and (e), loans made under this section shall have the same terms, conditions, and benefits as all other loans made under this part.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92F990E5B94646E78CFBDD14F804EBF7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Parent borrowers</header>
<subparagraph id="HC8B1A6621A2C4E31B6DC6F55C30AF00A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>parent</term> includes a student’s biological or adoptive mother or father or the student’s stepparent, if the biological parent or adoptive mother or father has remarried at the time of filing the common financial reporting form under section 483(a), and that spouse’s income and assets would have been taken into account when calculating the student's expected family contribution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8DA3213E813541B6BD1DFF29D0DE183B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clarification</header><text>Whenever necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, the terms <term>student</term> and <term>borrower</term> as used in this part shall include a parent borrower under this section.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H18CB99ED58C64CBF948A98FE041A562F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Adverse credit history definitions and adjustments</header> <subparagraph id="H0FE105F0394840A98459BE05208F013D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section:</text>
<clause id="H62DBFB33A0A741928D6350019B377C93"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>adverse credit history</term>, when used with respect to a borrower, means that the borrower—</text> <subclause id="H9286956AC3E24526B8D1F3BBA4AE4CD9"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has one or more debts with a total combined outstanding balance equal to or greater than $2,085, as may be adjusted by the Secretary in accordance with subparagraph (B), that—</text>
<item id="H0E6998CE4C744312AAC173599856C2CA"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>are 90 or more days delinquent as of the date of the credit report; or</text> </item><item id="HE899DC6F78304607A4F2E92FB403246E"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>have been placed in collection or charged off during the two years preceding the date of the credit report; or</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="HC818B06BA6DB4798B1BD006C4D11CCB3"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been the subject of a default determination, bankruptcy discharge, foreclosure, repossession, tax lien, wage garnishment, or write-off of a debt under this title during the 5 years preceding the date of the credit report.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HE405CDC9482A4767B4127B45BDA59028"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Charged off</header><text>The term <term>charged off</term> means a debt that a creditor has written off as a loss, but that is still subject to collection action.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3659F0A30BAA488B9FC863853D87550E"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>In collection</header><text>The term <term>in collection</term> means a debt that has been placed with a collection agency by a creditor or that is subject to more intensive efforts by a creditor to recover amounts owed from a borrower who has not responded satisfactorily to the demands routinely made as part of the creditor’s billing procedures.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A07F1C4A80C4DF2A8465B35ED1762B3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Adjustments</header>
<clause id="H521E90764A1E487FB4D471725681021F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a case of a borrower with a debt amount described in subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary shall increase such debt amount, or its inflation-adjusted equivalent, if the Secretary determines that an inflation adjustment to such debt amount would result in an increase of $100 or more to such debt amount.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3F94B5B993334E798E94154E4B150A7A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Inflation adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making the inflation adjustment under clause (i), the Secretary shall—</text> <subclause id="HA3F7680C155148A2AA0398C485F93174"><enum>(I)</enum><text>use the annual average percent change of the All Items Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, before seasonal adjustment, as the measurement of inflation; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H0CB2B1F193FE4D5899BF64891679FBC9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if the adjustment calculated under subclause (I) is equal to or greater than $100—</text> <item id="H528E2C98616947ADB4570FE2F5C7039C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>add the adjustment to the debt amount, or its inflation-adjusted equivalent; and</text>
</item><item id="HF3831ECF906742BE9E3B7B202CDC9A95"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>round up to the nearest $5.</text> </item></subclause></clause><clause id="H2D0C93B1C770427286719A8538C9C7B2"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Publication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing any increase to the threshold amount specified in subparagraph (A)(i)(I).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8BC15AADA7D94D238A5432498F6105B6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Treatment of absence of credit history</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the Secretary shall not consider the absence of a credit history as an adverse credit history and shall not deny a Federal ONE Parent loan on that basis.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C61696932AE4F37BB5EC2D20EC922D6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Extenuating circumstances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the Secretary may determine that extenuating circumstances exist based on documentation that may include—</text>
<clause id="H20549E0245774E998FC1B7A8D0C913E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an updated credit report for the parent; or</text> </clause><clause id="H9801EBEC0BA74DE0AB5635B5A2A526D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a statement from the creditor that the parent has repaid or made satisfactory arrangements to repay a debt that was considered in determining that the parent has an adverse credit history</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H35DB322CCBEB415F81D3728EDF16C327"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation based on need</header><text>Any loan under this section may be counted as part of the expected family contribution in the determination of need under this title, but no loan may be made to any parent under this section for any academic year in excess of the lesser of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H090E16B9AAD8453290B5EBA59AFCA55F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the student’s estimated cost of attendance minus the student’s estimated financial assistance (as calculated under section 465(b)(1)(A)); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H36EFCFD8D66E422D8223434FB4E375DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the established annual loan limits for such loan under section 465(b).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBD113067CC5A40F3889AC276101B814F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Parent Loan Disbursement</header><text>All loans made under this section shall be disbursed in accordance with the requirements of section 465(a) and shall be disbursed by—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE129BC5891D45C49BE734C731CCC755"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an electronic transfer of funds from the lender to the eligible institution; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H95771D23969B411CA6450573308EE3AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a check copayable to the eligible institution and the parent borrower.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H83C0D6EC3A23459195A74A00B7255F6D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Payment of Principal and Interest</header>
<paragraph id="HA48550B61D3E478EBEE4947165EB8013"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commencement of repayment</header><text>Repayment of principal on loans made under this section shall commence not later than 60 days after the date such loan is disbursed by the Secretary, subject to deferral—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD11C9CEC85D3462CAC5AAABAB3B3E9A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>during any period during which the parent borrower meets the conditions required for a deferral under section 469A; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAEF11AB314FC45B19D373F6BF8DC51B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>upon the request of the parent borrower, during the 6-month period beginning, if the parent borrower is also a student, the day after the date such parent borrower ceases to carry at least one-half such a workload.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H85AC674AC6DE4432B9547E854C25C2C4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum repayment period</header><text>The maximum repayment period for a loan made under this section shall be a 10-year period beginning on the commencement of such period described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1BF104F52174E1D8F005E205FEB4368"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Capitalization of interest</header><text>Interest on loans made under this section for which payments of principal are deferred pursuant to paragraph (1) shall, if agreed upon by the borrower and the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6A20D552A34447F78B3652B4C507BC7A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be paid monthly or quarterly; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98975B025F994075A5DD08B1109CEE49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be added to the principal amount of the loan not more frequently than quarterly by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD309DD2AAAD34EC5B07639C2A22F5373"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Applicable rates of interest</header><text>Interest on loans made pursuant to this section shall be at the applicable rate of interest provided in section 465(c)(3) for loans made under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H844328364C3D464BBC6CF7273A5D9828"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Amortization</header><text>Section 466(b)(2) shall apply to each loan made under this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF0E761C992CB4351AE023D4D7E6D56E9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Verification of Immigration Status and Social Security Number</header><text>A parent who wishes to borrow funds under this section shall be subject to verification of the parent's—</text>
<paragraph id="H0AC6AE0A0CE344BC8B225436DA60045B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>immigration status in the same manner as immigration status is verified for students under section 484(g); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F5275FC540240669980F9345B870542"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Social Security number in the same manner as Social Security numbers are verified for students under section 484(p).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF4BB02141C164F8E81B9CE09728796BB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this Act, loans described in this section shall be known as <quote>Federal ONE Parent Loans</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33E608C69C734E5799A67D6BF5F7D205"><enum>468.</enum><header>Federal ONE Consolidation Loans</header> <subsection id="H4F9BDB871C0643D2835B150C193BED18"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>In making consolidation loans under this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H54CFE880A6664429B784A1F71974A87C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not make such a loan to an eligible borrower, unless the Secretary has determined, in accordance with reasonable and prudent business practices, for each loan being consolidated, that the loan—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D0856AD3CE54C79A67F2D9DBBB74EA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a legal, valid, and binding obligation of the borrower; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA17B671F8EB74981A3EC0D22026919CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was made and serviced in compliance with applicable laws and regulations;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6B1F952CA8E045E1928F8CF06CC93412"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that each consolidation loan made under this section will bear interest, and be subject to repayment, in accordance with subsection (c), except as otherwise provided under subsections (f) and (g) of section 465;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HABD7C5F20A92446580B557B9C769B474"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure that each consolidation loan will be made, notwithstanding any other provision of this part limiting the annual or aggregate principal amount for all loans made to a borrower, in an amount which is equal to the sum of the unpaid principal and accrued unpaid interest and late charges of all eligible student loans received by the eligible borrower which are selected by the borrower for consolidation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2408343218F849C4BD40C58C3FC8CFA5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ensure that the proceeds of each consolidation loan will be paid by the Secretary to the holder or holders of the loans so selected to discharge the liability on such loans;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED21848C20B24929A117E9C87FF431E1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>disclose to a prospective borrower, in simple and understandable terms, at the time the Secretary provides an application for a consolidation loan—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBFB23611CF3B4427A66706E3359A48BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under this part, part B, or part D, that if a borrower includes such a loan in the consolidation loan—</text>
<clause id="HBD41614918CE41A2AD5D0F1CCC94669C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that the consolidation would result in a loss of loan benefits; and</text> </clause><clause id="HE506446FE40240F0923C6A7574936165"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>which specific loan benefits the borrower would lose, including the loss of eligibility for loan forgiveness (including loss of eligibility for interest rate forgiveness), cancellation, deferment, forbearance, interest-free periods, or loan repayment programs that would have been available for such a loan; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA091297BCB894931B5D7B5585C60F85E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to Federal Perkins Loans under this part (as this part was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>)—</text>
<clause id="HDDD71B5AF1244944A45957F5B2D8A487"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that if a borrower includes such a Federal Perkins Loan in the consolidation loan, the borrower will lose all interest-free periods that would have been available for the Federal Perkins Loan, such as—</text>
<subclause id="HADC95D820E704F3D93630FBED5B2220A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the periods during which no interest accrues on such loan while the borrower is enrolled in an institution of higher education at least half-time;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF7C517E198F8405A8A51642F4D995682"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the grace period under section 464(c)(1)(A) (as such section was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCE467A8385C84EBDACBDE9F7B2515DD3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the periods during which the borrower's student loan repayments are deferred under section 464(c)(2) (as such section was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>); and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H0B0DB1FDCC4E4018BBAAEE3EBA204974"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that if a borrower includes such a Federal Perkins Loan in the consolidation loan, the borrower will no longer be eligible for cancellation of part or all of the Federal Perkins Loan under section 465(a) (as such section was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the PROSPER Act); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9F4F394346854468902B9C8E7875DF0D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the occupations listed in section 465 that qualify for Federal Perkins Loan cancellation under section 465(a) (as such section was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the PROSPER Act);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H893AF111F88D44D09EC6E2A23A9436E2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the repayment plans that are available to the borrower under section (c);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF4D26BE1ED14EC8921BFC1CA3BBCE1F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the options of the borrower to prepay the consolidation loan, to pay such loan on a shorter schedule, and to change repayment plans;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4BC505DCDA724136A253C4F473F44DB4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the consequences of default on the consolidation loan; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3629F166797B456D9E7212171BA8746F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>that by applying for a consolidation loan, the borrower is not obligated to agree to take the consolidation loan; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC344475BB2AA4A34A1C6EF4EA66CD6EE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>not make such a loan to an eligible borrower, unless—</text> <subparagraph id="HD28A2B571AC94FE0AC3505312745170E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the borrower has agreed to notify the Secretary promptly concerning any change of address; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42E8F8F6D5C34682B45DDF536E46CED6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the loan is evidenced by a note or other written agreement which—</text> <clause id="HA82E08EF6ED848C1B785143A2443A9AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is made without security and without endorsement, except that if—</text>
<subclause id="H2514ACDB4CC144C4A6E716E7065E62E8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the borrower is a minor and such note or other written agreement executed by him or her would not, under applicable law, create a binding obligation, endorsement may be required; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0DB160B9752D4B79AE6525C96837829C"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the borrower desires to include in the consolidation loan, a Federal ONE Parent Loan, or a loan under section 428B, or a Federal Direct PLUS loan, made on behalf of a dependent student, endorsement shall be required;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HFAA769E45935461CB7F7079A142BC69B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides for the payment of interest and the repayment of principal as described in paragraph (2);</text> </clause><clause id="HAB57CAAC43344A378E8638E1705AFEEF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provides that during any period for which the borrower would be eligible for a deferral under section 469A, which period shall not be included in determining the repayment schedule pursuant to subsection (c)—</text>
<subclause id="HF6CDF699EF754057BC85531351FF8794"><enum>(I)</enum><text>periodic installments of principal need not be paid, but interest shall accrue and be paid by the borrower or be capitalized; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAF143C2ED0634F98B69E6522E257A19F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as otherwise provided under subsections (f) and (g) of section 465, the Secretary shall not pay interest on any portion of the consolidation loan, without regard to whether the portion repays Federal Stafford Loans for which the student borrower received an interest subsidy under section 428 or Federal Direct Stafford Loans for which the borrower received an interest subsidy under section 455;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HA101EE96FB344FB0ABD3F8052C132224"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>entitles the borrower to accelerate without penalty repayment of the whole or any part of the loan; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4F22AC0C0BA34BA2ADD12B3D809B1239"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains a notice of the system of disclosure concerning such loan to consumer reporting agencies under section 430A, and provides that the Secretary on request of the borrower will provide information on the repayment status of the note to such consumer reporting agencies.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1450964DC9CD40249609E67C685B8247"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nondiscrimination in Loan Consolidation</header><text>The Secretary shall not discriminate against any borrower seeking a loan under this section—</text> <paragraph id="HCDDBD4353ADE4F2D8E0B49C5717EF764"><enum>(1)</enum><text>based on the number or type of eligible student loans the borrower seeks to consolidate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A870B93D27C437C8AA9F9DD23D22EC3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>based on the type or category of institution of higher education that the borrower attended;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H74BCAE414DF24DFAB6684CB7D3FAF30C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>based on the interest rate to be charged to the borrower with respect to the consolidation loan; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA7835AB577C043CAB2C93C929BEA1B44"><enum>(4)</enum><text>with respect to the types of repayment schedules offered to such borrower.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HBA2ABC3A58A64E598C4374BA461C0146"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payment of Principal and Interest</header> <paragraph id="H7D4EE467085144CA9CB7BC07FC8254E4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repayment schedules</header> <subparagraph id="HF8E0F3251B9B45768C1303F7FE11CA31"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <clause id="HA4E23A885D0442898F56D173F4A0DD38"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subclause id="H66E867D9F3494D26BBEC68DCB9141F0A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>establish repayment terms as will promote the objectives of this section; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H96F540B3A2F940C9A0B9F3132D078131"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provide a borrower with the option of the standard-repayment plan or income-based repayment plan under section 466(d) in lieu of such repayment terms.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H2ECA167635A2439CB6936A7330F24CCB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Schedule terms</header><text>The repayment terms established under clause (i)(I) shall require that if the sum of the consolidation loan and the amount outstanding on other eligible student loans to the individual—</text>
<subclause id="HA6B22178D5FB42538DF52F6C9D82DCF5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is less than $7,500, then such consolidation loan shall be repaid in not more than 10 years;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H94F5D1CE6A924FFC9500D223FA431E5C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is equal to or greater than $7,500 but less than $10,000, then such consolidation loan shall be repaid in not more than 12 years;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAF80F6A3C83942E4A2A2C1E0DF5E3711"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is equal to or greater than $10,000 but less than $20,000, then such consolidation loan shall be repaid in not more than 15 years;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE0B512E479964CFBB9A68AE3AD73393D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>is equal to or greater than $20,000 but less than $40,000, then such consolidation loan shall be repaid in not more than 20 years;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD08FC389EC9B4E5BBA994B29F787E0E9"><enum>(V)</enum><text>is equal to or greater than $40,000 but less than $60,000, then such consolidation loan shall be repaid in not more than 25 years; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFB9108E2B17A442B836037B664B85CF1"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>is equal to or greater than $60,000, then such consolidation loan shall be repaid in not more than 30 years.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62D63FB88F9F48BF8DE9F8D18B85961A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The amount outstanding on other eligible student loans which may be counted for the purpose of subparagraph (A) may not exceed the amount of the consolidation loan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H26EA683E5B3945D9BE963220FF7F55CD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional repayment requirements</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H6E5E2F349CAF4D57B067077D3294FE44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except in the case of an income-based repayment schedule under section 466(d), a repayment schedule established with respect to a consolidation loan shall require that the minimum installment payment be an amount equal to not less than the accrued unpaid interest; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7736FBF3B97440E0ABC42DD14BAFD742"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an income-based repayment schedule under section 466(d) shall not be available to a consolidation loan borrower who—</text>
<clause id="H0DBE38F04F83415C8889BE03EF2216EA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>used the proceeds of a Federal ONE Consolidation loan to discharge the liability—</text> <subclause id="H4D9DAD3F670E457A8471BFF2400667A3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>on a loan under section 428B made on behalf of a dependent student;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4317DEC0ED1F4DF18488A87F7C7FED65"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a Federal Direct PLUS loan made on behalf of a dependent student;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HD1442FE9700F433CB7DFCE4325F2B21F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a Federal ONE Parent loan; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H70A001EDB10448BEBFD62D5242EE25C5"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>an excepted consolidation loan (defined in section 493C); or</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HC78BFE3A66904DE2B91B5640E4B055D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">used the proceeds of a subsequent Federal ONE Consolidation loan to discharge the liability on a Federal ONE Consolidation loan described in clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC0DD3152FD5E4143A94102746F219037"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Commencement of repayment</header><text>Repayment of a consolidation loan shall commence within 60 days after all holders have, pursuant to subsection (a)(4), discharged the liability of the borrower on the loans selected for consolidation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB818D80C54AC49C7AA90A49387ED5687"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Interest rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A consolidation loan made under this section shall bear interest at an annual rate described in section 465(c)(4).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HACD30C9C9B6C4982A76F185114085464"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Insurance rule</header><text>Any insurance premium paid by the borrower under subpart I of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to a loan made under that subpart and consolidated under this section shall be retained by the student loan insurance account established under section 710 of the Public Health Service Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H75B38067D99C466A8489E909E5912AA4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H9762E65A40D54798AC29B9079C6493DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible borrower</header> <subparagraph id="HFD18E419A2E042FEA4A580FAA05C4435"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>eligible borrower</term> means a borrower who—</text>
<clause id="HF2BF823717274DE3A132528C596D014F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is not subject to a judgment secured through litigation with respect to a loan under this title or to an order for wage garnishment under section 488A; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H772DDEF317BF466F9BFF019A2FDEE889"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at the time of application for a consolidation loan—</text> <subclause id="HC1FF1CD11BD74F03AD17D44D41DF60EF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is in repayment status as determined under section 466(a)(1);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H371A652A07224AEF834869B1A9E85F1D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is in a grace period preceding repayment; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="HF4C7854947BE490F98F6F34310FF8BFB"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is a defaulted borrower who has made arrangements to repay the obligation on the defaulted loans satisfactory to the holders of the defaulted loans.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1D383AA937B43DAA579139FEEE4B9C3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Termination of status as an eligible borrower</header><text>An individual's status as an eligible borrower under this section terminates upon receipt of a consolidation loan under this section, except that—</text>
<clause id="HE0DA5410851749EFACA0826D207021AB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an individual who receives eligible student loans after the date of receipt of the consolidation loan may receive a subsequent consolidation loan;</text>
</clause><clause id="H843B05865DAF48D39A042A5DAD481F1A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>loans received prior to the date of the consolidation loan may be added during the 180-day period following the making of the consolidation loan;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB9C46D76C008487AA6C0992982CC8AA5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>loans received following the making of the consolidation loan may be added during the 180-day period following the making of the consolidation loan;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5DA29E6A9F624EC4BAEBB486D053CD1B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>loans received prior to the date of the first consolidation loan may be added to a subsequent consolidation loan; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H701E78E232E34A2593DD30B588098C3F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>an individual may obtain a subsequent consolidation loan for the purpose—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H668A9E81D4C844ADAA8D4161360DE491"><enum>(I)</enum><text>of income-based repayment under section 466(d) only if the loan has been submitted for default aversion or if the loan is already in default;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HB3C3D59322B746DBBDC3890765AB8A32"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of using the no accrual of interest for active duty service members benefit offered under section 465(g); or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H02910DA45BFD49188F79B4B18A9FB970"><enum>(III)</enum><text>of submitting an application under section 469B(d) for a borrower defense to repayment of a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under this title.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE6907061571F49F6811524E4A265D469"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible student loans</header><text>For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term <term>eligible student loans</term> means loans—</text> <subparagraph id="H9955B1DE93594D4FB754D24B05F0643A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>made, insured, or guaranteed under part B, and first disbursed before July 1, 2010, including loans on which the borrower has defaulted (but has made arrangements to repay the obligation on the defaulted loans satisfactory to the Secretary or guaranty agency, whichever insured the loans);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4067AEE03BF544C4B76D34AF0FF46AEC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>made under part D of this title, and first disbursed before July 1, 2019;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12D9FAF2B0A74185A1DF1CA5769BEB09"><enum>(C)</enum><text>made under this part before September 30, 2017;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51D2B08ED5324AF38DE33062DA21104D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">made under this part on or after the date of enactment of the PROSPER Act;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD95C1645222046679B4BDD97E843DFC7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>made under subpart II of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC58A1470FCEE4901A8865F45B5397677"><enum>(F)</enum><text>made under part E of title VIII of the Public Health Service Act.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H71447EDD3B2C4B34B33BA9E6116AD15A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>For purposes of this Act, loans described in this section shall be known as <quote>Federal ONE Consolidation Loans</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8DE144883C09430DA9F460D1C42901F6"><enum>469.</enum><header>Temporary Loan Consolidation Authority</header>
<subsection id="H3AE8A35002734AC680A142B02597A84F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A borrower who has one or more loans in two or more of the categories described in subsection (b), and who has not yet entered repayment on one or more of those loans in any of the categories, may consolidate all of the loans of the borrower that are described in subsection (b) into a Federal ONE Consolidation Loan during the period described in subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE9C2B4B67E3B47F186B4A4345EE5C67A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Categories of loans that may be consolidated</header><text>The categories of loans that may be consolidated under this section are—</text> <paragraph id="H7F52B4214EFB4CA69D14AA0249D2C9B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>loans made under this part before October 1, 2017 and on or after July 1, 2019;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC4BCB65D0315496AB5FA6830BDFE51FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>loans purchased by the Secretary pursuant to section 459A;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5A7B66A26C0C4759BAB79CC08BFBBF9D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>loans made under part B that are held by an eligible lender, as such term is defined in section 435(d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H929B99180E674B98A8965D11DAEB437D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>loans made under part D.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEBC51674FB054B4CB6DDB98BBBDAB4A1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Time period in which loans may be consolidated</header><text>The Secretary may make a Federal ONE Consolidation Loan under this section to a borrower whose application for such Federal ONE Consolidation Loan is received on or after July 1, 2019, and before July 1, 2024.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H14FC5CD0BE1C4AE688FA78E877DC4D15"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Terms of Loans</header><text>A Federal ONE Consolidation Loan made under this subsection shall have the same terms and conditions as a Federal ONE Consolidation Loan made under section 468, except that in determining the applicable rate of interest on the Federal ONE Consolidation Loan made under this section, section 465(c)(4) shall be applied without rounding the weighted average of the interest rate on the loans consolidated to the nearest higher one-eighth of one percent as in such section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2B4FD4A29E154670AA1FECE4EEE2FC21"><enum>470.</enum><header>Deferment</header>
<subsection id="H1A1CEC8DEC324791A2E48F396B53F245"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Effect on principal and interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A borrower of a loan made under this part who meets the requirements described in subsection (b) shall be eligible for a deferment during which installments of principal need not be paid and, unless otherwise provided in this subsection, interest shall accrue and be capitalized or paid by the borrower.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBA5C10D93D574EDCB5120B37149412AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>A borrower of a loan made under this part shall be eligible for a deferment—</text> <paragraph id="H67FE455EC86E4102B44B8406D86323F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during any period during which the borrower—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB788C55C86F14F2C992B950C0EFEA778"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is carrying at least one-half the normal full-time work load for the course of study that the borrower is pursuing, as determined by the eligible institution the borrower is attending;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF287633CE71D48F08AC059ABAD87E383"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is pursuing a course of study pursuant to—</text> <clause id="H1613D754FFAF4AC792C99F8342B7D06A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an eligible graduate fellowship program in accordance with subsection (g); or</text>
</clause><clause id="HE309E287754248E5B7440D87B020D8E2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an eligible rehabilitation training program for individuals with disabilities in accordance with subsection (i);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFDB5CA7C33044F5ACE5373B8029AF7A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is serving on active duty during a war or other military operation or national emergency, and for the 180-day period following the demobilization date for such service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H516B55D8929846DFA049D0755FB8B130"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is performing qualifying National Guard duty during a war or other military operation or national emergency, and for the 180-day period following the demobilization date for such service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H14B98D29808F411AA5F3EF11D096DC7F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>is a member of the National Guard who is not eligible for a post-active duty deferment under section 493D and is engaged in active State duty for a period of more than 30 consecutive days beginning—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H24C2F8FFA22D49E4AB3B8279EEE96146"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the day after 6 months after the date the student ceases to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload (as determined by the institution); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HEB6D95441F5841C1ABFE509CB2C2BB1C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the day after the borrower ceases enrollment on at least a half-time basis, for a loan in repayment;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99023BA09A364FECA19594A662AB9B81"><enum>(F)</enum><text>is serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program, the successful completion of which is required to begin professional practice or service, or is serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program leading to a degree or certificate awarded by an institution of higher education, a hospital, or a health care facility that offers postgraduate training; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB84114B1541449FB054A75C4C0728F6"><enum>(G)</enum><text>is eligible for interest payments to be made on a loan made under this part for service in the Armed Forces under section 2174 of title 10, United States Code, and pursuant to that eligibility, the interest is being paid on such loan under section 465(f);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1176FF37F20F4D26B9CA766ABA73B274"><enum>(2)</enum><text>during a period sufficient to enable the borrower to resume honoring the agreement to repay the outstanding balance of principal and interest on the loan after default, if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8EFE335E6F584C27B2800DD91CFFBB6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the borrower signs a new agreement to repay such outstanding balance;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3EAB74B9839443EB85A43C67660C303"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the deferment period is limited to 120 days; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8ED0559CAE5B4A659D920166DB1DB83C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such deferment is not granted for consecutive periods;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6EACB2A7487F4435870DBAC3D7758BD1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>during a period of administrative deferment described in subsection (j); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA037093B29F14C65B60A994D4A3BB51D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a borrower of a Federal ONE Parent Loan or an Excepted Federal ONE Consolidation Loan, during a period described in subsection (k).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6113AFF6903E46D0B20BD3D5A26BC3AB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Length of deferment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A deferment granted by the Secretary—</text> <paragraph id="H8EBB23E5CFED4C2F88CEF74B5B5CE598"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under subparagraph (F) or (G) of subsection (b)(1) shall be renewable at 12 month intervals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2355EE497AC4EBE97E98105472B045F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under subparagraph (F) of subsection (b)(1) shall equal the length of time remaining in the borrower’s medical or dental internship or residency program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0B385E19A164B39912849FD4A70C91A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>under subparagraph (G) of subsection (b)(1) shall not exceed 3 years.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC1B09196001A4B01AB1B0785E8A79203"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Request and documentation</header><text>The Secretary shall determine the eligibility of a borrower for a deferment under paragraphs (1), (2), or (4) of subsection (b), or in the case of a loan for which an endorser is required, an endorser’s eligibility for a deferment under paragraph (2) or (4) or eligibility to request a deferment under paragraph (1), based on—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5D9DC80368C149258F8BB2FFCA474F0E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the receipt of a request for a deferment from the borrower or the endorser, and documentation of the borrower’s or endorser’s eligibility for the deferment or eligibility to request the deferment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDC70804E343E413C9FC0ADA990F49534"><enum>(2)</enum><text>receipt of a completed loan application that documents the borrower’s eligibility for a deferment;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9EE87F9959104E4999B86AAB12DD37B5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>receipt of a student status information documenting that the borrower is enrolled on at least a half-time basis; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H972A758D18CB4507842E74A27C720EF0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Secretary’s confirmation of the borrower’s half-time enrollment status, if the confirmation is requested by the institution of higher education.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBC410DD4564F488BAC89BBD4325D2125"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HC9C15E41C7244608B6E842C86250DA0C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>notify a borrower of a loan made under this part—</text>
<subparagraph id="H043A5EB58ECE43269496898A68FB0695"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the granting of a deferment under this subsection on such loan; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0593CC9E806B4B33B37DFB666E734EFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the option of the borrower to continue making payments on the outstanding balance of principal and interest on such loan in accordance with subsection (f);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1FBB30996A80420A97E47AC1984D24CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the time the Secretary grants a deferment to a borrower of a loan made under this part, and not less frequently than once every 180 days during the period of such deferment, provide information to the borrower to assist the borrower in understanding—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3E2811A253D648908BD9B801F825ADCF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the effect of granting a deferment on the total amount to be paid under the income-based repayment plan under 466(d);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90911A5B538147DF8735E9CC1640CCCA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the fact that interest will accrue on the loan for the period of deferment, other than for a deferment granted under subsection (b)(1)(G);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75936402EE2F4138B06CA616AD8E36F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the amount of unpaid principal and the amount of interest that has accrued since the last statement of such amounts provided to the borrower;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A47805C23A3401FBBD35E9014E129BD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the amount of interest that will be capitalized, and the date on which capitalization will occur;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83D7E1EF7EAD4BA5917C175634D1A8EE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the effect of the capitalization of interest on the borrower’s loan principal and on the total amount of interest to be paid on the loan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3539963CFED94B858BE19A03EA42035C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the option of the borrower to pay the interest that has accrued before the interest is capitalized; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51C0CF4A50DF4620A5867A2A5E9917D3"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the borrower’s option to discontinue the deferment at any time.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H09B43F6594B2455BBD6BB69DD2E9D198"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Form of deferment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The form of a deferment granted under this subsection on a loan made under this part shall be temporary cessation of all payments on such loan, except that—</text>
<paragraph id="HA53B96370A984FA2840A85EE9A21E12E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a deferment granted under subsection (b)(1)(G), payments of interest on the loan will be made by the Secretary under section 465(f) during such period of deferment; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7529D56BFD94EFB8807F77F3DDD5196"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a borrower may make payments on the outstanding balance of principal and interest on such loan during any period of deferment granted under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9A9F33FFAD524549BFA0BEC5BA2E6DF3"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Graduate fellowship deferment</header>
<paragraph id="H016D236F17F449BCB02A35DF86DAEFF0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A borrower of a loan under this part is eligible for a deferment under subsection (b)(1)(B)(i) during any period for which an authorized official of the borrower’s graduate fellowship program certifies that the borrower meets the requirements of paragraph (2) and is pursuing a course of study pursuant to an eligible graduate fellowship program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95754724263B4214918BF684B60C087F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Borrower requirements</header><text>A borrower meets the requirements of this subparagraph if the borrower—</text> <subparagraph id="H029DB606024240F29DE2873C1FD13E43"><enum>(A)</enum><text>holds at least a baccalaureate degree conferred by an institution of higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8FF446651AEC4B669A74C3A9918246AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has been accepted or recommended by an institution of higher education for acceptance on a full-time basis into an eligible graduate fellowship program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H987E69BFCD484BF4BC4204760AC1ACBA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is not serving in a medical internship or residency program, except for a residency program in dentistry.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H29A62A7A64EC40788FEB4B5EB23269F2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Treatment of study outside the United States</header>
<paragraph id="H195B9A98A98E4CCBA4C08231A579A884"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall treat, in the same manner as required under section 428(b)(4), any course of study at a foreign university that is accepted for the completion of a recognized international fellowship program by the administrator of such a program as an eligible graduate fellowship program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA6ADBEF4EF0C490FA023A9A8FC6B3E55"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requests for deferment</header><text>Requests for deferment of repayment of loans under this subsection by students engaged in graduate or postgraduate fellowship-supported study (such as pursuant to a Fulbright grant) outside the United States shall be approved until completion of the period of the fellowship, in the same manner as required under section 428(b)(4).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD74D2E423E9C4EA38A738F68ED58C7F8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Rehabilitation training program deferment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A borrower of a loan under this part is eligible for a deferment under subsection (b)(1)(B)(ii) during any period for which an authorized official of the borrower’s rehabilitation training program certifies that the borrower is pursuing an eligible rehabilitation training program for individuals with disabilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4307E89BB4084194B11E3184518D0851"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Administrative deferments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may grant a deferment to a borrower or, in the case of a loan for which an endorser is required, an endorser, without requiring a request and documentation from the borrower or the endorser under subsection (d) for—</text>
<paragraph id="HD97B5F186EA14E999257EBD138506715"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a period during which the borrower was delinquent at the time a deferment is granted, including a period for which scheduled payments of principal and interest were overdue at the time such deferment is granted;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9A589F5353B74BC6A81E43D6B68C5BC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a period during which the borrower or the endorser was granted a deferment under this subsection but for which the Secretary determines the borrower or the endorser should not have qualified;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2684D444B6A44F4E9DAABBC91CE7C99D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a period necessary for the Secretary to determine the borrower’s eligibility for the cancellation of the obligation of the borrower to repay the loan under section 437;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3E35989720F84067846CC76ADA9F18D8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a period during which the Secretary has authorized deferment due to a national military mobilization or other local or national emergency; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F6BFB2E17024C17B0462599587CF479"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a period not to exceed 60 days, during which interest shall accrue but not be capitalized, if the Secretary reasonably determines that a suspension of collection activity is warranted to enable the Secretary to process supporting documentation relating to a borrower’s request—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB7BD3CE13127422B9D969D742C6D09FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for a deferment under this subsection;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E610B43B5EE4671B40D9570B284F6E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for a change in repayment plan under section 466(c); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C2743C561DA4CE19516CA3CEBAB3F2D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to consolidate loans under section 468.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD6F93BA228754C5498B12A350B735849"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Deferments for parent or excepted consolidation loans</header> <paragraph id="H09CA57CBD782434EBE055AE4D8C75A6E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A qualified borrower shall be eligible for deferments under paragraphs (3) through (5).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H50D01DFBDE394848A9B2E79D63A3D452"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified borrower defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>qualified borrower</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H85ABADF07E844B0B850AAB7922E5E8DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a borrower of a Federal ONE Parent Loan or an Excepted Federal ONE Consolidation Loan; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8635B0BE06A45FC8638E7AE1C825A5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of such a loan for which an endorser is required, the endorser of such loan.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE338B5D2574946708C5A4A7A12FA5572"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Economic hardship deferment</header> <subparagraph id="H0EACE4228CF84FE0B87FBEE997A20DD0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A qualified borrower shall be eligible for a deferment during periods, not to exceed 3 years in total, during which the qualified borrower experiences an economic hardship described in subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E1A64BFCB344B31ADD4A566EE485F13"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Economic hardship</header><text>An economic hardship described in this clause is a period during which the qualified borrower—</text> <clause id="H83B08929F5264E23ACDDAE173337C9EF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is receiving payment under a means-tested benefit program;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFA3DB9A7318245D199FA3B2EC6E2C370"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is employed full-time and the monthly gross income of the qualified borrower does not exceed the greater of—</text>
<subclause id="H13329A9570DD4FB3910D6CD293648B00"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the minimum wage rate described in section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/206">29 U.S.C. 206</external-xref>); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE6F9B0515F904423A2DCCBB2FE1586B2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an amount equal to 150 percent of the poverty line; or</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H5102710A85784CFE87C6EEB737D99486"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>demonstrates that the sum of the qualified borrower’s monthly payments on the qualified borrower’s Federal ONE Parent Loan or Excepted Federal ONE Consolidation Loan is not less than 20 percent of the qualified borrower’s monthly gross income.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE27285FA4FF34D1A881EB6B6B758AA11"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a deferment under this subparagraph, a qualified borrower shall submit to the Secretary—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2E49AAAE9AB949A885D8AF5F0AA5D5A5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the first period of deferment under this subparagraph, evidence showing the monthly gross income of the qualified borrower; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HC45FB7EAC3E64E2291FF8638BF742734"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for a subsequent period of deferment that begins less than one year after the end of a period of deferment granted under this subparagraph—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H4B0017DBB3B5427BA0E7D41D295BD1A3"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evidence showing the monthly gross income of the qualified borrower; or</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HF80E80AEA9D84BFD97D28DE23D6DCBBF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the qualified borrower’s most recently filed Federal income tax return, if such a return was filed in either of the two tax years preceding the year in which the qualified borrower requests the subsequent period of deferment.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H682A5DC50FC8427B9A27DDDF85FEA85C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Unemployment deferment</header>
<subparagraph id="H7E4857B0C1424C67AEC57C9CC557D712"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A qualified borrower shall be eligible for a deferment for periods during which the qualified borrower is seeking, and is unable to find, full-time employment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB0B3516C9C04AA4AA0D2350A885967F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<clause id="H1CC830AA50054B9C847B8D293C427A8B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive an deferment under this subparagraph, a qualified borrower shall submit to the Secretary—</text>
<subclause id="H76CF61E113744936BA0A92859EF75668"><enum>(I)</enum><text>evidence of the qualified borrower’s eligibility for unemployment benefits; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H004EF688F6B24EFEBAD647D5BA2AC03E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>written confirmation, or an equivalent as approved by the Secretary, that—</text>
<item id="H7F0A514D81A64EA6A587AFE78619F991"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the qualified borrower has registered with a public or private employment agency, if one is available to the borrower within 50 miles of the qualified borrower’s address; and</text>
</item><item id="H840AC2C72C7A4362976115B8E29FC9EC"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>for requests submitted after the initial request, the qualified borrower has made at least six diligent attempts during the preceding six-month period to secure full-time employment.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H0D6463DDAEFE44A7B15091114CC39B27"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Acceptance of employment</header><text>A qualified borrower shall not be eligible for a deferment under this subparagraph if the qualified borrower refuses to seek or accept employment in types of positions or at salary levels or responsibility levels for which the qualified borrower feels overqualified based on the qualified borrower’s education or previous experience.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB50FD25FDA74AE7B596C279AE2C2A83"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Terms of deferment</header><text>The following terms shall apply to a deferment under this subparagraph:</text> <clause id="HDDB76DB6B5134D309EE5CECE4B5D5C44"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Initial period</header><text>The first deferment granted to a qualified borrower under this subparagraph may be for a period of unemployment beginning not more than 6 months before the date on which the Secretary receives the qualified borrower’s request for deferment and may be granted for a period of up to 6 months after that date.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2D4D427096314C889EF33FBDB89FC022"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Renewals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deferments under this subparagraph shall be renewable at 6-month intervals beginning after the expiration of the first period of deferment under clause (i). To be eligible to renew a deferment under this subparagraph, a qualified borrower shall submit to the Secretary the information described in subparagraph (B)(i).</text>
</clause><clause id="H1151F9DA60C549B7A8DAEA964B2D36E5"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Aggregate limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The period of all deferments granted to a borrower under this subparagraph may not exceed 3 years in aggregate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2407A3AB8D749189B7B49B9B185E6A6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Health deferment</header>
<subparagraph id="H048FE6BB1E324A99BE1B402414B378F0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A qualified borrower shall be eligible for a deferment during periods in which the qualified borrower is unable to make scheduled loan payments due to high medical expenses, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8027DC0312F41A2A0AEED86B8242368"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible to receive a deferment under this subparagraph, a qualified borrower shall—</text> <clause id="H8587FAA34DFF49449DA186C7034B9143"><enum>(i)</enum><text>submit to the Secretary documentation demonstrating that making scheduled loan payments would be an extreme economic hardship to the borrower due to high medical expenses, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF8FA108E542A4C68992D7204A5C79510"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>resubmit such documentation to the Secretary not less frequently than once every 3 months.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H132F0CFF38684BF98BC62E509B839864"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header> <paragraph id="H6C79E719942441A58179236278EDF449"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition on fees</header><text>No administrative fee or other fee may be charged to the borrower in connection with the granting of a deferment under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAAFA414D01D41A3BF2BECDA7800F3CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition on adverse credit reporting</header><text>No adverse information relating to a borrower may be reported to a consumer reporting agency solely because of the granting of a deferment under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H09B78B7B638745F8BE8D606B85DC2D65"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on authority</header><text>The Secretary shall not, through regulation or otherwise, authorize additional deferment options or periods of deferment other than the deferment options and periods of deferment authorized under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H6EAEFCD41486443DB541122DA18C6F0B"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Treatment of endorsers</header><text>With respect to any Federal ONE Parent Loan or Federal ONE Consolidation Loan for which an endorser is required—</text>
<paragraph id="H356D14BF5E0A47098CB66E78C71D55A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>paragraphs (2) through (4) of subsection (b) shall be applied—</text> <subparagraph id="HDA706964023F4E049D7EBB5C27941BD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>An endorser</quote> for <quote>A borrower</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90F4D6D2990E4BC29F1CC182402F540D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>the endorser</quote> for <quote>the borrower</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8CC430FEDC48484389D0EC7677415EC4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>an endorser</quote> for <quote>a borrower</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC3C94F4EF2304FC695A6D70BF107DE4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case in which the borrower of such a loan is eligible for a deferment described in subparagraph (C), (D), (E), (F), or (G) of subsection (b)(1), but is not making payments on the loan, the endorser of the loan may request a deferment under such subparagraph for the loan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBC92400C2D7340EC97E1B941340FA79B"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H434A7B81C24743D18EC6FE7075A36721"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible graduate fellowship program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible graduate fellowship program</term>, when used with respect to a course of study pursued by the borrower of a loan under this part, means a fellowship program that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE7FEC2F9CB754E19824972A794187939"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides sufficient financial support to graduate fellows to allow for full-time study for at least six months;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC89FE360A4844108F0EEB47055B10D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requires a written statement from each applicant explaining the applicant’s objectives before the award of that financial support;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4867FB6172E84AB99DE67CD1FED3D1A9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>requires a graduate fellow to submit periodic reports, projects, or evidence of the fellow’s progress; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9202351B18704F7BB00E81766B4FCB74"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the case of a course of study at an institution of higher education outside the United States described in section 102, accepts the course of study for completion of the fellowship program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36BB77F0F2604CAA862B2415A96275D3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible rehabilitation training program for individuals with disabilities</header><text>The term <term>eligible rehabilitation training program for individuals with disabilities</term>, when used with respect a course of study pursued by the borrower of a loan under this part, means a program that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD89C2A3BA81C44DE8572B0E9F9BCBFE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is necessary to assist an individual with a disability in preparing for, securing, retaining, or regaining employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3E99DDE52984C6EBFC6D348E5AB9A64"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is licensed, approved, certified, or otherwise recognized as providing rehabilitation training to disabled individuals by—</text>
<clause id="H440C35A38857474EAD1E943AE65F3C86"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a State agency with responsibility for vocational rehabilitation programs, drug abuse treatment programs, mental health services programs, or alcohol abuse treatment programs; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H11329B42D0E945918EA02FCBE6373D04"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA6D6390DB0B243BAB12232334AE8461B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provides or will provide the borrower with rehabilitation services under a written plan that—</text>
<clause id="H775DA342A2A4474F8173BB5A0EBF8196"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is individualized to meet the borrower’s needs;</text> </clause><clause id="HA70114E5B9DE4BE3B7467331F9336A9C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>specifies the date on which the services to the borrower are expected to end; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1701C07D84F548A0A768891AEAB262BA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>requires a commitment of time and effort from the borrower that prevents the borrower from being employed at least 30 hours per week, either because of the number of hours that must be devoted to rehabilitation or because of the nature of the rehabilitation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2634E5E426654CE3BBA90E82D461ACD2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Excepted Federal ONE consolidation loan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The <quote>Excepted Federal ONE Consolidation Loan</quote> have the meaning given the term in section 466(d)(5).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAB0733D4ECE24821AC5BF6AB359996A3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Family size</header><text>The term <term>family size</term> means the number that is determined by counting—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD84DB4BC30814955B1929FA101AB8C22"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the borrower;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F1AF7662D9048D1AED9B2B8D05C41E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the borrower’s spouse;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E664AA8FD33433EA30752C65D0AF461"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the borrower’s children, including unborn children who are expected to be born during the period covered by the deferment, if the children receive more than half their support from the borrower; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64F8E9B0A21A471A9FB1E7E0A080251C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>another individual if, at the time the borrower requests a deferment under this section, the individual—</text>
<clause id="H2E7897906A5D494FB36A570F5F7853EF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>lives with the borrower;</text> </clause><clause id="HECFF5E2B4A8E4B4DA15561EF3A9DC2D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receives more than half of the individual’s support (which may include money, gifts, loans, housing, food, clothes, car, medical and dental care, and payment of college costs) from the borrower; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFBF0625CEC2C40CBA8BBCBD7EEC86886"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is expected to receive such support from the borrower during the relevant period of deferment.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2220BC2C10745F1B4C7760659F4F612"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Full-time</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>full-time</term>, when used with respect to employment, means employment for not less than 30 hours per week that is expected to continue for not less than three months.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H767949DA84634A6E82CE5EF6AAD6C5EC"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Means-tested benefit program</header><text>The term <term>means-tested benefit program</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H84B8D188DE9048699BAEC85AFBA17594"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State public assistance program under which eligibility for the program's benefits, or the amount of such benefits, are determined on the basis of income or resources of the individual or family seeking the benefit; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF06D30F587AE4082B38621E7668C087B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a mandatory spending program of the Federal Government, other than a program under this title, under which eligibility for the program's benefits, or the amount of such benefits, are determined on the basis of income or resources of the individual or family seeking the benefit, and may include such programs as</text>
<clause id="HE7B23D8E134C4A5EBB022952662AB3CA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the supplemental security income program under title XVI of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1381">42 U.S.C. 1381</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</clause><clause id="H624F1C2BE7EE4BF6AD534A2B0C270320"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</clause><clause id="H6AB842CD753948A4A733B82102FBCC72"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the free and reduced price school lunch program established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</clause><clause id="HB4B0DDA5039D41BFA709E4286E8A6EE6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the program of block grants for States for temporary assistance for needy families established under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/601">42 U.S.C. 601</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</clause><clause id="HAC18841646E0415082E005DCC9273272"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF96B1C257313431CA8A74353F3F4613F"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>other programs identified by the Secretary.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H466E7954FF964003BE7C5F93C47C4B63"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Monthly gross income</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>monthly gross income</term>, when used with respect to a borrower, means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF3A2C71FCDC34716B07DAD69D76AF765"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the gross amount of income received by the borrower from employment and other sources for the most recent month; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H529E7284097B404AACEAEFBC5C65A607"><enum>(B)</enum><text>one-twelfth of the borrower’s adjusted gross income, as recorded on the borrower’s most recently filed Federal income tax return.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HBEC30D723780414B933ACB49128171E3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>471.</enum><header>Additional terms</header>
<subsection id="H9E107A664ABB43C58DE09BEE74ACD538"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Applicable part B provisions</header>
<paragraph id="HE7787F3709AE4A4EAB407C96A4E1773E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Disclosures</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this part, each institution of higher education with which the Secretary has an agreement under section 464(a), and each contractor with which the Secretary has a contract under section 493E, shall, with respect to loans under this part comply with each of the requirements under section 433 that apply to the institutions of higher education and contractors described in section 455(p) with respect to loans made under part D.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18D7F6AC466F4150A24D26F342B332A4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other provisions</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this part, the following provisions shall apply with respect to loans made under this part in the same manner that such provisions apply with respect to loans made under part D:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H94CC0AD911494A78BA18F66F9AF587CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 427(a)(2).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D07F9A6294D446CBB16461F01CF1B56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 428(d).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF9B3C9B31EE4422A0E3302F0508FB46"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 428F</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H876FA4ED7D6644C0A96DE25268694A8C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section 430A.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F1DB4A1B9DA47DAB14E079A3480CD57"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (6) of section 432(a).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H042CA376A9DA4E2BB6084340BD1BD37A"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 432(i).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59A468EFAC4D48B8889018E660743F96"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 432(l).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H978D50D48A384486BD134E083D590D34"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Section 432(m), except that an institution of higher education shall have a separate master promissory note under paragraph (1)(D) of such section for loans made under this part.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B074F43EC744C18BE61C643BFB8DA24"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Subsections (a), (c), and (d) of section 437.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2CF05A53B925497B980C63A5399815FA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application of provisions</header><text>Any provision listed under paragraph (1) or (2) that applies to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D9FA1C6DB19467CAACBAEF59C3CC9C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal Direct PLUS Loans made on behalf of dependent students shall apply to Federal ONE Parent Loans;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76FB8EE1F6394E8E9B0E2DF6BA32F81C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Federal Direct PLUS Loans made to students shall apply to Federal ONE Loans for graduate or professional students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA399BB8FF2E54FDEA1A3170AC37E3A4A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford loans shall apply to Federal ONE Loans for any student borrower;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB31CC1427BE74B22B2B997A1049706CB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Federal Direct Consolidation Loans shall apply to Federal ONE Consolidation Loans; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F2BBD77ED0E4FFFAEC1106C38E0AD00"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">forbearance shall apply to deferment under section 469A.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE9BC2825A75941E5B9DFCD4609BF21AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible student</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A loan under this part may only be made to a student who—</text> <paragraph id="H50BDFE5794344F99AF7B541306890468"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is an eligible student under section 484;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H435384B9641A4126B6F6532F2F02F5CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has agreed to notify promptly the Secretary and the applicable contractors with which the Secretary has a contract under section 493E concerning—</text>
<subparagraph id="H583ECC1D4CD943779C67AFAFC936F1C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any change of permanent address, telephone number, or email address;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8151E1BF10A4ACE91A4025BDC14FBFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">when the student ceases to be enrolled on at least a half-time basis; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C7B1B608DA0414A9E16EA220EB59CA3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other change in status, when such change in status affects the student's eligibility for the loan; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HADCB913A2C4544CFADD945A984FBE694"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is carrying at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload for the course of study the student is pursuing (as determined by the institution).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H84E35879E47848D48D52EB0EAFBDBC46"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Loan Application and Promissory Note</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The common financial reporting form required in section 483(a)(1) shall constitute the application for loans made under this part. The Secretary shall develop, print, and distribute to participating institutions a standard promissory note and loan disclosure form.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H61388A765CCD4C35AC719434502798C3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Borrower defenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A borrower of a loan under this part may assert a defense to repayment to such loan under the provisions of section 455(h) that apply to a borrower of a loan made under part D asserting, on or after the date of enactment of the PROSPER Act, a defense to repayment to such loan made under part D.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1F13236651634353AAE026FABA55004C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Identity fraud protection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that monthly Federal ONE Loan statements and other publications of the Department do not contain more than four digits of the Social Security number of any individual.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3FAA2F142D98425E8371D6935A4BCFEC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authority To sell loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, is authorized to sell loans made under this part on such terms determined to be in the best interest of the United States, except that any such sale shall not result in any cost to the Federal Government.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></part><part id="H47605C3FA4F84F61BA403E64A45F5612"><enum>F</enum><header>Need Analysis</header>
<section id="HAECC184D7C8E42EAA9BA017C096DAF7E"><enum>471.</enum><header>Cost of attendance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 472 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087ll">20 U.S.C. 1087ll</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4AD30C1DA7C54A27B404C5EA777256F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (10); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37AF18AE01F34E38ADC40AD798102820"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (11), (12), and (13) as paragraphs (10), (11), and (12), respectively.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H72A286A9529E4E5FA411D30D235481D9"><enum>472.</enum><header>Simplified needs test</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 479(b)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087ss">20 U.S.C. 1087ss</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$50,000</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>$100,000</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H7724B0230CA446139492AE404C42C98C"><enum>473.</enum><header>Discretion of student financial aid administrators</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 479A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087tt">20 U.S.C. 1087tt</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA4A97A4869E44C13BF37B1FB6BB480CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>financial assistance under section 428H or a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan</quote> and inserting <quote>a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan or a Federal ONE Loan</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD57C8173089C4AF88339DEA394A58334"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by striking <quote>part B or D</quote> and inserting <quote>part D or E</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H71A162DB69964034818C4B2CCD58B4E0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8B1098031B804A31B357652BADFDAFC3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2B54C0B4764A4F29AE6CE24B1E983A7B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adjustment based on delivery of instruction</header><text>A student’s eligibility to receive grants, loans, or work assistance under this title shall be reduced if a financial aid officer determines, in accordance with the discretionary authority provided under this section, that the model or method used to deliver instruction to the student results in a substantially reduced cost of attendance to the student.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H64992F4C83604BD1A00599DBC80C54FE"><enum>474.</enum><header>Definitions of total income and assets</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 480 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087vv">20 U.S.C. 1087vv</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB10E7E596202465AB0232837E3D716FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0343EEADA1A94929BC6B61E2CAAB6EAC" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H88AB4918C50744978D37011583E2DCF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Notwithstanding section 478(a), the Secretary shall provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year to carry out the simplification of applications (including simplification for a subset of applications) used for the estimation and determination of financial aid eligibility. Such simplification shall include the sharing of data between the Internal Revenue Service and the Department, pursuant to the consent of the taxpayer.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8BAD15DC22549C699723F1273862B6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text> <subparagraph id="HB2A7B95C6E904EF5AE41C3BADEF4E44B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HBEA957F2076F4D55A94B58800D29320B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </clause><clause id="HE526A480CEDB4D8BB52495A5E396ADDE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H453E260E0719402E9A6B03A3B04B9473"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2309B9F7C5A1470BA2602BBFAB3C7ADA" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HAD1B919A5A9F47EBA80E913730C09A64"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a qualified tuition program (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/529">section 529(b)(1)(A)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3CEE865C8F6A42F5A1C489B45CCA513F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(A)(i), by striking <quote>qualified tuition program (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/529">section 529(b)(1)(A)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) or other</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section></part><part id="HE2FA75C35C4F4B28AF7EDD8597D28FBB"><enum>G</enum><header>General Provisions Relating to Student Assistance</header>
<section id="HD7ED23E176B948299E707ABD0F315198"><enum>481.</enum><header>Definitions of academic year and eligible program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 481 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1088">20 U.S.C. 1088</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H67EAB0FE2F39432FAC74C960957B018D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7F1E86BDEFC24BA795CA4DA482B77A25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)—</text> <clause id="H7E27BBF7A09F47C4925C02A1F16F0B39"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>For the</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>Except as provided in paragraph (3), for the</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA32F9D8266F34F2AB8EBB99BC6A25829"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>require a minimum of 30 weeks</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H668892657D8D4F03883B32732B2940DB" style="OLC"> <text>require—</text><subclause id="H168110F77608405395B7033EEC037119"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a minimum of 30 weeks</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause id="H9500CB6FC230443B995F70C3DBB233F2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>require</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA94DEBBF85484920A6F5051C3E278D29"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (ii) as subclause (II); and</text> </clause><clause id="H0D4AC9A502184FCE99B36B80E2C75300"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6DE886379E9496FBD5F0F67BF13670A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2DBFC7C5DAE439FA71B1D4B9B9AB5DF" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HF16532A26FED4B6883434B9A17AE1E96"><enum>(3)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD3A89A9DA5BD4B249BEEF846B4BF5863"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For the purpose of a competency-based education program the term <term>academic year</term> shall be the published measured period established by the institution of higher education that is necessary for a student with a normal full-time workload for the course of study the student is pursuing (as measured using the value of competencies or sets of competencies required by such institution and approved by such institution’s accrediting agency or association) to earn—</text>
<clause id="H5D7C9435AA2348ECB470EF040048773A" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>one-quarter of a bachelor’s degree;</text> </clause><clause id="HDC9E294BC1134E0FB0F3DB41DB246EF0" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>one-half of an associate’s degree; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HDD5E521C08B24BDFAD6677026C749EAE" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>with respect to a non-degree or graduate program, the equivalent of a period described in clause (i) or (ii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA10FAFBDF5174DFFB52E6630D5CD146A"><enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF4B4C9056A6744B5AE6346189C4391C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A competency-based education program that is not a term-based program may be treated as a term-based program for purposes of establishing payment periods for disbursement of loans and grants under this title if—</text>
<subclause id="H0A1DE002B9494A899DB8B4650B9DFCA2" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the institution of higher education that offers such program charges a flat subscription fee for access to instruction during a period determined by the institution; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC1EC80E5699E4BEBBC1CF70C023B9001" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the institution is able to determine the competencies a student is expected to demonstrate for such subscription period.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H73EC256546A24AFFA0E7D697C6B80702" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Clause (i) shall apply even in a case in which instruction or other work with respect to a competency that is expected to be attributable to a subscription period begins prior to such subscription period.</text>
</clause><clause id="H74CF089AA23949B2BA5426882AC77572" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>In a case in which a competency-based education program offered by an institution of higher education is treated as a term-based program under clause (i), the institution shall review the academic progress of each student enrolled in such program in accordance with section 484(c), except that such review shall occur at the end of each payment period.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H84C2FCF9CE3C40DF9DE33D12A458A6E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18215FE82AEA4727A3014D82630B38C9" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="H8CF8477037D2430987BBCB813B9C65A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible Program</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9A22B9DE3A8A4D3FB667613AFDEE1290"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this title, the term <term>eligible program</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1001733033F04739A6485EA5FE8FC269" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a program of at least 300 clock hours of instruction, 8 semester hours, or 12 quarter hours, offered during a minimum of 10 weeks; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H07115B7DABCA4C179AC62BE40533409D" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a competency-based program that—</text> <clause id="H662481DFAA5A484792521DB1ADD8A4EF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has been evaluated and approved by an accrediting agency or association that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H10C8C2221EEA4C2A977ED650B22A583C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is recognized by the Secretary under subpart 2 of part H; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HE7C7498349BA43DDAB4484D0C47D8E55"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has evaluation of competency-based education programs within the scope of its recognition in accordance with section 496(a)(4)(C); or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H243A414669F247F8A273011ED25C359A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as of the day before the date of enactment of the PROSPER Act, met the requirements of a direct assessment program under section 481(b)(4) (as such section was in effect on the day before such date of enactment).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HAF0756D6D8C845A1AC7A93939900456E" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible program described in paragraph (1) may be offered in whole or in part through telecommunications.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF967BDEE943C40C7A06D5E2E6D4ACA35" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For purposes of this title, the term <term>eligible program</term> does not include a program that loses its eligibility under section 481B(a).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H63CDC46AE3364D57A4191A93F7067FB3" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2541B9CCFEA54DDFB0AAC9145CECF2A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>If an eligible institution enters into a written arrangement with an institution or organization that is not an eligible institution under which such ineligible institution or organization provides the educational program (in whole or in part) of students enrolled in the eligible institution, the educational program provided by such ineligible institution shall be considered to be an eligible program if—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H1ADEF50090A1482DB6C16E72E98A7231"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the ineligible institution or organization has not—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="HCF583C16814249BAA60284CB53437107"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">had its eligibility to participate in the programs under this title terminated by the Secretary;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HB06DF55190994A6C8E4100CDC0EE0590"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">voluntarily withdrawn from participation in the programs under this title under a proceeding initiated by the Secretary, accrediting agency or association, guarantor, or the licensing agency for the State in which the institution is located, including a termination, show-cause, or suspension;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H3E210BAFA4694CEBA693988356338CFC"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">had its certification under subpart 3 of part H to participate in the programs under this title revoked by the Secretary;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H829774D889854C799E663D9385F4A01A"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">had its application for recertification under subpart 3 of part H to participate in the programs under this title denied by the Secretary; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H8E67EFC1BBF840C88C4C5C8B29DEDC75"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">had its application for certification under subpart 3 of part H to participate in the programs under this title denied by the Secretary;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H4B03690BADAD47CA9EBDAC8FABD13E1F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the educational program offered by the institution that grants the degree or certificate otherwise satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H851B1E3152D94F68945E8231039BFF7C"><enum>(iii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8B7ABAF0E72645D4AA33514B501CEA59"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the ineligible institution or organization provides 25 percent or less of the educational program; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H1B80987B90CB4F0DB887B2806B9813D3" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum>
<item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3070B9A2BF76428198181F6EFF79802F"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the ineligible institution or organization provides more than 25 percent of the educational program; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="H2902BC4161204C6795FBB5534CE88750" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the eligible institution’s accrediting agency or association has determined that the eligible institution’s arrangement meets the agency’s standards for the contracting out of educational services in accordance with section 496(c)(5)(B)(iv).</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4534FFB139324E8CA0ADBB8BBC185671" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term <term>eligible institution</term> means an institution described in section 487(a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA2689EB523C44815B7762B446A85F521"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by striking <quote>part B of</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H741D2A2E0B174504B76BE9CE490648F2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>482.</enum><header>Programmatic loan repayment rates</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part G of title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1088">20 U.S.C. 1088</external-xref> et seq. is amended, as amended by section 481, is further amended by inserting after section 481A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1088a">20 U.S.C. 1088a</external-xref>) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB975AA3BCC2492486B9192CB076ADAD" style="OLC">
<section id="H85CF536FC2ED42A3AE5272E09BB3D7DB"><enum>481B.</enum><header>Programmatic loan repayment rates</header>
<subsection id="H720DD8351B494B2E8D9D28EBEA799CE2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ineligibility of an educational program based on low repayment rates</header>
<paragraph id="H5D72ACAA6A0C427F8FD71EFE147F8794"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to fiscal year 2016 and each succeeding fiscal year, an educational program at an institution of higher education whose loan repayment rate is less than 45 percent for each of the 3 most recent fiscal years for which data are available shall not be considered an eligible program for the fiscal year in which the determination is made and for the 2 succeeding fiscal years, unless, not later than 30 days after receiving notification from the Secretary of the loss of eligibility under this paragraph, the institution appeals the loss of such program’s eligibility to the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD60007A2082E49FAAA64453F85B44D6E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appeal</header><text>The Secretary shall issue a decision on any such appeal within 45 days after its submission. Such decision may permit a program to be considered an eligible program, if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H273CADF1E0874C4E847A571028E14697"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the institution demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that—</text> <clause id="HB9301890E8814A7B964FFAC97B9B0B66"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary’s calculation of such program’s loan repayment rate is not accurate; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8566883707C24CD19267207158A8E13F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recalculation would increase such program’s loan repayment rate for any of the 3 fiscal years equal to or greater than 45 percent; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA49990B69660465CA38DECD77212EE32"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the program is not subject to paragraph (1) by reason of paragraph (3).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F79E6FF991043AB90AE00157B02E210"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Participation rate index</header> <subparagraph id="H8158C76D6BF54119BD4F339638712CA9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An institution that demonstrates to the Secretary that a program’s participation rate index is equal to or less than 0.11 for any of the 3 most recent fiscal years for which data is available shall not be subject to paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54DD50864C124628A9701653EBD52B52"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Index calculation</header><text>The participation rate index for a program shall be determined by multiplying—</text> <clause id="H769F32A5222C4276B66487FAC263248B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of the difference between—</text>
<subclause id="H81FF9760440240B3A90671E833E7818A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>1.0; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H4488EAFE4FEE4249AE826929E7B8FCBD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the quotient that results by dividing—</text>
<item id="H4FF5AB9E27F8471B8BB84C162997EABB"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the program’s loan repayment rate for a fiscal year, or the weighted average loan repayment rate for a fiscal year, by</text>
</item><item id="HB6A00626F6CC495DA8FE9429862ED16B"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>100; and</text> </item></subclause></clause><clause id="HC6AAC68C60C14C6FACAEE4C5CBFE6FD6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the quotient that results by dividing—</text>
<subclause id="HC2E6961F81FB4DA4B3BA9B0854FB07ED"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the percentage of the program’s regular students, enrolled on at least a half-time basis, who received a covered loan for a 12-month period ending during the 6 months immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the program’s loan repayment rate or the weighted average loan repayment rate is determined, by</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB0610AA2A41142878B3EA0F877C1CCAC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>100.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDAFD2AE553A44CA398A354B071E2EFC7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Data</header><text>An institution shall provide the Secretary with sufficient data to determine the program’s participation rate index not later than 30 days after receiving an initial notification of the program’s draft loan repayment rate under subsection (d)(4)(C).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DE70FB7CF444AB8A1D09A5A1B0EFE3A"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Prior to publication of a final loan repayment rate under subsection (d)(4)(A) for a program at an institution that provides the data described in subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall notify the institution of the institution’s compliance or noncompliance with subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0D5CBEF4085A47E49F4F321C7CFA76F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repayment improvement and assessment of eligibility based on low loan repayment rates</header>
<paragraph id="H8A99195C172F477B937BE9E224065702"><enum>(1)</enum><header>First year</header>
<subparagraph id="HAFE91C76E6E2494C8F1EC571A254A461"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An institution with a program whose loan repayment rate is less than 45 percent for any fiscal year shall establish a repayment improvement task force to prepare a plan to—</text>
<clause id="H2946E682C004469992C835465A822035"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identify the factors causing such program’s loan repayment rate to fall below such percent;</text> </clause><clause id="H4FFBE726179D45C49317C16280090878"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>establish measurable objectives and the steps to be taken to improve the program’s loan repayment rate; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB669F939B1914C618A21B2E1A37396BF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>specify actions that the institution can take to improve student loan repayment, including appropriate counseling regarding loan repayment options.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB7A8AEA99094C22A816AB827A48F632"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>Each institution subject to this paragraph shall submit the plan under subparagraph (A) to the Secretary, who shall review the plan and offer technical assistance to the institution to promote improved student loan repayment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4DFA7BAA3F7B4848AF59DD6644A473F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Second consecutive year</header>
<subparagraph id="HAF7659D9086542B993AEC3365B43E292"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution with a program whose loan repayment rate is less than 45 percent for two consecutive fiscal years, shall—</text>
<clause id="HFF334E6923A743E3B33A1B291CAED932"><enum>(i)</enum><text>require the institution’s repayment improvement task force established under paragraph (1) to review and revise the plan required under such paragraph; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8266BCE3179D4BC88CF70DC576E252DA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submit such revised plan to the Secretary.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6961DD229994D14BC93D985171604F8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review by the Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary—</text>
<clause id="H94017578354D4105832FB5CA030CD769"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall review each revised plan submitted in accordance with this paragraph; and</text> </clause><clause id="HA7503C880E294B73BAD7C5075675410B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may direct that such plan be amended to include actions, with measurable objectives, that the Secretary determines, based on available data and analyses of student loan repayment and non-repayment, will promote student loan repayment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8ABA08E2912D4A4382E1247A06F2265E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Programmatic loan repayment rate defined</header>
<paragraph id="H90CD91A8DB8647428D498DD6E33087B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (d), for purposes of this section, the term <term>loan repayment rate</term> means, when used with respect to an educational program at an institution—</text> <subparagraph id="H7FDB2E14DF334591A9D963FBE553CD1B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to any fiscal year in which 30 or more current and former students in such program enter repayment on a covered loan received for attendance in such program, the percentage of such current and former students—</text>
<clause id="H9380D73D3F054239A500048CB1C349C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who enter repayment in such fiscal year on a covered loan received for attendance in such program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H76E67C6E22B749F08B313001FF8E283F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who are in a positive repayment status on each such covered loan at the end of the second fiscal year following the fiscal year in which such students entered repayment on such loan; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A44160453764B9186B355137502E32E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to any fiscal year in which fewer than 30 of the current and former students in such program enter repayment on a covered loan received for attendance in such program, the percentage of such current and former students—</text>
<clause id="HA944680D74BD48A481313623F968798A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who, in any of the three most recent fiscal years, entered repayment on a covered loan received for attendance in such program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF8323C9817F540D89CD3CDB16ADFCE63"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who are in a positive repayment status on each such covered loan at the end of the second fiscal year following the fiscal year in which such students entered repayment on such loan.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H55041CA6527C442093E13B6AD13FE32D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guaranty agency requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall require that each guaranty agency that has insured loans for current or former students of the institution afford such institution a reasonable opportunity (as specified by the Secretary) to review and correct errors in the information required to be provided to the Secretary by the guaranty agency for the purposes of calculating a loan repayment rate for programs at such institution, prior to the calculation of such rate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H42B4EAC7543243D4923C69D53D206939"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Positive repayment status</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>positive repayment status</term>, when used with respect to a borrower of a covered loan, means—</text> <subparagraph id="HE88D6870D8B44315BFB21ABB149B0ABF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the borrower has entered repayment on such loan, and such loan is less than 90 days delinquent;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H112AE0FBA78E4FF8AEEB324E43D863F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the loan is paid in full (but not through consolidation); or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H797653F66BDA4AEB885ADB829FB32F58"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a covered loan that is a Federal ONE Loan, the loan is in a deferment described in 469A(b)(1), and with respect to a covered loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part B or made under part D, the loan is in a deferment or forbearance that is comparable to a deferment described in 469A(b)(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEC48BC17258C43C593CCC243EB1DF63E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Covered loan</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text> <subparagraph id="H576115F17C934505B1B4EA99C2D196C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>covered loan</term> means—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H1C9CE639300D465F8EB63ACEA77C7FD0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under section 428 or 428H;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H8759E096E36C4CCAB2637AA5DB76444D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a Federal Direct Stafford Loan;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H5E85F521009F4E1D89421EE1F715E09D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H256048C27261439EA8F0568E4CAE5109"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a Federal Direct PLUS Loan issued to a graduate or professional student;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H98DED970C0294700B7EBAD0CB8CCB407"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a Federal ONE Loan; or</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HC03C908F33D540ADB453AAC0A9C958A1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the portion of a loan made under section 428C, a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan, or a Federal ONE Consolidation Loan that is used to repay any loan described in clauses (i) through (v); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBAC80F60121846EDB0A16C28CE3D387A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>covered loan</term> does not include a loan described in subparagraph (A) that has been discharged under section 437(a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF4D56B6506E243B08C8E46CDFB881444"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special rules</header>
<paragraph id="H020BBB1242ED44DF8CADF27C4B825B6B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a student who has attended and borrowed at more than one institution of higher education or for more than one educational program at an institution, the student (and such student’s subsequent positive repayment status on a covered loan, if applicable)) shall be attributed to each institution of higher education and educational program for attendance at which the student received a loan that entered repayment for the fiscal year for which the loan repayment rate is being calculated.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD46C1ED6136482792D2E05E7645806C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delinquent</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A loan on which a payment is made by an institution of higher education, such institutions’s owner, agent, contractor, employee, or any other entity or individual affiliated with such institution, in order to prevent the borrower from being more than 90 days delinquent on the loan, shall be considered more than 90 days delinquent for purposes of this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53DC06DBDCF24213847EFDEB0D35EB55"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations to prevent evasions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe regulations designed to prevent an institution of higher education from evading the application of a loan repayment rate determination under this section to an educational program at such institution through—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCA1EC303C8854995AB052EAF46A9129D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the use of such measures as branching, consolidation, change of ownership or control, or any similar device; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4A64D09E81EE41069DDFA376C51F621B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>creating a new educational program that is substantially similar to a program determined to be ineligible under subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4423F81C0F6D476194EA22521473A57E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Collection and reporting of loan repayment rates</header>
<subparagraph id="H5DB00694B9254CECAB788563BDEAD18E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall publish not less often than once every fiscal year a report showing final loan repayment data for each program at each institution of higher education for which a loan repayment rate is calculated under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76A251A972D64C099DE98154FA77A032"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The Secretary shall publish the report described in subparagraph (A) by September 30 of each year.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD489B7B280A4B1890FC5346E66BB594"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Drafts</header> <clause id="HDC75B3F1B9DA434B9C27530BBD37CED9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide institutions with draft loan repayment rates for each educational program at the institution at least 6 months prior to the release of the final rates under subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause><clause id="HAC8EB2F3229D45EF83FC4959B0695798"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Challenge of draft rates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution may challenge a program’s draft loan repayment rate provided under clause (i) for any fiscal year by demonstrating to the satisfaction of the Secretary that such draft loan repayment rate is not accurate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H57F958D28B484E7584280815DB943EDD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Transition period</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H018BE65D426247BF957ED3D9B1B07B05"><enum>(1)</enum><header>During the transition period</header><text>During the transition period, the cohort default rate for each institution of higher education shall be calculated under section 435(m)(1) for each fiscal year for which such rate has not yet been calculated and any requirements with respect to such rates shall continue to apply, except that the loans with respect to which such cohort default rate shall be calculated shall be the covered loans defined in subsection (c)(4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0C7237CCB3D04C36B12E172DFAD4163B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>After the transition period</header><text>After the transition period, no new cohort default rates shall be calculated for an institution of higher education and any requirements with respect to such rates shall cease to apply.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF1BD47385C994B83A8F3858595A20BA7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this subsection—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB94D9602E6594B1C82F3067CCBE09F8A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>cohort default rate</term> has the meaning given the term in section 435(m); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9BB7E69D89C54F94ACC4883CE0336301"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>transition period</term> means the period—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H07AC3C95AAE147E7A6003F84C76E879B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">beginning on the date of enactment of the PROSPER Act; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H611FB1E8BA344121827EF050B3977860"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ending on the date on which the Secretary has published under subsection (d)(4)(A) the final loan repayment rate for each program at each institution of higher education with respect to each of fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="H6BC3FFF4D53D4CFA97260E2130A4F071"><enum>483.</enum><header>Master calendar</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 482 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1089">20 U.S.C. 1089</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1328803902E74B16BFFC510F705D5BDA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAD4C1B79F03447799849B51D18FEFC77"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="HD1F0A87FF5F84882B8BA1E37F78A006F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>February 1</quote> and inserting <quote>January 15</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD165AC0ECA0744A08422B56A71A2919A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>March 1</quote> and inserting <quote>February 1</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="H4A28942A6950438A855673534DF5D835"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>June 1</quote> and inserting <quote>May 1</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB941E5B6DDA9440AB32289A5BC55796B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>August 15</quote> and inserting <quote>July 15</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="HBAC442D15E144720A1CCA7DBBD828EEF"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (E), and redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCA16359C33984E799269C56F25972E7F"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>October 1</quote> and inserting <quote>September 1</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HBA7340DB3E8E4B4AADEC040DD515561D"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>November 1</quote> and inserting <quote>October 1</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6EA11E13AA0D4A9697069F8DE94B0E55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H8E7FCC93BE024D8FA7DF21D7539E39F9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking <quote>and final Pell Grant payment schedule</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCAD38135E64D49A79076320345027E37"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (J), by striking <quote>June 1</quote> and inserting <quote>May 1</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="H746AFDCD12334E2B97CA9DA9D4082822"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (J) as subparagraphs (D) through (K), respectively; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H71ED1D8DFFEC4CC7AC5A2109D609E034"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB325C534ED2D45C7969394CD1A4EAEA2" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H80D218842FD54105A2FD3A1AA6342AE8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by November 1: final Pell Grant payment schedule;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H34C58EB2FE3E4BE6B906304B7847D0D3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H7B3139B444644778BBF074DF36BD5DE3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>413D(d), 442(d), or 462(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>442(d)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A3ACEE5A90B439C982E246A57CE8B39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the programs under subpart 3 of part A, part C, and part E, respectively</quote> and inserting <quote>part C</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HC528CC67A4B0401189C1D65B3E652194"><enum>484.</enum><header>FAFSA Simplification</header> <subsection id="HBCF62FF1792844D899FA94C6052DFB4F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 483 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1090">20 U.S.C. 1090</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF9C51634773C4098AE2F34351D309014"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71FEC8A3C1DD47B49F63283648BD7871" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H630D63EF4B7142F59E9669CC3710516D"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Format</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the PROSPER Act, the Secretary shall make the electronic version of the forms under this paragraph available through a technology tool optimized for use on mobile devices. Such technology tool shall, at minimum, enable applicants to—</text>
<clause id="H5FD65CB31D0149BB8F861F5FD033D1AE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>save data; and</text> </clause><clause id="H80980E1B626C4C52A608944073834FE6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submit the FAFSA of such applicant to the Secretary through such tool.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0053DBF76D048799FE30D137232FDFB"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Consumer testing</header><text>In developing and maintaining the electronic version of the forms under this paragraph and the technology tool for mobile devices under subparagraph (I), the Secretary shall conduct consumer testing with appropriate persons to ensure the forms and technology tool are designed to be easily usable and understandable by students and families. Such consumer testing shall include—</text>
<clause id="H6F0F42574E6344CE93AD1DAB3F3FC047"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">current and prospective college students, family members of such students, and other individuals with expertise in student financial assistance application processes;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBAE78B75556C44EF837817F0065D0F4F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>dependent students and independent students who meet the requirements under subsection (b) or (c) of section 479; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6CAAF66EDB2F40D8B94D7B17BA3195F4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>dependent students and independent students who do not meet the requirements under subsection (b) or (c) of section 479.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H59577778968C446BA3D96027F8B1C1F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC31F4B3FDCC84080859931B00CDD0DF4" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H40ACD52CC5CF48C7AD18C6317723DEAE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of Internal Revenue Service data retrieval tool To populate FAFSA</header> <paragraph id="H703140ADD61349249810036425B3F50F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Simplification efforts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4DAC336EC0ED4DF78E7A90D07347063F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make every effort to allow applicants to utilize the current data retrieval tool to transfer, through a rigorous authentication process, data available from the Internal Revenue Service to reduce the amount of original data entry by applicants and strengthen the reliability of data used to calculate expected family contributions, including through the use of technology to—</text>
<clause id="HCF86BE1F0D8848BDBDC5E78EA7D5C5C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow an applicant to automatically populate the electronic version of the forms under this paragraph with data available from the Internal Revenue Service; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H48883572FDF142AE884ECFE8CA0745B5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>direct an applicant to appropriate questions on such forms based on the applicant’s answers to previous questions; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7EE395149A894FA0AAE86B464EF9D119"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allow single taxpayers, married taxpayers filing jointly, and married taxpayers filing separately to utilize the current data retrieval tool to its full capacity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF8863A56B34C45CF885756E8117D0CE5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of tax return in application process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall continue to examine whether data provided by the Internal Revenue Service can be used to generate an expected family contribution without additional action on the part of the student and taxpayer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA11412AA2F98479B8A30814CEBFA37FB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports on FAFSA simplification efforts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than once every other year, the Secretary shall report to the authorizing committees on—</text> <subparagraph id="H3859DE30F64F42CAAD930BB95262A8D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the progress of the simplification efforts under this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE03CCAFC6C1E4DA190D9669161C06ED1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the security of the data retrieval tool.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE073F844CCDD412B8F9273163C7F4511"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical amendment</header><text>Section 483(a)(9)(C) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1090">20 U.S.C. 1090(a)(9)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, including through the tool described in section 485E(c)</quote> before the semicolon.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7AE2FEF93AF642F7A1F888D6ADEE8E6F"><enum>485.</enum><header>Student eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 484 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1091">20 U.S.C. 1091</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB7D11D37B7E34952BD0C7D9245DF8D01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA7C24525C81D41D491F73DC65F98EE3F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>a degree, certificate, or other program (including a program of study abroad approved for credit by the eligible institution at which such student is enrolled) leading to a</quote> and inserting <quote>an eligible program (including a program of study abroad approved for credit by the eligible institution at which such student is enrolled) leading to a degree, certificate, or other</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EFF9AA5B0CE4041BBC5C38470B99A70"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote> as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and pursuant to section 461(a) of such Act,</quote> after <quote>part E,</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB7EA9302D28B42BFBA05F39F58F7BAFF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H364D10D0511643B2A58B57EE92D085E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B), by striking <quote>part B or D</quote> and inserting <quote>part B, D, or E</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E2FA86A594747E5870622CD10212A3D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43672786012647BE985D5BA1A886B9BB" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB827756D769943F88668D3E8BE1BC40A" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of competency-based education, in order to be eligible to receive any loan under this title for an award year, a student may be enrolled in coursework attributable only to 2 academic years within the award year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H582DBFA4B8F64259BA2000D4E3440DF6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="HDEBB534EDDD74B48B8E57CC526F76CC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HB3F34DDB84954D01927D6B7E6626BA71"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subclause id="H8450B1B76923402480D495A3748CF66B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>least as frequently as</quote> before <quote>the end of each</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE1943CA9F6F84BC2A0A0A968C28B6CD6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, and</quote> at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HE03010CE99B843969B1C0EAD5BE90882"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="H2AC9257648BD4EE9975DFDF87370904D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the student has a cumulative</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H450B4033FB3B42DAABF35CCFF050D69C" style="OLC"> <text>the student has—</text><clause id="H2F040DC8C7DF432193664468FF1210C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a cumulative</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subclause><subclause id="H8673428DD2FD4D1483127042B8C49F30"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the second</quote> and inserting <quote>each</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H27ECEEF8C99D4206A0728A50DC0F4FAE"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HAE3B5683BC4D4BFCAFCE7E6D63F56226"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3496770EB7434E73A44ACC5805D66B40" style="OLC">
<clause id="HFDE071BC0C6A4E04A0F6E29BF45CA0BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the purposes of competency-based programs, a non-grade equivalent demonstration of academic standing consistent with the requirements for graduation, as determined by the institution, at the end of each such academic year; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H5D4189F3CF1E4255872B9354B15EAFF4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BE98B9F204C47E3AAD032E8E22F7D2C" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H353A95A5FB67405CAD9924786CDD7492" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the student maintains a pace in his or her educational program that—</text>
<clause id="H5317E420CC1C42CCBD25C053011B0AC3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ensures that the student completes the program within the maximum timeframe; and</text> </clause><clause id="H78097F619D6D42658A49534EF6B5C518"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is measured by a method determined by the institution which may be based on credit hours, clock hours, or competencies completed.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA7C00B51A01D464CA8FA9D41BA75787F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>grading period</quote> and inserting <quote>evaluation period</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E1B2CB4C69D4EC2B9797A24E2528841"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF64358EDF5149C3989F0DEABDFA7E65" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H534FE1FBBCDA4FCCA5AC84B0E83CE225" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>maximum timeframe</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H66E5BA22AF3B41F191890A211178B5AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to an undergraduate program measured in credit hours, a period that is no longer than 150 percent of the published length of the educational program, as measured in credit hours;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H422661FF2AFB4B3E948B333E95C705E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to an undergraduate program measured in competencies, a period that is no longer than 150 percent of the published length of the educational program, as measured in competencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H312FC5181EA94F84AA81120B7E12D154"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to an undergraduate program measured in clock hours, a period that is no longer than 150 percent of the published length of the educational program, as measured by the cumulative number of clock hours the student is required to complete and expressed in calendar time; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA14CDD1C3968416582F63C6C03509C64"><enum>(D)</enum><text>with respect to a graduate program, a period defined by the institution that is based on the length of the educational program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H00BF056CCF31497AB7DD0345815D1E9D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2A82FF3F58C40A7BC0BCDA08E5DAF24" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HCE5B17D31E0F409AB7B5B0B211F2FA06"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional student eligibility</header> <paragraph id="H7FE66F46A7ED45F192A053AF29D57AC2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Ability to benefit students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order for a student who does not have a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such certificate, to be eligible for any assistance under subpart 1 of part A and parts C, D, and E of this title, the student shall be determined by the institution of higher education as having the ability to benefit from the education offered by the institution of higher education upon satisfactory completion of 6 credit hours or the equivalent coursework that are applicable toward a degree or certificate offered by the institution of higher education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H61F6AA19CBD343CA981102FEC0A54A8B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Homeschool students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A student who has completed a secondary school education in a home school setting that is treated as a home school or private school under State law shall be eligible for assistance under subpart 1 of part A and parts C, D, and E of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H290F30F5693D48088E9C040040EB89AC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secondary education provided by nonprofit corporations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A student who has completed a secondary education provided by a school operating as a nonprofit corporation that offers a program of study determined acceptable for admission at an institution of higher education shall be eligible for assistance under subpart 1 of part A and parts C, D, and E of this title.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F7A36A2167B41249E9005BD80DB46AD"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)(1), by striking <quote>or part E</quote> both places it appears and inserting the following: <quote>, part E (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and pursuant to section 461(a) of such Act), or part E (as in effect on or after the date of enactment of the PROSPER Act)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD24F33BDEE59468F979FFBC0BBF302AF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking subsection (l);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H28EA3327F77E4EDDA89A1B04AE988AA9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (n)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA4AF346F857244BA8F9148904B726CE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(n) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Data Base Matching.—</header-in-text>To enforce</quote>; and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0A4A7FB046E48338EE4FD0581C65C21" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H6736FF4EF19143D3B91589F3AE699147"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Selective service registration</header> <paragraph id="HACE134BF569D4E2A8087E65F9A2C61F2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Data base matching</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To enforce</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF13B05DF26464CF9AEB477F2E7956A81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B49C505D5D6412D8D7664704E338ED4" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HBFA77E6AD2694F649FCBD697547B3DB3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect of failure to register for selective service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person who is 26 years of age or older shall not be ineligible for assistance or a benefit provided under this title by reason of failure to present himself for, and submit to, registration under section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3802">50 U.S.C. 3802</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDD8605CEFBE84B0FB27E7D4DEC23D514"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (m) through (t) as subsections (l) through (s).</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H1D8751B604DE4104BA3892C10707718C"><enum>486.</enum><header>Statute of limitations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 484A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1088">20 U.S.C. 1088</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H319F6A7A253445BEB20AF417DE105D04"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2)(C)—</text> <subparagraph id="H2A6B124E522D44E38729E104010B52D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or section 463(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>, section 463(a) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and pursuant to section 461(a) of such Act), or section 463 (as in effect on or after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>) </quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8EC316FC9855484783AC45B5FAF1B618"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or E</quote> and inserting <quote>, E (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and pursuant to section 461(a) of such Act), or E (as in effect on or after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0AF00EEC8D7A44A387029265C23DAAB5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7A7F9D3ADF4A44F197979095205BAF04"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB2FA055F75B490DBD1E5B2999D8A19C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="H5F102205E96B4414BAB6FD72BF2719A8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and pursuant to section 461(a) of such Act)</quote> after <quote>part E</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB57C848084F4410DBD640C6D9A8D2460"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(as so in effect)</quote> after <quote>section 463(a)</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H3BEA53729F6A4E4EBB6508C194B4235A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9638DC9DFA7441E8C9D178A6EA28FBF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60300C2CF40A408BB81ED28A375A6DB4" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HFEB2AADFF04144F3BA274D0D05E54A30"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in collecting any obligation arising from a loan made under part E (as in effect on or after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>), an institution of higher education that has an agreement with the Secretary pursuant to section 463(a) (as so in effect) shall not be subject to a defense raised by any borrower based on a claim of infancy.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HBB0DB46BB27A4102837A86062722AEAD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>487.</enum><header>Institutional refunds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 484B (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1091b">20 U.S.C. 1091b</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H72A6DD72D47A4377AB5EC4920258DEFD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBA77A4A138204B01A480CB876E0086E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H8B206411827040D2B4C4A8B973E641E8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>If a recipient</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4748EC511EE8482AA4E7C10865F8F0F1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE5A3589B88DD49D2AD9F06C6920DCADC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Consequence of withdrawal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a recipient</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H8DC6426BB1994489833694763AA221F3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C57AABF2AEB4AD884133CE2B74635B6" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H43FA20A3AAE04181865C584C877C8C70"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), a student—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HED7256F296084D149B1EB76CF390FC8B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who is enrolled in a program offered in modules is not considered withdrawn if the change in the student’s attendance constitutes a change in enrollment status within the payment period rather than a discontinuance of attendance within the payment period; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H956558F3FF0B444D8BB37F0A1D4CFA5C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is considered withdrawn if the student follows the institution’s official withdrawal procedures or leaves without notifying the institution and has not returned before the end of the payment period.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10313B6B6EA949CC945A4D8225B356A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="H6D7BC5F51D614D88AF51BB6DFFFD2D38"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H505E1EA5C36940C3BC659901C9A9145C" style="OLC">
<clause id="H4DCA48039728469B8C075994A1148A72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>0 percent, if the day the student withdrew occurs when the student has completed (as determined in accordance with subsection (d)) 0 to 24 percent of the payment period or period of enrollment;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3CA95DE997DB4BC6A41D6D888C3F6296"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>25 percent, if the day the student withdrew occurs when the student has completed (as determined in accordance with subsection (d)) 25 to 49 percent of the payment period or period of enrollment;</text>
</clause><clause id="H32426D9AACF44C71BA1D7DEBD7A7A562"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>50 percent, if the day the student withdrew occurs when the student has completed (as determined in accordance with subsection (d)) 50 to 74 percent of the payment period or period of enrollment; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HD0B35378B03F446DBB234C62D8407CB0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>75 percent, if the day the student withdrew occurs when the student has completed (as determined in accordance with subsection (d)) 75 to 99 percent of the payment period or period of enrollment.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H8C213E9C8912455589ACAE26DD6910AE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking <quote>subparts 1 and 3 of part A</quote> and inserting <quote>subpart 1 of part A</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06FDBD4F89904AC0AB6416EC75F63361"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause id="HFC30A7A0846649F39B3A0B8D10E747BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Secretary), the institution of higher education shall contact the borrower</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary), the institution of higher education shall have discretion to determine whether all or a portion of the late or post-withdrawal disbursement should be made, under a publicized institutional policy. If the institution of higher education determines that a disbursement should be made, the institution shall contact the borrower</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H06D40466BD8A47CE8BE56D64B77521B9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>institution or the student, or both, as may be required under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), to the programs under this title in the order specified in</quote> and inserting <quote>institution, as may be required under paragraph (1) of subsection (b), to the programs under this title in accordance with</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H74C2E06DCFE6463791330E57766D76BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA872C7729BA144489087806F64A47379" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H91F27FF454EE4683800FFCC1787A2C0D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Return of title IV program funds</header> <paragraph id="HD9074DFDE74C46F8BBA3404240D985DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Responsibility of the institution</header><text>The institution shall return not later than 60 days from the determination of withdrawal, in accordance with paragraph (3), the amount of grant and loan assistance awarded under this title that has not been earned by the student, as calculated under subsection (a)(3)(C).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E5B64FB97E24958AE96477C26D797CF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Responsibility of the student</header>
<subparagraph id="H95D74BD18E934398927D57944942A314"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The student is not responsible to return assistance that has not been earned, except that the institution may require the student to pay to the institution up to 10 percent of the amount owed by the institution in paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H370764EB31BB48BE8931964804EE26D9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent an institution from enforcing the published institutional refund policies of such institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2CBB267911BF48B6883E6C01945AB837"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Order of return of title IV funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H12C8E86B96C547538EDBE9E2D4FAF4D2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Excess funds returned by the institution in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be credited to awards under subpart 1 of part A for the payment period or period of enrollment for which a return of funds is required.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H618C8CA73CF4489BAAED03C2E5FB9DE0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Remaining excesses</header><text>If excess funds remain after repaying all outstanding grant amounts, the remaining excess shall be credited in the following order:</text>
<clause id="HD226717BD2D94D9593C2EF25EC3BD408"><enum>(i)</enum><text>To outstanding balances on loans made under this title to the student or on behalf of the student for the payment period or period of enrollment for which a return of funds is required.</text>
</clause><clause id="H58F020F56CDA4F64BDAA290F9A4BC139"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>To other assistance awarded under this title for which a return of funds is required.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAA4DB5C6D1A745BE92E3CCB52F6A4E28"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94F8D4AE71D2424198CF6BC0875592FA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAA88473CD7BB451AADEC004487BEB42B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Withdrawal date</header>
<paragraph id="H5ABA9A70530F4839962504F95C34514C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this section, the term <term>day the student withdrew</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="H6C9B881DF14648AB90BF209DB016DD20"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for institutions not required to take attendance, is the date as determined by the institution that—</text>
<clause id="H1F674606EB684225B214A1D26384D268"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the student began the withdrawal process prescribed and publicized by the institution, or a later date if the student continued attendance despite beginning the withdrawal process, but did not then complete the payment period; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HD816AECF047941DAAE5DDBCA008C785F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a student who does not begin the withdrawal process, the date that is the mid-point of the payment period for which assistance under this title was disbursed or another date documented by the institution; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H937E7B101DF34FAA953ECAE221F4852B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for institutions required to take attendance, is determined by the institution from such attendance records.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2AF46DA507B941FABFF85E6164B9838A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the institution determines that a student did not begin the withdrawal process, due to illness, accident, grievous personal loss, or other such circumstances beyond the student’s control, the institution may determine the appropriate withdrawal date under its own defined policies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4C1A84DCFE644A9BC70E6C61B6DBCDC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Attendance</header><text>An institution is required to take attendance if an institution’s accrediting agency or State licensing agency has a requirement that the institution take attendance for all students in an academic program throughout the entire payment period.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H919962DA5DB54B8FA5D6558074461802"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsections (d) and (e).</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HFD4044D7F6004266AF9C1D4A5DF02D7F"><enum>488.</enum><header>Information disseminated to prospective and enrolled students</header> <subsection id="H22FB05E3384C4BD6B3660200FE0AD01C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of website To disseminate information</header><text>Section 485(a)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking the second and third sentences and inserting the following: <quote>The information required by this section shall be produced and be made readily available to enrolled and prospective students on the institution’s website (or in other formats upon request).</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA0FF3D5DBBD04BAD942B3E94F1131186"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information on prohibiting copyright infringement</header><text>Section 485(a)(1)(P) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(a)(1)(P)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>, including—</quote> and all that follows and inserting a period.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HB402702777084B6AAA4A89C609B9EBBD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elimination of certain reporting requirements</header> <paragraph id="H6343FD578D8749B58CE2F1E846E822DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 485(a)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B10A2741F714062900D4C50D6FDF6BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (L);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B41BF555E9D41409933F559113CF909"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (M) through (P) as subparagraphs (L) through (O); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF832CBAF1A7B41708836E833647AC399"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (Q) through (V) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H245ECB86768C45E8A164A3DDB56498F6" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H9F0B1BA5397F4DF8B16C58F1B6285573"><enum>(P)</enum><text>the fire safety report prepared by the institution pursuant to subsection (i); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H722D8C66DC564E56963E6591A02672FC"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>the link to the institution’s information on the College Dashboard website operated under section 132.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6779A9DC99C147ACABC8E1A80520AA3F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 485(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraphs (3) through (7).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE578B254A418400CB31975B36519190B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exit counseling</header><text>Section 485(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H58F9D85B92CC4AF388B62BBE1FDFC243"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text> <subparagraph id="H6AC2949F6CE54E08AC7F671BEA74F359"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i)—</text>
<clause id="HF353BC2E1A314B319B30ED61D5B0862C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>through financial aid offices or otherwise</quote> and inserting <quote>through the use of an interactive program, during an exit counseling session that is in-person or online, or through the use of the online counseling tool described in subsection (n)(1)(A)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F44F32E1E5949DA87E9E0EA216C4030"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and pursuant to section 461(a) of such Act or made under part E (other than Federal ONE Parent Loans), as in effect on or after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title></quote> after <quote>part E</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E35FF48E28C41CBA037E7D77FD1B1F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) through (ix) as clauses (iv) through (xii), respectively;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79D497D53FD749FA81EF3CEB65C9A0DD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting before clause (iv), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC19E4BCB3AD4415C82E22E887CE6AAEF" style="OLC">
<clause id="HC8A9D567CA7C4D19A73EE22EF9F12043"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a summary of the outstanding balance of principal and interest due on the loans made to the borrower under this title;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9C3A9F7EED0B4FA08DBF651105661D5F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an explanation of the grace period preceding repayment and the expected date that the borrower will enter repayment;</text>
</clause><clause id="H401DE6EACC244BACBE905D8C51DAD2A4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an explanation of cases of interest capitalization and that the borrower has the option to pay any interest that has accrued while the borrower was in school or that may accrue during the grace period preceding repayment or during an authorized period of deferment or forbearance, prior to the capitalization of the interest;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1ECE041812574735A46894D74713E541"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in clause (iv), as so redesignated—</text> <clause id="H886F624A047C41AF882D1D8A5A83DD2B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>sample information showing the average</quote> and inserting <quote>information, based on the borrower’s outstanding balance described in clause (i), showing the borrower’s</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF10A7F5AB91443F7B5CADE114F5B69DF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of each plan</quote> and inserting <quote>of at least the standard repayment plan and the income-based repayment plan under section 466(d)</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEFC819496BF84340BF64A3A3C9BEEE99"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in clause (ix), as so redesignated—</text>
<clause id="H583E500141494D85A9C8344332E13AED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>decreased credit score,</quote> after <quote>credit reports,</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H3803AC860916406AA045A0E9896F459F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>potential reduced ability to rent or purchase a home or car, potential difficulty in securing employment,</quote> after <quote>Federal law,</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F3B0885C25E40429364E1BF92A55C5B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in clause (x), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>consolidation loan under section 428C or a</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9645E8FFB5104A14986EB40A6680E4AD"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in clauses (xi) and (xii), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9468A929958461B86B745A74361A8FD"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H16A3EA7953CC4043AEE6AAD31E9E8A14" style="OLC"> <clause id="HBC30458D44C24586BC5B86D57F9513F8" indent="up1"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>for each of the borrower’s loans made under this title for which the borrower is receiving counseling under this subsection, the contact information for the servicer of the loan and a link to the Website of such servicer; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0E74FFA0A03240A3AA59C4EC1656742F" indent="up1"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>an explanation that an individual has a right to annually request a disclosure of information collected by a consumer reporting agency pursuant to section 612(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1681j">15 U.S.C. 1681j(a)</external-xref>).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H24953B4A7FCB4C70B96E9C783D77FF1A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)—</text> <subparagraph id="H13C251E93EA14F0C872B2EF209E9B5C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>online or</quote> before <quote>in writing</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F01823DD8A4472FAC92F49DFB1D2E2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding before the period at the end the following: <quote>, except that in the case of an institution using the online counseling tool described in subsection (n)(1)(A), the Secretary shall attempt to provide such information to the student in the manner described in subsection (n)(3)(C)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1749B1EE8A454E43834644ADED76EF3B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting <quote>, such as the online counseling tool described in subsection (n)(1)(A),</quote> after <quote>electronic means</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53FA260EC17C430DBB2BA2410D8E43D7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Departmental Publication of Descriptions of Assistance Programs</header><text>The third sentence of section 485(d)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>part D</quote> and inserting <quote>part D or E</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H11369AFFF1624344915DD72D41F4DF7F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Amendments to Clery Act</header>
<paragraph id="H8504DE4C1064455295F2EB744574257B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Preventing interference with criminal justice proceedings; timely warnings; consistency of
institutional crime reporting</header><text>Section 485(f) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H2A4FBCE3A29F4C7289723CFBAE4B2E31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE539D52497045AC8EB534E68CA3F667" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0D061BEB4AE046648828738433DC334E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution participating in any program under this title, other than a foreign institution of higher education, shall make timely reports to the campus community on crimes described in paragraph (1)(F) that have been reported to campus security officials and pose a serious and continuing threat to other students and employees’ safety. Such reports shall withhold the names of victims as confidential and shall be provided in a timely manner, except that an institution may delay issuing a report if the issuance would compromise ongoing law enforcement efforts, such as efforts to apprehend a suspect. The report shall also include information designed to assist students and employees in staying safe and avoiding similar occurrences to the extent such information is available and appropriate to include. In assessing institutional compliance with this section, the Secretary shall defer to the institution’s determination of whether a particular crime poses a serious and continuing threat to the campus community, and the timeliness of such warning, provided that, in making its decision, the institution acted reasonably and based on the considered professional judgement of campus security officials, based on the facts and circumstances known at the time.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3717C92D25904BCDAA010FF177C16329"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (18) as paragraph (20); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F97EF42A4A24F47BC5E9D0A77401E93"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (17) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3F932061123F4AD3B54311BCA59F858B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD535BA96544347F2A5BDDF4EA580DEEC" indent="up1"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Nothing in this subsection may be construed to prohibit an institution of higher education from delaying the initiation of, or suspending, an investigation or institutional disciplinary proceeding involving an allegation of sexual assault in response to a request from a law enforcement agency or a prosecutor to delay the initiation of, or suspend, the investigation or proceeding, and any delay or suspension of such an investigation or proceeding in response to such a request may not serve as the grounds for any sanction or audit finding against the institution or for the suspension or termination of the institution’s participation in any program under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC05DF6528CDA471A99B4065B30E04A7F" indent="up1"><enum>(19)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3D5857FE996942AD9BF2D3113D963A5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reporting carried out under this subsection shall be conducted in a manner to ensure maximum consistency with the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Department of Justice.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H405D2CD3632B4AA1AA70A575FF2C821F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall require institutions of higher education to report crime statistics under this section using definitions of such crimes, when available, from the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Department of Justice.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6940EBA8E69A4477977DF7610DCA48F1" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall maintain a publicly available and updated list of all applicable definitions from the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Department of Justice.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85C0F1DDE26B41B6AC03106FEB152B9B" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a report under this subsection, in the case of a crime for which no Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Department of Justice definition exists, the Secretary shall require that institutions of higher education report such crime according to a definition provided by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CF6783993A4428B9E2090E7F78AB2B3" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An institution of higher education that reports a crime described in subparagraph (D) shall not be subject to any penalty or fine for reporting inaccuracies or omissions if the institution of higher education can demonstrate that it made a reasonable and good faith effort to report crimes consistent with the definition provided by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H524479D8B8094CE3B8A58F8A11A59E19" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a report under this subsection, the Secretary shall require institutions of higher education to follow the Hierarchy Rule for reporting crimes under the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Department of Justice, so as to minimize duplicate reporting and ensure greater consistency with national crime reporting systems.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE5190A1255454FCBBBAA64ABEA01C940"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Due process requirements for institutional disciplinary proceedings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 485(f)(8)(B)(iv)(I) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(8)(B)(iv)(I)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HB91759DF0CB64257A67B388804786225" style="OLC"> <subclause id="HEDEC18B722634382899F2D55DA239BDD" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the investigation of the allegation and any institutional disciplinary proceeding in response to the allegation shall be prompt, impartial, and fair to both the accuser and the accused by, at a minimum—</text>
<item id="H57CB00B656A8482FA271F5D594A135DF"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>providing all parties to the proceeding with adequate written notice of the allegation not later than 2 weeks prior to the start of any formal hearing or similar adjudicatory proceeding, and including in such notice a description of all rights and responsibilities under the proceeding, a statement of all relevant details of the allegation, and a specific statement of the sanctions which may be imposed;</text>
</item><item id="HB0422A7B10D34CEE8A8A0AE9592F80E7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>providing each person against whom the allegation is made with a meaningful opportunity to admit or contest the allegation;</text>
</item><item id="HFCFA2D71AA85478B94D40FB8FB408A46"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>ensuring that all parties to the proceeding have access to all material evidence not later than one week prior to the start of any formal hearing or similar adjudicatory proceeding;</text>
</item><item id="H54DFA160DBE842778C5AE2FBC730C61E"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>ensuring that the proceeding is carried out free from conflicts of interest by ensuring that there is no commingling of administrative or adjudicative roles; and</text>
</item><item id="HBBA61EAB37E64825AA47E0C919A0C9A1"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>ensuring that the investigation and proceeding shall be conducted by officials who receive annual education on issues related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and on how to conduct an investigation and an institutional disciplinary proceeding that protects the safety of victims, ensures fairness for both the accuser and the accused, and promotes accountability;</text></item></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC98646DD005C4E8F885CABDAEE269E9A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Establishment of standard of evidence for institutional disciplinary proceedings</header>
<subparagraph id="HF5CBB1FF6A9846389AA885DA7464532B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Inclusion in statement of policy</header><text>Section 485(f)(8)(B) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(8)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1F804F361C6144F4BBA045F3A56617D3" style="OLC">
<clause id="H6C87D263EF86448AB6898BC11BB47BFE" indent="up1"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>The establishment of a standard of evidence that will be used in institutional disciplinary proceedings involving allegations of sexual assault, which may be based on such standards and criteria as the institution considers appropriate (including the institution’s culture, history, and mission, the values reflected in its student code of conduct, and the purpose of the institutional disciplinary proceedings) so long as the standard is not arbitrary or capricious and is applied consistently throughout all such proceedings.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40691417C73B4E3EA1506ADFD682504A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 485(f)(8)(B)(iv) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(8)(B)(iv)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <clause id="HF11F1D15BF0F403EBA1EB8E4043CB0F5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subclause (II);</text>
</clause><clause id="HE746CEFA1F55432DAFA591458E1DC0FD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of subclause (III) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HB32EE16D249841388622FDA62083A7F0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subclause:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE9EC5E3874194F929DB438ECC04B1605" style="OLC">
<subclause id="HF32CE238F6F54909A3A3C93FF021B113" indent="up1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in the case of a proceeding involving an allegation of sexual assault, such proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the standard of evidence established by the institution under clause (viii), together with a clear statement describing such standard of evidence.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H65D81AF4E547447BA0F56213402AE352"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Education modules for officials conducting investigations and institutional disciplinary
proceedings</header><text>Section 485(f)(8) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(8)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCA23290A847747A982A14B321C4AA72B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H806881F5E6E04D89AD943EE78CF537BE" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>In consultation with experts from institutions of higher education, law enforcement agencies, advocates for sexual assault victims, experts in due process, and other appropriate persons, the Secretary shall create and regularly update modules which an institution of higher education may use to provide the annual education described in subparagraph (B)(iv)(I)(ee) for officials conducting investigations and institutional disciplinary proceedings involving allegations described in such subparagraph. If the institution uses such modules to provide the education described in such subparagraph, the institution shall be considered to meet any requirement under such subparagraph or any other Federal law regarding the education provided to officials conducting such investigations and proceedings.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3D7D948C9FBC4619B7D5AA39D409BDEF"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Modification of certain reporting requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H76385FFC26DA40E98EAAA33192D07A30"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fire safety</header><text>Section 485(i) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(i)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HA8196D943409432CBF8DAF944D6B5696" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H47F56E0C858044728911D5B70637A112"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Fire safety reports</header> <paragraph id="H1D2319602CFA4D01B30321D21274F1D4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Each eligible institution participating in any program under this title that maintains on-campus student housing facilities shall, on an annual basis, publish a fire safety report, which shall contain information with respect to the campus fire safety practices and standards of that institution, statistics on any fire related incidents or injuries, and any preventative measures or technologies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90ED1C39048B413D96B48EC16832CCEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rules of construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to—</text> <subparagraph id="HEA7A8643476743F6994D87F4EB995268"><enum>(A)</enum><text>authorize the Secretary to require particular policies, procedures, programs, or practices by institutions of higher education with respect to fire safety;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B9992F607AC4AC7B4DF9FA5D3076F24"><enum>(B)</enum><text>affect section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (commonly known as the <quote>Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974</quote>) or the regulations issued under section 264 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1320d-2">42 U.S.C. 1320d-2</external-xref> note);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20268385219341AA80F8B2481E912A47"><enum>(C)</enum><text>create a cause of action against any institution of higher education or any employee of such an institution for any civil liability; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD80E3814C2294E5C9E8789BB9D2186ED"><enum>(D)</enum><text>establish any standard of care.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB7419F27EDC4B2B9D74C84E2EB844C0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Evidence</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, evidence regarding compliance or noncompliance with this subsection shall not be admissible as evidence in any proceeding of any court, agency, board, or other entity, except with respect to an action to enforce this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B4E5BC6264E436B83A5B3E5A9626A8F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Missing persons procedures</header>
<subparagraph id="H11C79274EF754CCC836983B5B1C3A9DF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 485(j)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(j)(1)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H5630C8923C694E80AAC6BAE950032D38" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H318F413D16744449A03E5E952F4888C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each institution of higher education that provides on-campus housing and participates in any program under this title shall establish a missing student policy for students who reside in on-campus housing that, at a minimum, informs each residing student that the institution will notify such student’s designated emergency contact and the appropriate law enforcement agency not later than 24 hours after the time that the student is determined missing, and in the case of a student who is under 18 years of age, the institution will notify a custodial parent or guardian.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC575BF55447A4C6D8F9E7F28ECE87DEC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Section 485(j)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(j)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <clause id="H5232FE39C89F4A69B93C21043CA495A6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause><clause id="H3176546C85D3481C94EF00F3271E72E2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HC9301E6FB0A945A191F31D3204D7BE5E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H612172D981BC437496391D359E4A5165" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H967843E84B744C19AB441CACA7436842"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to require an institution of higher education to maintain separate missing student emergency contact information, so long as the institution otherwise has an emergency contact for students residing on campus.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H23FF40113F23478E84CBED8200BD7DF8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Annual counseling</header><text>Section 485(l) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(l)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H6C0CB60A2349430CA8C7522077A4D070" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H30083CFA302848409046EA439894E9AA"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Annual financial aid counseling</header> <paragraph id="H3F7C11F7352444318BE20BDFEDC862EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual disclosure required</header> <subparagraph id="H7DA87520E9494682B556734837F41A73"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each eligible institution shall ensure that each individual enrolled at such institution who receives a Federal Pell Grant or a loan made under this title (other than a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan or Federal ONE Consolidation Loan) receives comprehensive information on the terms and conditions of such Federal Pell Grant or loan and the responsibilities the individual has with respect to such Federal Pell Grant or loan. Such information shall be provided, for each award year for which the individual receives such Federal Pell Grant or loan, in a simple and understandable manner—</text>
<clause id="H1DCF92DFFBE042F0BB4AFEB56B0C7F42"><enum>(i)</enum><text>during a counseling session conducted in person;</text> </clause><clause id="H52F5BCF6FCFE4EE69AFFD6EDB45BB628"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>online, with the individual acknowledging receipt of the information; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H14E464AF3502496CB2FF386C0AE0FF59"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>through the use of the online counseling tool described in subsection (n)(1)(B).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H887D5B60940D4C65B63931FA8A3353F1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of interactive programs</header><text>In the case of institutions not using the online counseling tool described in subsection (n)(1)(B), the Secretary shall require such institutions to carry out the requirements of subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="H0488F5F10EA74B078B14E30A6DAE6AA2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>through the use of interactive programs;</text> </clause><clause id="H24627945E3DB459889EB1F9BF3B4EBE2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>during an annual counseling session that is in-person or online that tests the individual’s understanding of the terms and conditions of the Federal Pell Grant or loan awarded to the student; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H57733DEB71594F0DB4D3FEFBE5DAC42B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>using simple and understandable language and clear formatting.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4914F3AD16DD4054A2189FD717D6BE46"><enum>(2)</enum><header>All individuals</header><text>The information to be provided under paragraph (1) to each individual receiving counseling under this subsection shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8572D85A17AD4D3DBE9C6488E634C7B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An explanation of how the student may budget for typical educational expenses and a sample budget based on the cost of attendance for the institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H672B2315797F43CF91B43EDAA69BB225"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An explanation that an individual has a right to annually request a disclosure of information collected by a consumer reporting agency pursuant to section 612(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1681j">15 U.S.C. 1681j(a)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39E15D4981E44BBEB7BFC3D71F9400B6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Based on the most recent data available from the American Community Survey available from the Department of Commerce, the estimated average income and percentage of employment in the State of domicile of the borrower for persons with—</text>
<clause id="HD051A1B200AF49C2A9B7E989868BFC2A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a high school diploma or equivalent;</text> </clause><clause id="H708D035019B545F4B2F47C3ACF1ECBBA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>some post-secondary education without completion of a degree or certificate;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2CEDCC7778984D319125C8C053910C5E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an associate’s degree;</text> </clause><clause id="HF7DF0B68D8754E00B1D632AFD4DDB25A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a bachelor’s degree; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H59C68F292E864247935FEC7BEE602E77"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a graduate or professional degree.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D6FF8FAA5234EDCA822A800F41C1E6B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An introduction to the financial management resources provided by the Financial Literacy and Education Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEB7F23B975F14B30BC5998D820499F39"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Students receiving Federal Pell Grants</header><text>The information to be provided under paragraph (1) to each student receiving a Federal Pell Grant shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H39040F8DF23C444C9C49BB14F3A45847"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An explanation of the terms and conditions of the Federal Pell Grant.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E20EE7651B44780A5155DA88017C2D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An explanation of approved educational expenses for which the student may use the Federal Pell Grant.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38A293308B5E4BFD85E0B7727EB3DBF1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An explanation of why the student may have to repay the Federal Pell Grant.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03889747A96943D3B877A4F825DD6875"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An explanation of the maximum number of semesters or equivalent for which the student may be eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant, and a statement of the amount of time remaining for which the student may be eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD58E4582B48642F5B2A40E2C670F0EF0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An explanation that if the student transfers to another institution not all of the student’s courses may be acceptable to apply toward meeting specific degree or program requirements at such institution, but the amount of time remaining for which a student may be eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant, as provided under subparagraph (D), will not change.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E7DDD74CB0E4215AC82E67B0DB5B8BC"><enum>(F)</enum><text>An explanation of how the student may seek additional financial assistance from the institution’s financial aid office due to a change in the student’s financial circumstances, and the contact information for such office.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H37C1DC51FDC941ABBB4AFE8B2CAB20CA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Borrowers receiving loans made this title (other than Federal Direct PLUS Loans made on behalf of
dependent students or Federal ONE Parent Loans)</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The information to be provided under paragraph (1) to a borrower of a loan made under this title (other than other than a Federal Direct PLUS Loan made on behalf of a dependent student or a Federal ONE Parent Loan) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H6A0D58EB0AC6487BA97512871E7AD156"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To the extent practicable, the effect of accepting the loan to be disbursed on the eligibility of the borrower for other forms of student financial assistance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H188FFA9127DF46ED80ED2C1BC448F9B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An explanation of the use of the master promissory note.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0175BB77FAD54F0194AB71CAF3B77C57"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An explanation that the borrower is not required to accept the full amount of the loan offered to the borrower.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B67CBF72B044D2F969BC44A28DB14D4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An explanation that the borrower should consider accepting any grant, scholarship, or State or Federal work-study jobs for which the borrower is eligible prior to accepting Federal student loans.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD03D7C85F5DB4AFABA70771230FE1DE0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An explanation of treatment of loans made under this title and private education loans in bankruptcy, and an explanation that if a borrower decides to take out a private education loan—</text>
<clause id="H191F0B276127469AAF9D6B21E7303FBC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the borrower has the ability to select a private educational lender of the borrower’s choice;</text> </clause><clause id="HE29F1222983F4232B42FA68B142D8B6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the proposed private education loan may impact the borrower’s potential eligibility for other financial assistance, including Federal financial assistance under this title; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H66E30596C18244BEA162DDD0FF004F12"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the borrower has a right—</text> <subclause id="H12F83E8AB6DB4DE19CF1EDD705560414"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to accept the terms of the private education loan within 30 calendar days following the date on which the application for such loan is approved and the borrower receives the required disclosure documents, pursuant to section 128(e)(6) of the Truth in Lending Act; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9EF487D11D3540A3A7B550041922FF70"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to cancel such loan within 3 business days of the date on which the loan is consummated, pursuant to section 128(e)(7) of such Act.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7CF508C43EFA4740AA975DC4898833CC"><enum>(F)</enum><text>An explanation of the approved educational expenses for which the borrower may use a loan made under this title.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A146E10D1334D969D78C6013D087913"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Information on the annual and aggregate loan limits for a loan made under this title.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54035C5C573D4A17A26E59C8E66D065E"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Information on interest, including the annual percentage rate of such loan, as calculated using the standard 10-year repayment term, and how interest accrues and is capitalized during periods when the interest is not paid by the borrower.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97659263E33248949EDCE0CE133D81A9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The option of the borrower to pay the interest while the borrower is in school.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H608BD316A1544C3E81E4086E425B37BB"><enum>(J)</enum><text>The definition of half-time enrollment at the institution, during regular terms and summer school, if applicable, and the consequences of not maintaining at least half-time enrollment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1EC6A32079D40078FF5C89547A4BB97"><enum>(K)</enum><text>An explanation of the importance of contacting the appropriate offices at the institution of higher education if the borrower withdraws prior to completing the borrower’s program of study so that the institution can provide exit counseling, including information regarding the borrower’s repayment options and loan consolidation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2AA1DFCB0504D66B97E9F7CE50B2DA9"><enum>(L)</enum><text>For a first-time borrower or a borrower of a loan under this title who owes no principal or interest on such loan—</text>
<clause id="HE318DC09FF284EACB57FBCE0006E8540"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a statement of the anticipated balance on the loan for which the borrower is receiving counseling under this subsection;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0D457CC9266D460B99F88C2B897C97A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>based on such anticipated balance, the anticipated monthly payment amount under, at minimum—</text> <subclause id="H1CE02913446B44E1B0B583CCB8F956F7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the standard repayment plan; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6560CF0B0F4A4BBBB6D90F771226A42C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an income-based repayment plan under section 466(d) or 493C, as determined using available percentile data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the starting salary for the occupation in which the borrower has an interest in or intends to be employed; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H924CF56E7C464F54AEE9F7FFB12C2319"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an estimate of the projected monthly payment amount under each repayment plan described in clause (ii), based on the average cumulative indebtedness at graduation for borrowers of loans made under this title who are in the same program of study as the borrower.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF58931CA43F542F380039866F5727996"><enum>(M)</enum><text>For a borrower with an outstanding balance of principal or interest due on a loan made under this title—</text>
<clause id="H4A55F351CD284B549999AABA3B88EBD5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a current statement of the amount of such outstanding balance and interest accrued;</text> </clause><clause id="H0EB0C38F51BF40E08167CA51947EBB99"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>based on such outstanding balance, the anticipated monthly payment amount under the standard repayment plan, and the income-based repayment plan under section 466(d) or 493C, as determined using available percentile data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the starting salary for the occupation the borrower intends to be employed; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDDD90AA9CE4045E681962EF0ACA87E61"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an estimate of the projected monthly payment amount under each repayment plan described in clause (ii), based on—</text>
<subclause id="H88B5C016DCAF4EE292055145FF8D1D7C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the outstanding balance described in clause (i);</text> </subclause><subclause id="HEC63286C0FFA409D934525BF8FC601CE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the anticipated outstanding balance on the loan for which the student is receiving counseling under this subsection; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H831119EB326B43ECA775272191CA69FD"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a projection for any other loans made under this title that the borrower is reasonably expected to accept during the borrower’s program of study based on at least the expected increase in the cost of attendance of such program.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB06C0747DAE424486393465FEB74951"><enum>(N)</enum><text>The obligation of the borrower to repay the full amount of the loan, regardless of whether the borrower completes or does not complete the program in which the borrower is enrolled within the regular time for program completion.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HEEECDB12CA7E40C89C9A1A89A19E432D"><enum>(O)</enum><text>The likely consequences of default on the loan, including adverse credit reports, delinquent debt collection procedures under Federal law, and litigation, and a notice of the institution’s most recent loan repayment rate (as defined in section 481B) for the educational program in which the borrower is enrolled, an explanation of the loan repayment rate, and the most recent national average loan repayment rate for an educational program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58018393E4BD4DCEB8F3066E03AF571C"><enum>(P)</enum><text>Information on the National Student Loan Data System and how the borrower can access the borrower’s records.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7759E4004C824EFFAF7F85B5411A00B4"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>The contact information for the institution’s financial aid office or other appropriate office at the institution the borrower may contact if the borrower has any questions about the borrower’s rights and responsibilities or the terms and conditions of the loan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA90D01A13463469C83FBC191D50650CE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Borrowers receiving Federal Direct PLUS Loans for dependent students or Federal ONE Parent Loans</header><text>The information to be provided under paragraph (1) to a borrower of a Federal Direct PLUS Loan for a dependent student or a Federal ONE Parent Loan shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H0129B851B6B749DCB2B6164F02EFAD59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The information described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) and (N) through (Q) of paragraph (4).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D0D97CC2006448182F9BAADDE282A65"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An explanation of the treatment of the loan and private education loans in bankruptcy.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H641017DA96A145E38640A08B6BC71E08"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Information on the annual and aggregate loan limits.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8A7D1AFCE944DFE9EE6CA597684C6A8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Information on the annual percentage rate of the loan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC770C9055219446FB6597D5A20BCC249"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The option of the borrower to pay the interest on the loan while the loan is in deferment.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7EB9EAF000E34500A738A69255D91CD0"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a first-time borrower of a loan or a borrower of a loan under this title who owes no principal or interest on such loan—</text>
<clause id="H6BBD9C87A1464DFDAA7878097AEFEF64"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a statement of the anticipated balance on the loan for which the borrower is receiving counseling under this subsection;</text>
</clause><clause id="H81D4498B0A15469DB00B153B761EC168"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>based on such anticipated balance, the anticipated monthly payment amount under the standard repayment plan; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3D3BE242FF2448599FAEE1651F601ADA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an estimate of the projected monthly payment amount under the standard repayment plan, based on the average cumulative indebtedness of other borrowers of loans made under this title on behalf of dependent students who are in the same program of study as the student on whose behalf the borrower borrowed the loan.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H680AC16CFB934CD980EC117D17DFE76C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>For a borrower with an outstanding balance of principal or interest due on such loan—</text> <clause id="HE7838D6AD79E41DB976A99A6111F528C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a statement of the amount of such outstanding balance;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAFD6C0E81E4B43D1AF6F7F886373104F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>based on such outstanding balance, the anticipated monthly payment amount under the standard repayment plan; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF4D5542A35FB4A3EA2B57919B94D73C0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an estimate of the projected monthly payment amount under the standard repayment plan, based on—</text> <subclause id="H32837546F7B649588A8C7A34EB53A4CF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the outstanding balance described in clause (i);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD4EAFC6AACCC439AAC94B2AF0B37C368"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the anticipated outstanding balance on the loan for which the borrower is receiving counseling under this subsection; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2704FB0C54F2469C978F6DE314658BCF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a projection for any other Federal Direct PLUS Loan made on behalf of the dependent student or Federal ONE Parent Loan that the borrower is reasonably expected to accept during the program of study of such student based on at least the expected increase in the cost of attendance of such program.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3C4E51648DE42DE9FF97E4E13626274"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Debt management strategies that are designed to facilitate the repayment of such indebtedness.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAFB62C38ABF74978BAB30B09A69879F8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>An explanation that the borrower has the options to prepay each loan, pay each loan on a shorter schedule, and change repayment plans.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA518640DB4BD4172B049B93549DBE4C3"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each Federal Direct PLUS Loan and each Federal ONE Parent Loan for which the borrower is receiving counseling under this subsection, the contact information for the loan servicer of the loan and a link to such servicer’s Website.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H156889A8389D46BE91D8F52BB8A5BF28"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Annual loan acceptance</header><text>Prior to making the first disbursement of a loan made under this title (other than a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan or Federal ONE Consolidation Loan) to a borrower for an award year, an eligible institution, shall, as part of carrying out the counseling requirements of this subsection for the loan, ensure that after receiving the applicable counseling under paragraphs (2), (4), and (5) for the loan the borrower accepts the loan for such award year by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4E5BAD27C4C34F8C95542B12EACC74E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>signing the master promissory note for the loan;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3DBE91F6499540CDBFFFF19F42AB83BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>signing and returning to the institution a separate written statement that affirmatively states that the borrower accepts the loan; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22B12DB1BB0E40D08E5C1440BE64F656"><enum>(C)</enum><text>electronically signing an electronic version of the statement described in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H72FC4EA3502740ABB8EDCFC9DA4D002C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Online counseling tools</header><text>Section 485 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H041EC2912BB14E228E69AEED0F43F76D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H881BC07D3982416C9C7479280B378F07"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Online counseling tools</header>
<paragraph id="H0CEB28242D4640128DFAC430C2BC04B4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>, the Secretary shall maintain—</text> <subparagraph id="H6965527EF7354B4395A3805827220F6A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an online counseling tool that provides the exit counseling required under subsection (b) and meets the applicable requirements of this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9103E5F7F758404A978F1F4BD2A48C2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an online counseling tool that provides the annual counseling required under subsection (l) and meets the applicable requirements of this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H837188BB883B46CD923E73B40D0D7CFF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements of tools</header><text>In maintaining the online counseling tools described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that each such tool is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3A45F492E78B426D88D015E26CB533B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consumer tested to ensure that the tool is effective in helping individuals understand their rights and obligations with respect to borrowing a loan made this title or receiving a Federal Pell Grant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1A684287EF84A95A4DE1FC1404FEFBB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>understandable to students receiving Federal Pell Grants and borrowers of loans made this title; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E7D7DBE1D874E28B8BA804621454AF5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>freely available to all eligible institutions.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H11772AABD2B04F2488162E2B2B733F24"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Record of counseling completion</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9CB8F398A157406FB4A8FF98BF12BA32"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use each online counseling tool described in paragraph (1) to keep a record of which individuals have received counseling using the tool, and notify the applicable institutions of the individual’s completion of such counseling;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E890F9BDA044E16B8B2C8E2698CBE3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a borrower who receives annual counseling for a loan made under this title using the tool described in paragraph (1)(B), notify the borrower by when the borrower should accept, in a manner described in subsection (l)(6), the loan for which the borrower has received such counseling; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75FE4B10B3524EBF9DECF31C131EB07F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of a borrower described in subsection (b)(1)(B) at an institution that uses the online counseling tool described in paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, the Secretary shall attempt to provide the information described in subsection (b)(1)(A) to the borrower through such tool.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HC57460694C334620B1DE45FAC6052B22"><enum>489.</enum><header>Early awareness of financial aid eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 485E (21 U.S.C. <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092f">20 U.S.C. 1092f</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H9DCD3ACCA8904F8C92ACB1B3990EBC52"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H413B75BFDA3D47E2B6EA39449C7C9352"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H3E84C26B014246B2BF1CF638F6827589"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>junior year</quote> and inserting <quote>sophomore year</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1A4AAA0A33D8476E919C54EBCDFF87D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary shall ensure that</quote> and inserting</text> <quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H77E43EE010584A2BA8EC9F10A243E51B" style="OLC"> <text>The Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="HA3E8FA4DE86F4E3EBBDA37FF24436B00"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause id="HBFCA6D5B90014A4F817D46FF5F84C0FF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6F8F8A7DA714A1EA97B8E7230186615" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HFE95B093509448C1AE7C7CE4CF4F00E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">create an online platform for States, institutions of higher education, other organizations involved in college access and student financial aid, secondary schools, and programs under this title that serve secondary school students to share best practices on disseminating information under this section.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9368FF3975F54D028F8754CCC14A840A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <clause id="H1A05DDF5A38840FE982B7004BE172D72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the first sentence—</text>
<subclause id="HECCE3A81FEED4546A25911D180AE4309"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Not later than two years after the date of enactment of the Higher Education Opportunity Act, the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H7A656B88D7374E42A80EA5ADAD30D13E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>continue to</quote> before <quote>implement</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H256BC809376546129700EA4D88C982D6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>the Internet</quote> and inserting <quote>the Internet, including through social media</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H67A36DA16DED4AD993FB2F2F154167A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A3686606A474EF5A264188BB2BCB0E5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HEA6D5B48E203452C87E2783F135F35B1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Online estimator tool</header>
<paragraph id="HB9A54684D5D34703AD70D29583B87328"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>, the Secretary, in consultation with States, institutions of higher education, and other individuals with experience or expertise in student financial assistance application processes, shall develop an early estimator tool to be available online and through a mobile application, which—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCFC6072750F94FCB9E6328521C9E2E3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allows an individual to—</text> <clause id="H22284B738D254B37AB4397F092848BEE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>enter basic financial and other relevant information; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF528DB5913504D18910F970EC6BC8474"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>on the basis of such information, receive non-binding estimates of potential Federal grant, loan, or work study assistance under this title for which a student may be eligible upon completion of an application form under section 483(a);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5AE2864F8FD644638863C7858D8F5D2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to each institution of higher education that participates in a program under this title selected by an individual for purposes of the estimator tool, provides the individual with the net price (as defined in section 132) for the income category described in paragraph (2) that is determined on the basis of the information under subparagraph (A)(i) of this paragraph entered by the individual; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49D294065C94478CA72AD204988CAA5B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes a clear and conspicuous disclaimer that the amounts calculated using the estimator tool are estimates based on limited financial information, and that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HA2AF9ED37DC849C0BCDC37F6A3155656"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each such estimate—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="HC1E298B06D854B079B3E919E75C223AF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of an estimate under subparagraph (A), is only an estimate and does not represent a final determination, or actual award, of financial assistance under this title;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H2B00594C7D7543558B1ED9EFF717EAFB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of an estimate under subparagraph (B), is only an estimate and not a guarantee of the actual amount that a student may be charged;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H82FD3097D61949E5B4A7145285DA3EC9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>shall not be binding on the Secretary or an institution of higher education; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HDD6F936FD4FB45B5B431F5C5D0DF6590"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>may change; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H8C18E6EFBB87412B9E7AF197FA738036"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a student must complete an application form under section 483(a) in order to be eligible for, and receive, an actual financial aid award that includes Federal grant, loan, or work study assistance under this title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0238835D438E432AAD0A6A4713124E92"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Income categories</header><text>The income categories for purposes of paragraph (1)(B) are as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H041B2BC1B1304D9F9A19CEC5CDEC8F7E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$0 to $30,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61DF2CC0E5D842EFA506F9BFB5BF9679"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$30,001 to $48,000.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H151830C9D6BB4F219CB8D558F83B5022"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$48,001 to $75,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10EBF47258C04D3BAA4F8D7A242135DA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$75,001 to $110,000.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H997894191A30401D8F3F9FE5CEF595AD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$110,001 to $150,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF79CA518B02B496584A337E1BD4914A6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Over $150,000.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAFE63008D5F44B08972BA0CAA1171FA7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consumer testing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing and maintaining the estimator tool described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall conduct consumer testing with appropriate persons, including current and prospective college students, family members of such students, and other individuals with expertise in student financial assistance application processes and college access, to ensure that such tool is easily understandable by students and families and effective in communicating early aid eligibility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4397871B0D5B4F0E8ADBA4C89B778611"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Data storage prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall not keep, store, or warehouse any data inputted by individuals accessing the tool described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFCA3E76CEE3648A292870A6F54CD61EA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Pell table</header>
<paragraph id="H90C338E1C39E4E58AF5608BEC3175C09"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall develop, and annually update at the beginning of each award year, the following electronic tables to be utilized in carrying out this section and containing the information described in paragraph (2) of this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3B1725A9339045D5B22D2C1CF7EE3E2C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An electronic table for dependent students.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H718CA8C6F6DF43588C16E17E0B07DC42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An electronic table for independent students with dependents other than a spouse.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8CC2AFED9F294FE1BDA0B40093C9EAE7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An electronic table for independent students without dependents other than a spouse.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H15401C181C614D9688AEA09B3A53FD00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each electronic table under paragraph (1), with respect to the category of students to which the table applies for the most recently completed award year for which information is available, and disaggregated in accordance with paragraph (3), shall contain the following information:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D8565B3C0E740A397DED84A41E8E30A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The percentage of undergraduate students attending an institution of higher education on a full-time, full-academic year basis who file the financial aid form prescribed under section 483 for the award year and received, for their first academic year during such award year (and not for any additional payment periods after such first academic year), the following:</text>
<clause id="HA1646BA03BE14482B8F8606F73DFD8DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Federal Pell Grant equal to the maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant award determined under section 401(b)(2) for such award year.</text>
</clause><clause id="H9529AB859CE6479E86B42A3AC4EF56C5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A Federal Pell Grant in an amount that is—</text> <subclause id="H580D3C2DE8104FA483831DC7AB82A9FE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>less than the maximum amount described in clause (i); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE2F93C77D13A4733BD4F0DBD286F5098"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not less than <fraction>3/4</fraction> of such maximum amount for such award year.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H84C88067BC7543AA811A5CF23CBE97E8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A Federal Pell Grant in an amount that is—</text>
<subclause id="H1489249C0C4A448CACA8157CEC07547A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>less than <fraction>3/4</fraction> of such maximum amount; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HCFA039299F094291AE34727814EF7840"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not less than <fraction>1/2</fraction> of such maximum amount for such award year.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H8078CAC2D8D74BF08F140284D7ACE0FF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A Federal Pell Grant in an amount that is—</text> <subclause id="H45EC66A2D1BD4717B56F68B739945669"><enum>(I)</enum><text>less than <fraction>1/2</fraction> of such maximum amount; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA7A9F58D3948485CAC628DE225F7098F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not less than the minimum Federal Pell Grant amount determined under section 401(b)(4) for such award year.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9578E4A7F5CC48DD9064654F9CA94604"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The dollar amounts equal to—</text> <clause id="H725A283FBEEC405BABD50211C9A37F28"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant award determined under section 401(b)(2) for an award year;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6CEDF7632D9841E883FC10F3BA91A60C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><fraction>3/4</fraction> of such maximum amount;</text> </clause><clause id="HE887DC71D2F94A0C90FE89064D0D4CD2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><fraction>1/2</fraction> of such maximum amount; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0124B51FB8AD49C882CE57E64C74967B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the minimum Federal Pell Grant amount determined under section 401(b)(4) for such award year.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC6832C958A440FE92BE26E6B965F7EE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A clear and conspicuous notice that—</text>
<clause id="H038E4D0505E34F1F8D03810D87DEC0A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Federal Pell Grant amounts listed in subparagraph (B) are for a previous award year, and such amounts and the requirements for awarding such amounts may be different for succeeding award years; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7931F517A4124B7A948053B2D9C2FC6D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal Pell Grant amount for which a student may be eligible will be determined based on a number of factors, including enrollment status, once the student completes an application form under section 483(a).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H74D3B6645D6E488EA5C8F050C4447C1B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A link to the early estimator tool described in subsection (c) of this section, which includes an explanation that an individual may estimate a student’s potential Federal aid eligibility under this title by accessing the estimator on the individual’s mobile phone or online.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H022DD682A7444402AF83814B7D3B960A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Income categories</header><text>The information provided under paragraph (2)(A) shall be disaggregated by the following income categories:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD7AEF6A384E34594B32121426A8C0F2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Less than $5,000.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD8C4327C08B34F50A49FB1DE48886181"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$5,000 to $9,999.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H302022621D314FE99BA282ABCE32319F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$10,000 to $19,999.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA9239274AD9D4B8095A980EF48E048A5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$20,000 to $29,999.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC3BBC686C1247A6BFDFF8F8B0C805F4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$30,000 to $39,999.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H866E68D8687543D3A8B6F267711AAD57"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$40,000 to $49,999.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBBA303D6A8C4C9E875FCCF4B5CB3A28"><enum>(G)</enum><text>$50,000 to $59,999.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4419E52AB144DEEBFDE4D210EBD1CEA"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Greater than $59,999.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB874E7FEF13E49CBA50D167790895593"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary may not require a State to participate in the activities or disseminate the materials described in this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF7D8AAD7AAF04848A44C2FE8821E7189"><enum>490.</enum><header>Distance education demonstration programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 486 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1093">20 U.S.C. 1093(b)</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </section><section id="H98D1F65271B44AF59FA9F91D3E3AFC9A"><enum>491.</enum><header>Contents of program participation agreements</header> <subsection id="H63E13F4288264D61813641295E900E15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program participation agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 487(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter before paragraph (1) by striking <quote>, except with respect to a program under subpart 4 of part A</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H79B1E6316B7F4D07B934E6AA561514E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Perkins conforming changes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 487(a)(5) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and, in the case of an institution participating in a program under part B or part E, to holders of loans made to the institution’s students under such parts</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H471379CDEA384351BEEF08669DDF2B6F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certifications to lenders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 487(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (6).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA74E62B03ECF4B1D880DF58BEBDBCFD0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>State grant assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 487(a)(9) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(9)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>in a program under part B or D</quote> and inserting <quote>in a loan program under this title</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7C8E0C6BB3E34B02A7C2151E09131895"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Drug Abuse Prevention Programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 487(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (10).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HE3FBFE2D370A45DDABC13BE93EFE6F72"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Repayment success plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 487(a)(14) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(14)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCEAB1A98B8174F6DB38CE748A9638235"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>under part B or D</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>a loan program under this title</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H818574FB6F444811B51CF50F0B5C3E38"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Default Management Plan</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>Repayment Success Plan</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCECE39BB3F434F1B9134AED17BA62547"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>a cohort default rate in excess of 10 percent</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>any program with a loan repayment rate less than 65 percent</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB57077F62F1443EB82A437DD675C2DAB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Commissions to Third-Party Entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 487(a)(20) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(20)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HADA2B071129543EF914DCEFB49C4C2D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The institution</quote> and inserting <quote>(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the institution</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7FD4ABE9DF6C4334B2709829DC90A098"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB1CC4F713FD4C5FB3EC836C74A637BD" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H43F76BF22A3647F3AF3F7C60CE06B472" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An institution described in section 101 may provide payment, based on—</text> <clause id="H68C7582A601F48CAA381AB7007B496EB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of tuition generated by the institution from student enrollment, to a third-party entity that provides a set of services to the institution that includes student recruitment services, regardless of whether the third-party entity is affiliated with an institution that provides educational services other than the institution providing such payment, if—</text>
<subclause id="HE7B0D66F1A644C4CB2CF24077F4EB27F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the third-party entity is not affiliated with the institution providing such payment;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HEBA40456B43A4ED3B14ACA90F7B95011"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the third-party entity does not make compensation payments to its employees that would be prohibited under subparagraph (A) if such payments were made by the institution;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCAB8543E5A924764AB0ECA74D82FEEDB"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the set of services provided to the institution by the third-party entity include services in addition to student recruitment services, and the institution does not pay the third-party entity solely or separately for student recruitment services provided by the third-party entity; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H207CEAAB09F24A369DC743F4E87325C2"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>any student recruitment information available to the third-party entity, including personally identifiable information, will not be used by, shared with, or sold to any other person or entity, including any institution that is affiliated with the third-party entity, unless written consent is provided by the student; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HBA289461A23241B3B6E3AC4D9AA2DFFD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>students successfully completing their educational programs, to persons who were engaged in recruiting such students, but solely to the extent that such payments—</text>
<subclause id="HD9FEE395F4994D0085DE151F20706C00"><enum>(I)</enum><text>are obligated to be paid, and are actually paid, only after each student upon whom such payments are based has successfully completed his or her educational program; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF31082EE328D4FF78CA2B03BD0585385"><enum>(II)</enum><text>are paid only to employees of the institution or its parent company, and not to any other person or outside entity.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H397E4A510E664D29A4E8D693B10CDB36"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Clarification of Proof of Authority To Operate Within a State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 487(a)(21) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(21)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>within a State</quote> and inserting <quote>within a State in which it maintains a physical location</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H9D97D781C6B14F7380EB7716CCF834DA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Distribution of Voter Registration Forms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 487(a)(23) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(23)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92E4688CAB3940E19CAC0B6E2B951ED6" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H59ECF549F4AA4FB08974960361C31B00"><enum>(23)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The institution, if located in a State to which section 4(b) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-2">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–2(b)</external-xref>) does not apply, will make a good faith effort to distribute, including through electronic transmission, voter registration forms to students enrolled and physically in attendance at the institution.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HB7DC3BDAC50543FFBA05857129DE2C74"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Prohibiting Copyright Infringement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 487(a)(29) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(29)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H729C57923BF9485F98B25801B1998703" style="traditional"> <paragraph id="H944B3F6746304D718F868A4E1EB9086A"><enum>(29)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The institution will have a policy prohibiting copyright infringement.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H58D580D9CF234219A31E9165E3D0EE3F"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Modifications to preferred lender list requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 487(h)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(h)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB997560572474222AD4AE7A125CAF170"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1AAE5D60E83449C78EB0C207AF144ED5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43F5F96E78CB4B979420EAA600E7DBF1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking clause (ii); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E8F99950F7E4E4BA95B95F92B047D51"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii);</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCF18FD8B2D354A43BE36C4109CE44358"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC55F22278BB34829AD50CF2B97BE38C0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H892A0FBA191B4723ACACA6A29CA5872E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C) and (F) and redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3A91DF6318EE40A8BAAD7157D537478A"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Elimination of non-Title IV revenue requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 487 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094</external-xref>), is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4E286D78C89F4E21ABB234F58F2A8FC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (24);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1440F380B31A4F3C860F5960BE2B329E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8A002D3499094762B028E22261F9F41F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (e) through (j) as subsections (d) through (i), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H82C9959374784CDBB48663E4F6CC43F1"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3B90D6983B4E44B6AF052014D5270481"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 487(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(a)</external-xref>), as amended by this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEB754556FB56449EB587594D00FBBDF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (9), as paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6FD864F4B1824A9B956AF991BEB131FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (11) through (23) as paragraphs (9) through (21), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2A55415D00D4D4096427FF5CB06592A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (25) through (29) as paragraphs (22) through (26), respectively;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H14C49142BA084ADDB7BB1B4935D8EB5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 487(c)(1)(A)(iii) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(c)(1)(A)(iii)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>section 102(a)(1)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 102(a)(1)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H272AC77CB98E4215A3401443699E8E53"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 487(h)(4) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(h)(4)</external-xref>), as redesignated by subsection (l)(3), by striking <quote>section 102</quote> and inserting <quote>section 101 or 102</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA5DC987F4E9741E89074FA7FBA7FF4C1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>492.</enum><header>Regulatory relief and improvement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 487A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094a">20 U.S.C. 1094a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA6429DF705FB42D9863BDBE7FDD2AC2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HDEBDE7FF651846B0B2EC4F53B70B0B25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>The Secretary is authorized to</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary shall</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13F5980DA9844DEF8C6EE46BED8E239A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by inserting <quote>at least once every two years</quote> before the period at the end; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBBDCC3602A9B4BD1B792BE7C5EAE5A9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H92A4EE8DAAC84C01AF4C6A512DC2DCC2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H169EA8B399874B51A9687455504C2FFB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the paragraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Annual</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Report</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5FC19470789142E38288A0ED03D86834"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the first sentence and inserting <quote>The Secretary shall review the experience, and rigorously evaluate the activities, of all institutions participating as experimental sites and shall, on an annual basis, submit a report based on the review and evaluation findings to the authorizing committees.</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2718282C19F14C0AB73836A11FD2856E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B7C43C2376A40249DE9CE021718DBCE" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H4ACE650E59134A8A91005EF6D1010D4E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header> <clause id="HB299EFAA8B654A7CA3672CFBCD50B8CF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Experimental sites</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized periodically to select a limited number of institutions for voluntary participation as experimental sites to provide recommendations to the Secretary and to the Congress on the impact and effectiveness of proposed regulations or new management initiatives.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF333AC86E5F9451CBD559F7D79C48CAC"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Congressional notice and comments required</header>
<subclause id="HBEB1A1A247AC49858BF595BC8D4E0862"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>Prior to announcing a new experimental site and inviting institutions to participate, the Secretary shall provide to the authorizing committees a notice that shall include—</text>
<item id="H61D12E9E7C804EC89B956A10B3315546"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>a description of the proposed experiment and rationale for the proposed experiment; and</text> </item><item id="H96E9283266514301AB19E4780C871B19"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>a list of the institutional requirements the Secretary expects to waive and the legal authority for such waivers.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H975FA6918CD84C73A0D1D96CAB21AE9C"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Congressional comments</header><text>The Secretary shall not proceed with announcing a new experimental site and inviting institutions to participate until 10 days after the Secretary—</text>
<item id="HA3A0CB9327BD4CE9813C71B76347C347"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receives and addresses all comments from the authorizing committees; and</text> </item><item id="HC60C6AD610E445978C93FE6180C55A80"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>responds to such committees in writing with an explanation of how such comments have been addressed.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="HC641D9C560054EF0980877851DECE922"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is not authorized to carry out clause (i) in any year in which an annual report described in paragraph (2) relating to the previous year is not submitted to the authorizing committees.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFDF142E8F104FC1B58AD74746BEA350"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(A), by striking <quote>biennial</quote> and inserting <quote>annual</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF260122EFBE947549264E314DC268960"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H2072991C306A4895939BC73C7B40C94C"><enum>493.</enum><header>Transfer of allotments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 488 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1095">20 U.S.C. 1095</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H16B71064C511412395546B76FC4DDFAC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>,</quote> after <quote>section 462</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H29071C64054642C3A253B9032F3237F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>,</quote> after <quote>462</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H3F6B3B364516497BB9AE984FEF9C1C70"><enum>494.</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 489(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1096">20 U.S.C. 1096(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H017A3B9588C545D5A9BF11F7BF769428"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the second sentence—</text> <subparagraph id="H14B657C793C949C19210C5C4A756F5A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subpart 3 of part A or part C,</quote> and inserting <quote>part C</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5758CDE6355C4DF8B76BCEFA2241FF5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or under part E of this title</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H88F176A0DCC943FB9533F6115D4023CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the third sentence—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2D08DEC621834FE1B18CC5DBB2454E33"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>its grants to students under subpart 3 of part A,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1CB12A7871EE4AED9FF339EE4205C751"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, and the principal amount of loans made during such fiscal year from its student loan fund established under part E, excluding the principal amount of any such loans which the institution has referred under section 463(a)(4)(B)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H55588876EB6A4033B9B97BF58AE89DD3"><enum>494A.</enum><header>Repeal of advisory committee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 491 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1098">20 U.S.C. 1098</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </section><section id="HBB3D0B1110C4436D90579BAC82120117" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>494B.</enum><header>Regional meetings and negotiated rulemaking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 492 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1098a">20 U.S.C. 1098a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC772B1D6AE8B4A91ADC3EA80B60D5D85"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5AFC081370C74FCDADE625563621FBF3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HE9DBBFA290564932A9719050CBFB2A8F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may, in accordance with this section, issue such regulations as are reasonably necessary to ensure compliance with this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H339E0B879C864CAAB200DFD9139E08AB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public involvement</header><text>The Secretary shall obtain public involvement in the development of proposed regulations for this title. Before carrying out a negotiated rulemaking process as described in subsection (d) or publishing in the Federal Register proposed regulations to carry out this title, the Secretary shall obtain advice and recommendations from individuals, and representatives of groups, involved in student financial assistance programs under this title, such as students, institutions of higher education, financial aid administrators, accrediting agencies or associations, State student grant agencies, guaranty agencies, lenders, secondary markets, loan servicers, guaranty agency servicers, and collection agencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7B3A4C5F7C4744778B2ABE7ADCEF147B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Meetings and electronic exchange</header>
<paragraph id="H2763FD8921944CF1A09C321B5416ACCB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide for a comprehensive discussion and exchange of information concerning the implementation of this title through such mechanisms as regional meetings and electronic exchanges of information. Such regional meetings and electronic exchanges of information shall be public and notice of such meetings and exchanges shall be provided to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B2E51C6463944F4A84627A1474212F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the authorizing committees at least 10 days prior to the notice to interested stakeholders and the public described in subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8203438EC53A45D2A0D32C3983D2D603"><enum>(B)</enum><text>interested stakeholders and the public at least 30 days prior to such meetings and exchanges.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDCDFDC34903495FBEAB0C69354B7A35"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>The Secretary shall take into account the information received through such mechanisms in the development of proposed regulations and shall publish a summary of such information in the Federal Register prior to beginning the negotiated rulemaking process described in subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF7C595114DBC41DA872AB5A39E575843"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Negotiated rulemaking process</header>
<paragraph id="HDF810FE679A541028EA2A8AB5EAD56E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Negotiated rulemaking required</header><text>All regulations pertaining to this title that are promulgated after the date of the enactment of this paragraph shall be subject to the negotiated rulemaking process described in this subsection (including the selection of the issues to be negotiated), unless the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="H385A15BE098343CD82B7A8A00A1D66DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determines that applying such a requirement with respect to given regulations is impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest (within the meaning of section 553(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC2C1899348440A8A2DF11ED0B0EF04C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>publishes the basis for such determination in the Federal Register at the same time as the proposed regulations in question are first published; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBA8256A0B06F4C8C9EC4030FB351E108"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes the basis for such determination in the congressional notice under subsection (e)(1).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88F143A97C3C4A968F70019C7BBB4D10"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional notice and comments required</header> <subparagraph id="H72DBD9D3AE19401DB9C0C1E98697C8E9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate notice of the intent establish a negotiated rulemaking committee that shall include—</text>
<clause id="HB2A9A4A8E6D74A71ADD527A645B94642"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the need to issue regulations;</text> </clause><clause id="H7EDD560204864E03A4BE96E8AFCB8DEA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the statutory and legal authority of the Secretary to regulate the issue;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAB40B188D49841DEBE79200CA4B7E80F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the summary of public comments described in paragraph (2) of subsection (c);</text> </clause><clause id="HF918C8EA28414A2ABB988469606B8006"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the anticipated burden, including the time, cost, and paperwork burden, the regulations will have on institutions of higher education and other entities that may be impacted by the regulations; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3C487B401F8E43C591106EDC04A2A6E3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any regulations that will be repealed when the new regulations are issued.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEAB5016F36074ABA8B429346B8CFF870"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Congressional comments</header><text>The Secretary shall not proceed with the negotiated rulemaking process—</text>
<clause id="HD7648DBB6B9D4B0FB62909D974B27DE6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>until 10 days after the Secretary—</text> <subclause id="H325388A199FF4C9A8CF93A1942B404DA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>receives and addresses all comments from the authorizing committees; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCAADDB2C95A041199A1EA1ADE2A7A2D6"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">responds to the authorizing committees in writing with an explanation of how such comments have been addressed; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HA97C7EEC4906423FB9B7068783790996"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>until 60 days after providing the notice required under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary has not received comments under clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5086BF23DFF34FDDB6F82580129756CB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Process</header><text>After obtaining advice and recommendations under subsections (b) and (c), and before publishing proposed regulations, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD1B8D76F4812423DBCBE8E5D758BA8DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish a negotiated rulemaking process;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E2F4411397E497BB2BDDC2744AED5E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">select individuals to participate in such process—</text>
<clause id="HEBBF34E66B3A44CCB328DF5B0C7B9A29"><enum>(i)</enum><text>from among individuals or groups that provided advice and recommendations under subsections (b) and (c), including—</text>
<subclause id="H8A72ADE9F9C34772864AB8F2AA182827"><enum>(I)</enum><text>representatives of such groups from Washington, DC; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HBF8B38C0BD5E49319DB54FD14CD562F3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>other industry participants; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H43035C48D270473693F57D76D1F937FD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with demonstrated expertise or experience in the relevant subjects under negotiation, reflecting the diversity in the industry, representing both large and small participants, as well as individuals serving local areas and national markets;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE400D39433E420C93384D656E9D8C55"><enum>(C)</enum><text>prepare a draft of proposed policy options, which shall take into account comments received from both the public and the authorizing committees, that shall be provided to the individuals selected by the Secretary under subparagraph (B) and such authorizing committees not less than 15 days before the first meeting under such process; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H854B371ACACF498B998A2FA761F90CF5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensure that the negotiation process is conducted in a timely manner in order that the final regulations may be issued by the Secretary within the 360-day period described in section 437(e) of the General Education Provisions Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1232">20 U.S.C. 1232(e)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7AB8626FBC874DF09C4B7E25ABAAEE40"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Agreements and records</header>
<subparagraph id="H5CC07041148C4B3C9597C9BA95210032"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>All published proposed regulations developed through the negotiation process under this subsection shall conform to all agreements resulting from such process unless the Secretary reopens the negotiated rulemaking process.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45E50B9593714962B89CF55CBA87A2CC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Records</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that a clear and reliable record is maintained of agreements reached during a negotiation process under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H050FEF8010B34B29A0C58553B680026F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Proposed rulemaking</header><text>If the Secretary determines pursuant to subsection (d)(1) that a negotiated rulemaking process is impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest (within the meaning of section 553(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code), or the individuals selected to participate in the process under subsection (d)(3)(B) fail to reach unanimous agreement on an issue being negotiated, the Secretary may propose regulations subject to subsection (f).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0F16EDFA63BB459EA196547724659430"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Requirements for proposed regulations</header><text>Regulations proposed pursuant to subsection (e) shall meet the following procedural requirements:</text> <paragraph id="H28125DD519754B1B98484E5275E9439D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Congressional notice</header><text>Regardless of whether congressional notice was submitted under subsection (d)(2), the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate notice that shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD116C7E0FEA940B69090F1FDB3E93055"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a copy of the proposed regulations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F3D09709FDC43D6B35118F126A77008"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the need to issue regulations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F0BC3472B1E4EAF831D00EFF7FCEF14"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the statutory and legal authority of the Secretary to regulate the issue;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD582308C817F4549962368797F81DB0D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the anticipated burden, including the time, cost, and paperwork burden, the regulations will have on institutions of higher education and other entities that may be impacted by the regulations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D79E4456E9944399D476B209342A672"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any regulations that will be repealed when the new regulations are issued.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD78A69FD0CFB4E3C8F624D6D0A0531B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional comments</header><text>The Secretary may not proceed with the rulemaking process—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D513679575D42F6993EB8AE5EF14B35"><enum>(A)</enum><text>until 10 days after the Secretary—</text> <clause id="H4AB244BBBD0A49C1880D0274F390E588"><enum>(i)</enum><text>receives and addresses all comments from the authorizing committees; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBFE82C582DDC4A7889C690EA6C0A19C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">responds to the authorizing committees in writing with an explanation of how such comments have been addressed; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF24A5842778E445194D9EE7A004DD555"><enum>(B)</enum><text>until 60 days after providing the notice required under paragraph (1) if the Secretary has not received comments under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H406CCB7CD48544D3BA4E28A568E6BF0B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Comment and review period</header><text>The comment and review period for the proposed regulation shall be 90 days unless an emergency requires a shorter period, in which case such period shall be not less than 45 days and the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF6FC7E14D31747EB8A76FE10D07E053B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>designate the proposed regulation as an emergency, with an explanation of the emergency, in the notice to the Congress under paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F7CF4D7C48747C885855BC4F6A2C5A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>publish the length of the comment and review period in such notice and in the Federal Register; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDDF4734B6E5242DEBDD95C6F8259953C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>conduct immediately thereafter regional meetings to review such proposed regulation before issuing any final regulation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB3EA6F7D672F4F1A9B3F1C924456227F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Independent assessment</header><text>No regulation shall be made final after the comment and review period until the Secretary has published in the Federal Register an independent assessment (which shall include a representative sampling of institutions of higher education based on sector, enrollment, urban, suburban, or rural character, and other factors impacted by the regulation) of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1DAE1E4374DA4BFDA64AE873C3105C3E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the burden, including the time, cost, and paperwork burden, the final regulation will impose on institutions and other entities that may be impacted by the regulation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC39C7FE5331546D7BB7534FDCFFC9061"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an explanation of how the entities described in subparagraph (A) may cover the cost of the burden assessed under such subparagraph; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD553340C89E24D8094C047D63FC7D907"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the regulation, including a thorough assessment, based on the comments received during the comment and review period under paragraph (3), of whether the rule is financially, operationally, and educationally viable at the institutional level.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H22E17258058F44BBA7E05ADBF9EEE27E"><enum>494C.</enum><header>Deferral of loan repayment following active duty</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 493D(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1098f">20 U.S.C. 1098f</external-xref>) is amended, by striking <quote>or section 464(c)(2)(A)(iii)</quote> and inserting <quote>, section 464(c)(2)(A)(iii) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and pursuant to section 461(a)), or section 469A(a)(2)(A)(iii)</quote>.</text> </section><section id="H543C6EA5DBF5493598CA02B682B8E07A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>494D.</enum><header>Contracts; matching program</header> <subsection id="H7C899165C9FD47A4A4457AF4DAF22BE0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Contracts for supplies and services</header> <paragraph id="HD454FBB0B7B544A1AE318D0977F886CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Part G of title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1088">20 U.S.C. 1088</external-xref> et seq.), as amended by this part, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H009E34F5617A44E5853633B336C913A0"><enum>493E.</enum><header>Contracts</header>
<subsection id="H39E70F0BE6C94ACAAFBC526D1F0355E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Contracts for Supplies and Services</header>
<paragraph id="H27089865476F425F9E9E4EE5C4C3FA5D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, award contracts for origination, servicing, and collection described in subsection (b). In awarding such contracts, the Secretary shall ensure that such services and supplies are provided at competitive prices.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0EF131BA73F43138553D5DDD1BB90E7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The entities with which the Secretary may enter into contracts shall include entities qualified to provide such services and supplies and will comply with the procedures applicable to the award of such contracts. In the case of awarding contracts for the origination, servicing, and collection of loans under parts D and E, the Secretary shall enter into contracts with entities that have extensive and relevant experience and demonstrated effectiveness. The entities with which the Secretary may enter into such contracts may include, where practicable, agencies with agreements with the Secretary under sections 428(b) and (c), if such agencies meet the qualifications as determined by the Secretary under this subsection and if those agencies have such experience and demonstrated effectiveness. In awarding contracts to such State agencies, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable and consistent with the purposes of parts D and E, give consideration to State agencies with a history of high quality performance to perform services for institutions of higher education within their State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF398E497FCB940059230851F6A006A1E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocations</header>
<subparagraph id="H0A6C3A3ACDFC4BCC8F0BA43585B80279"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall allocate new borrower loan accounts to entities awarded a contract under this section on the basis of—</text>
<clause id="H2FCAC5F278824B4A9F5549CAC521A745"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the performance of each such entity compared to other such entities performing similar work using common performance metrics, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1B4366037DC84A65B7495E3DE21359D7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the capacity of each such entity compared to other such entities performing similar work to service new and existing borrower loan accounts.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD68EE4FF10D344308D50477B19770E16"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal ONE Consolidation Loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any borrower who receives a Federal ONE Consolidation Loan may select the entity awarded a contract under this section to service such loan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1BAA6996CE544419A2F163000B2D31A6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation of the authority of any State agency to enter into an agreement for the purposes of this section as a member of a consortium of State agencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB34876A2DB2249C08270D152DADC3F97"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contracts for Origination, Servicing, and Data Systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may enter into contracts for—</text> <paragraph id="H5D6362418ACC4CCD8CE22004F6FA2DF4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the servicing and collection of loans made or purchased under part D or E;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00658C222A024459BECD3985255BFA18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the establishment and operation of one or more data systems for the maintenance of records on all loans made or purchased under part D or E; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H47B9C55270A04AF3B2840B0662D15B62"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such other aspects of the direct student loan program under part D or E necessary to ensure the successful operation of the program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDDE4C6D847B1458EAE06BE0B3B047CD2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Common Performance Manual</header>
<paragraph id="HFE1B1998AD7B491286F22AD6F69E3FA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> and biannually thereafter, the Secretary shall consult (in writing and in person) with entities awarded contracts for loan servicing under section 456 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title>) and this section, to the extent practicable, to develop and update as necessary, a guidance manual for entities awarded contracts for loan servicing under this section that provides such entities with best practices to ensure borrowers receive adequate and consistent service from such entities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1424792E20A4BAFA7BB847255DD0D43"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Provision of manual</header><text>The Secretary shall provide the most recent guidance manual developed and updated under paragraph (1) to each entity awarded a contract for loan serving under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD54B0C58A9594AA28FB9E1716B4C4143"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>The Secretary shall provide to the authorizing committees a report, on a annual basis, detailing the consultation required under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H345DC11B6EF4492F9440B978B4CFDE89"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Federal Preemption</header>
<paragraph id="H67267E7CE69E46D68BF40D647D41F94A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Disclosure and communications</header><text>An entity awarded a contract under this section for the origination, servicing, and collection of loans made under this title shall not be subject to any law or other requirement of any State or political subdivision of a State with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE74F701A17784B758E21C17F749A9EB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>disclosure requirements; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA03319E222A54F87BFA8EB636DC02ECC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requirements or restrictions on the time, quantity, or frequency of communications with borrowers, endorsers, or references with respect to such loans.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5757A9588EEF4C70B8E76FDDD8F51153"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Servicing and collection</header><text>The requirements of this section with respect to the serving or collection of loans shall preempt any law or other requirement of a State or political subdivision of a State to the extent that such law or other requirement would, in the absence of this subsection, apply to a loan servicer, or the servicing or collection, of a loan made under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37B045469275420BA2509CB7A86AEC14"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>This subsection shall not have any legal effect on any other preemption provision under Federal law with respect to this title.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H736B13274E204D64A6B430FD79440A4B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 456 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087f">20 U.S.C. 1087f</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H50836E36223F483AA2B217F8E8C7CEB9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matching program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part G of section IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1088">20 U.S.C. 1088</external-xref> et seq.), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H549CFCE7A2E54718B35485A44E39A105"><enum>493F.</enum><header>Matching program</header>
<subsection id="H75344A3A000643AA89247DC8543DFC47"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a computer matching program under which the Secretary of Education identifies, on at least a quarterly basis, borrowers—</text>
<paragraph id="H2DBAA496373545A5960E56279286CEE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who have been assigned a disability rating of 100 percent (or a combination of ratings equaling 100 percent or more) by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for a service-connected disability (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFCC9C43086AE45C8866C67D877A79BBA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>who have been determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be unemployable due to a service-connected condition, as described in section 437(a)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB512B8516543415788C9B017EC02E0D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Borrower notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to each borrower who is identified under subsection (a), the Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after such identification—</text>
<paragraph id="H07CBEE4A29C44948A7ECDFB2E05C10ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>notify the borrower of the borrower’s eligibility for loan discharge under section 437(a); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4578AD5D15B441488A29D4B3BAD9384C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide the borrower with simple instructions on how to apply for such loan discharge, including an explanation that the borrower shall not be required to provide any documentation of the borrower’s disability rating to receive such discharge.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCCC2F60EADD54C6296B01ECF2E9A798E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Data Collection and Report to Congress</header>
<paragraph id="H1D3E6E6764154BA0B5314BE813EA96FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall annually collect and submit to the Committees on Education and the Workforce and Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and Veterans Affairs of the Senate, data about borrowers applying for and receiving loan discharges under section 437(a), which shall be disaggregated in the manner described in paragraph (2) and include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HDA145D29022743B9B5F030726A6704BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The number of applications received under section 437(a).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H11222BBD8EDA43AAB59DC602F9D0E3EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The number of such applications that were approved.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H957A288F0D1C4A96B04EEAC2595A1661"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The number of loan discharges that were completed under section 437(a).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDAEFDAFD5AF748148DCC38A816267AC9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disaggregation</header><text>The data collected under paragraph (1) shall be disaggregated—</text>
<subparagraph id="H96D1AFCFB1D24C48A1A74B323F767751"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by borrowers who applied under this section for loan discharges under section 437(a);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8BE6BE9B69444D6589AABF5A0ADC5738"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by borrowers who received loan discharges as a result of applying for such discharges under this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A547B4AC6254D33A3FFDF65009FC466"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by borrowers who applied for loan discharges under section 437(a)(2); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC380D2F767B345C19666A4A8E5305E59"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by borrowers who received loan discharges as a result of applying for such discharges under section 437(a)(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAC7E371BDAEB4F6D87CA2C8B1F94AE1A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notification to borrowers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall notify each borrower whose liability on a loan has been discharged under section 437(a) that the liability on the loan has been so discharged.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></part><part id="H919EBBC1B0D143EF89475604AE8584E3"><enum>H</enum><header>Program Integrity</header>
<section id="H4FE91215963F4A5389DDF823B8CC2026" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>495.</enum><header>Repeal of and prohibition on State authorization regulations</header>
<subsection id="H2999979108BB480BBB9EF7CE45A6E79E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations repealed</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following regulations relating to State authorization (including any supplements or revisions to such regulations) are repealed and shall have no force or effect:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H60F6EBC154304DD59F3D74D5898FB5E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The final regulations published by the Department of Education in the Federal Register on October 29, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 66832 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD1B668B7D6894A488D0C8466C0CB5B5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The final regulations published by the Department of Education in the Federal Register on December 19, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 92232 et seq).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFCB03CAC954645BD9BEB11CC22894DC5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on State authorization regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 495 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1099a">20 U.S.C. 1099a</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9F597A4C05C40399A749584D8F46990" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H3F499220D2B1486CAD8771561D6B056C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Institutional responsibility</header><text>Each institution of higher education shall provide evidence to the Secretary that the institution has authority to operate within each State in which it maintains a physical location at the time the institution is certified under subpart 3.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H70D50CEF70774F62BBC84A1D20343A30"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of religious institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution shall be treated as legally authorized to operate educational programs beyond secondary education in a State under section 101(a)(2) if the institution is—</text>
<paragraph id="H35ABFCA9F2BC4F52895FE778E4432228"><enum>(1)</enum><text>recognized as a religious institution by the State; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H87BF8488297C4F95A09654FEB792C902"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">because of the institution’s status as a religious institution, the institution is exempt from any provision of State law that requires institutions to be authorized by the State to operate educational programs beyond secondary education.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3702C01071AE4D14ABE3FE3F96874DE8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on State authorization regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation or rule not in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>PROSPER Act</short-title> for any purpose under this Act with respect to the State authorization for institutions of higher education to operate within a State.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97014C2C25C64894B74053BD261B49C0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>496.</enum><header>Recognition of accrediting agency or association</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 496 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1099b">20 U.S.C. 1099b</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA4341DA7F61B4BF19C6BCC7EB29D67F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>section 102</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>section 101</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E9F830BFE504793B12FA3D2551910E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H8739B6305C1A4565AF773C019B0D904D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HEFA6C8EA54AE435FB66E56B05D3536CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the purpose of participation in programs under this Act or other programs administered by the Department of Education or other Federal agencies, has a voluntary membership of institutions of higher education or other entities and has as a principal purpose the accrediting of institutions of higher education or programs;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3852362D66274A06AE1DD1DF681C07C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="H319DB2689400434F84ECFEE43BD0AD59"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="H41F5E7401706404CAA96A3105BAA1709"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subparagraph (A)(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A) or (C)</quote>;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HB38267AEAAB345E3A4B922C386C51DAA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>separate</quote> and inserting <quote>separately incorporated</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H13FBDB4C324844C98A0EDFC50B4F49A6"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H67E7CA5D928B491EA7BA2C9E42C0A471"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H33B66893090E4E34B58885F93A828224"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C);</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFE88D85086E4E459164C758264F36B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause id="H962D0E5FC3D542D7890D07C2D9ADD4F4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subclause id="HDC256D5078044D998CD3D2C6711D2D85"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>as defined by the institution</quote> after <quote>religious missions</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE371BBD9200D403A9E291358BF31022D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, including distance education or correspondence courses or programs,</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H17474692041D4C54B5BF5BC57AE8C370"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HFCA61084D000467EA1346F7F4328F857"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BF56780CD7E49CFA29DFF4698FCACE0" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HE95FD5BC4B4B4267A1CD88B41EF36EE2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such agency or association demonstrates the ability to review, evaluate, and assess the quality of any instruction delivery model or method such agency or association has or seeks to include within its scope of recognition, without giving preference to or differentially treating a particular instruction delivery model or method offered by an institution of higher education or program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58B5DF1CA6CF4CD281C01A2C1B10A481"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if such agency or association has or seeks to include within its scope of recognition the evaluation of the quality of competency-based education programs, such agency or association shall, in addition to meeting the other requirements of this subpart, demonstrate to the Secretary that, with respect to competency-based education programs—</text>
<clause id="H60326A5ED81E4DDD8BCD3E649D14D20F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the agency or association’s standards include a process for determining whether an institution or program requires the demonstration of competencies that are—</text>
<subclause id="H363532C612934F28A621C51A742D1846"><enum>(I)</enum><text>capable of being validly and reliably assessed; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H5624F54303E4460EA7B0020E50EDC2FA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>appropriate in scope and rigor for the award of the relevant certificate, degree, or other recognized educational credential; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD51EB84F0C64462CA5BBE4FDAE2689C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the agency or association requires that an institution or program demonstrate that it—</text> <subclause id="HABA2A8FF68EA4C06A322010D25341B3C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has identified competencies that meet the requirements of subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2BB2D47162574EE6A9A186ACCCD93B2E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>requires students to demonstrate mastery of each relevant competency in order to earn the certificate, degree, or credential;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H163DB7F5838D4EF4800C3360CC7508A0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>has the administrative capacity and expertise that will ensure the validity and reliability of assessments of competencies and that the institution follows good practices in assessment and measurement;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H191ADCCAE3E845F1AE3C1516FF7B9599"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>provides sufficient faculty instruction, educational content, activities, and resources to enable students to learn or develop what is required to demonstrate or attain mastery of competencies and that such requirements are consistent with the claims that the institution makes for the qualifications of graduates; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H48F463C3783047DBBA1C8835A40B785B"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has defined an academic year in accordance with section 481(a)(3);</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C4D97C2BE394CAE8B3C15DADF405A92"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H3E379AA287044351820C8E206269DD8E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the standards for accreditation of the agency or association assess the institution’s success with respect to student learning and educational outcomes in relation to the institution’s mission, which may include different standards for different institutions or programs, except that the standards shall include consideration of student learning and educational outcomes in relation to expected measures of student learning and educational outcomes, which at the agency’s or association’s discretion are established—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3304687D3C604162B413084A0C8FFFE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by the agency or association; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7423C985078463E99370F3A6CDC99F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by the institution or program, at the institution or program level, as the case may be, if the institution or program—</text>
<clause id="H64A84B6C780D458B9835B11C6E9CB3FC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>defines expected student learning goals and educational outcomes;</text> </clause><clause id="HB00D3E8DB4CE44FAB632CA01276F5EBF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>measures and evaluates student learning, educational outcomes, and, if appropriate, other outcomes of the students who complete their program of study;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5BCBBF50A0C947ECB3C430A1AC04AC82"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>uses information about student learning, educational outcomes, and, if appropriate, other outcomes, to improve the institution or program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2DBDF89A759445CAAAA65AA6D253A7E1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>makes such information available to appropriate constituencies;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91CE5D92DDED41C8B5327D238A08135F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>, upon request,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA1760E890C1B4508852E7DA771047AD9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HC7980183E4E24363A4D693F7158A5F13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Separate</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Separately Incorporated</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8E59933E442E4697BCF36ED533891B7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>separate</quote> and inserting <quote>separately incorporated</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC271B9267994A22AC7A1B138E0C423C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>who shall represent business</quote> after <quote>one such public member</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE7D56B30785E4138B79FD44C432CBB72"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by inserting before the period at the end <quote>and is maintained separately from any such entity or organization</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F8226336E3340648FFB185357CB62A3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA7F96A1592C74A7BA5A33BBCAB76A56F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="HB761ADE16BE844CAB44E569E50C16FA9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(which may vary based on institutional risk consistent with policies promulgated by the agency or association to determine such risk and interval frequency as allowed under subsection (p))</quote> after <quote>intervals</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H583997829503426B8ECAF54E86AB5702"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>distance education</quote> and inserting <quote>competency-based education</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30719C586CF64D2DA2471D0930CE9F72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (5) and redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25DE0B810F1147F3A34255467FBB8810"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1), the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B167FCA87944C5B8E5C50711C57C282" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HE37E16AE487447C78F9284ABEB0171C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develops a mechanism to identify institutions or programs accredited by the agency or association that may be experiencing difficulties accomplishing their missions with respect to the student learning and educational outcome goals established under subsection (a)(5) and—</text>
<subparagraph id="H66C4078D110B49E9A4D20E1E174B8340"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as appropriate, uses information such as student loan default or repayment rates, retention or graduation rates, evidence of student learning, financial data, and other indicators to identify such institutions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF78B8EF7892043D0B9D35FA0EB0CAED4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not less than annually, evaluates the extent to which those identified institutions or programs continue to be in compliance with the agency or association’s standards; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E54B0042B9B479FA3B22253C8278BE4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>as appropriate, requires the institution or program to address deficiencies and ensure that any plan to address and remedy deficiencies is successfully implemented.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF07645CB04ED4DAB90D56FAE529D5DEF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)(A), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>487(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>487(e)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3ED78892F984B5385B49A92BDFE045E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (5), as so redesignated, to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H201C0F5BA0674D399627F323B20E7B6F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishes and applies or maintains policies which ensure that any substantive change to the educational mission, program, or programs of an institution after the agency or association has granted the institution accreditation or preaccreditation status does not adversely affect the capacity of the institution to continue to meet the agency’s or association’s standards for such accreditation or preaccreditation status, which shall include policies that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5DB482E717264633BF5DEE94A78366C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>require the institution to obtain the agency’s or association’s approval of the substantive change before the agency or association includes the change in the scope of the institution’s accreditation or preaccreditation status; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4825D9A50504A2D9F8406CDBBA250F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>define substantive change to include, at a minimum—</text> <clause id="HF5341E7F86EC43028E779180FFF547FA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any change in the established mission or objectives of the institution;</text>
</clause><clause id="H07C6BCB3DA5643E897BACCF890E05069"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any change in the legal status, form of control, or ownership of the institution;</text> </clause><clause id="HA1305C858E144E2A91D1A9B4678DE7FB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the addition of courses, programs of instruction, training, or study, or credentials or degrees that represent a significant departure from the courses, programs, or credentials or degrees that were offered at time the agency or association last evaluated the institution; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HFB50B7D04C0C4E20971689F36AE5BD33"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the entering into a contract under which an institution or organization not certified to participate programs under title IV provides a portion of an accredited institution’s educational program that is greater than 25 percent;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7CF6F3074AE64F678CB4C653FA52BD64"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)—</text> <clause id="HEBDF8009859C443494AFBF6C82B40C06"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, on the agency’s or association’s website,</quote> after <quote>public</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA534DCB43AB042B1911A1C21B612514B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, and a summary of why such action was taken or such placement was made</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H269BC224235242F08380DDC871D279AB"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8962C0DF42364EA3BF6B6BD4DFCA69DB"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BD0725148964F7BAD7FF48D95826B3B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HC56826B5C80549D0B91BD9CFC2ACAB57"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">makes publicly available, on the agency or association’s website, a list of the institutions of higher education accredited by such agency or association, which includes, with respect to each institution on the list–—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB64E897662344764BF25EC7F6F3E7A73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the year accreditation was granted;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H287C87584F40460CA82EF0DD7D69064C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the most recent date of a comprehensive evaluation of the institution under paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25176E14648A4B648C3154DD236895FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the anticipated date of the next such evaluation; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA07D05F7BBCB44A384712B7F6EF2F161"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">confirms, as a part of the agency’s or association’s review for accreditation or reaccreditation, that the institution’s website includes consumer information described section paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 132(d).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD2A715EA6FD54CA080CA406724AF151B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text> <subparagraph id="H4357273B67D44CE4B88C8C303D37D865"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H06BE3C3FD5C24B26B7B43470E638E8EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H766EF115048A4F369E453B9D1068AB86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HCB0E3981A57A4D89B1C3A2B81CCF6AE4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of an institution described in subsection (j).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H76A050552B2543A8A1A7223EBF6249B6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H1BBBD990923D4834AF498940691F7A18"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Change of accrediting agency or association</header>
<paragraph id="H5F49CA9EA4DA496B8AD54689106DEED6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not recognize the accreditation of any otherwise eligible institution of higher education if the institution is in the process of changing its accrediting agency or association and is subject to one or more of the following actions, unless the eligible institution submits to the Secretary materials demonstrating a reasonable cause for changing the accrediting agency or association:</text>
<subparagraph id="H205721879C6B4A2BA3500B4068D66E37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A pending or final action brought by a State agency to suspend, revoke, withdraw, or terminate the institution’s legal authority to provide postsecondary education in the State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2215B19DAB6F4CA7B1574F7270D3A514"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A decision by a recognized accrediting agency or association to deny accreditation or preaccreditation to the institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A591F8719B44EEEB7DED3A574B78FEB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A pending or final action brought by a recognized accrediting agency or association to suspend, revoke, withdraw, or terminate the institution’s accreditation or preaccreditation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2913133BAE904BD2ACCACB2E8995E057"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Probation or an equivalent status imposed on the institution by a recognized accrediting agency or association.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA7EF44241E124B13BBC43A024FCD0FC2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to restrict the ability of an institution of higher education not subject to an action described in paragraph (1) and otherwise in good standing to change accrediting agencies or associations without the approval of the Secretary as long as the institution notifies the Secretary of the change.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0955AD3303D84D7FA2F77A09CE07DB62"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by striking subsection (k) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HFCED9225680D419C9B070E35D4241A62" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HA2F5F7B9730A4662A92B66CFE0B9DCF9"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Religious institution rule</header> <paragraph id="HD7262BDF9E5E438680C7AACE683CB912"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (j), the Secretary shall allow an institution that has had its accreditation withdrawn, revoked, or otherwise terminated, or has voluntarily withdrawn from an accreditation agency, to remain certified as an institution of higher education under section 101 and subpart 3 of this part for a period sufficient to allow such institution to obtain alternative accreditation, if the Secretary determines that the withdrawal, revocation, or termination—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEC5E80DE1CC847678F872E0253E78424"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is related to the religious mission or affiliation of the institution; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA6F68C3A0F0E4DAF91B6FFC067DDD214"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is not related to the accreditation criteria provided for in this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD019C7B60BBC4384905ED13195144346"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>For purposes of this section the following shall apply:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB88BC1E94F764A56A7BC2E9F976687BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The religious mission of an institution may be reflected in the institution’s religious tenets, beliefs, or teachings, and any policies or decisions related to such tenets, beliefs, or teachings (including any policies or decisions concerning housing, employment, student admission, continuing enrollment, graduation, curriculum, or self-governance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF07DE9C6EB7C4745B65BD38798E15B7D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agency or association’s standard fails to respect an institution’s religious mission when the institution determines that the standard induces, pressures, or coerces the institution to act contrary to, or to refrain from acting in support of, any aspect of its religious mission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54C35CF0DA4A43D2A2D4BF783FC43F2A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (n)(3), by striking <quote>distance education courses or programs</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>competency-based education programs</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7669F7488C3249D08920E7F4BF3823B9"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subsection (o), by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, or with respect to the policies and procedures of an accreditation agency or association described in paragraph (2) or (5) of subsection (c) or how the agency or association carries out such policies and procedures</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2DDEB55903FB425D9F607F1D3994E183"><enum>(10)</enum><text>by striking subsections (p) and (q); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H230EDC5449754C159D0641815ED21B10"><enum>(11)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H8C5B44190FE54F37B9041127024BD199"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Risk-Based or differentiated review processes or procedures</header>
<paragraph id="HBF75F76495BB4B46A15D1B0FECE1CDEC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including subsection (a)(4)(A)), an accrediting agency or association may establish, with the involvement of its membership, risk-based or differentiated review processes or procedures for assessing compliance with the accrediting agency or association’s standards, including policies related to substantive change and award of accreditation statuses, for institutions of higher education or programs that have demonstrated exceptional past performance with respect to meeting the accrediting agency or association’s standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC676DEA45B445E995F6C1C33FEEE20D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Risk-based or differentiated review processes or procedures shall not discriminate against, or otherwise preclude, institutions of higher education based on institutional sector or category, including an institution of higher education’s tax status.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H819258D264DB416D8BBD7AACAFE99868"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to permit the Secretary to establish any criterion that specifies, defines, or prescribes an accrediting agency or association’s risk-based or differentiated review process or procedure.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC6F28F4B1A90460DBD2F9EAE4C1F774A"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a process through which an agency or association may seek to have a requirement of this subpart waived, if such agency or association—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H432DA443E1D04A739F25C107CA17E291"><enum>(1)</enum><text>demonstrates that such waiver is necessary to enable an institution of higher education or program accredited by the agency or association to implement innovative practices intended to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H77D6B5DDCA0145AA9A0930EE3181EA6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reduce administrative burdens to the institution or program without creating costs for the taxpayer; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF47C8BE956A247FDA2238005EE9878F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improve the delivery of services to students, improve instruction or learning outcomes, or otherwise benefit students; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H15E924E8351842F7BE8FBA1D4B10C30B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describes the terms and conditions that will be placed upon the program or institution to ensure academic integrity and quality.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0C2E779ECA744F37871DF79716900AB9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>497.</enum><header>Eligibility and certification procedures</header>
<subsection id="H9AC2F7A9269344FAA7717E88D6C956A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility and certification procedures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 498 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1099c">20 U.S.C. 1099c</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H12548D5A642C42DA8658A9514236AF47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H982D92AC6E5E41FB990B72D8C8B1171B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>For purposes of</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61F0C47749F9438FBC4FBC22F0C55F29" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB531A49BF75740B5BE0F1FBA92710893"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4E48DDBD8D6544D3844501C1060C7A58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, subject to paragraph (2),</quote> after <quote>determine</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1F04362597FC4C569231BD852A0942B7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H9FCA033145924BA7AD52D7E654F2C586"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The determination of whether an institution of higher education is legally authorized to operate in a State under section 101(a)(2) shall be based solely on that State’s laws.</text>
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</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCE0B4F29B0C64595A405F121A34A3672"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(5), by striking <quote>B or D</quote> and inserting <quote>E</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3F8B4C5BCF1445AF8386C9B6DC10E710"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1CBA266FBB0A45098755F0AA97D02B73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3477EB446AE473683440DDD6FE73E04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through the end of paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H45A054F955674DDEAB66F690A424FF3E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Financial responsibility standards</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA02195EC345B4ADEB1093CA055F71DB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall determine whether an institution has the financial responsibility required by this title in accordance with paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA93F8C0B590743E9894ACD95E4A06127" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An institution shall be determined to be financially responsible by the Secretary, as required by this title, if the institution is able to provide the services described in its official publications and statements, is able to provide the administrative resources necessary to comply with the requirements of this title, and meets one of the following conditions:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD33B5C91E9964243B262414E654DA655"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Such institution has its liabilities backed by the full faith and credit of a State, or its equivalent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1592D0C233904E9AA8716278EE3504A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Such institution has a bond credit quality rating of investment grade or higher from a recognized credit rating agency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H793281C847404B32BBDAB98B33D2DAC6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Such institution has expendable net assets equal to not less than one-half of the annual potential liabilities of such institution to the Secretary for funds under this title, including loan obligations discharged pursuant to section 437, and to students for refunds of institutional charges, including funds under this title, as calculated by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF814665B42DB412DBBD4B62A509C74E1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Such institution establishes, with the support of a financial statement audited by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, that the institution has sufficient resources to ensure against the precipitous closure of the institution, including the ability to meet all of its financial obligations (including refunds of institutional charges and repayments to the Secretary for liabilities and debts incurred in programs administered by the Secretary).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H742B19F1F4274C60A925464D251DCDFD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Such institution has met criteria, prescribed by the Secretary by regulation in accordance with paragraph (3), that—</text>
<clause id="H6ECF024B8DD84FB0B5A7A864CC67CB04"><enum>(i)</enum><text>establish ratios that demonstrate financial responsibility in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards as described in paragraph (7);</text>
</clause><clause id="H2275D134B83140E7A4CDA526D763F855"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>incorporate the procedures described in paragraph (4);</text> </clause><clause id="HC46EF449F84442BB8F632CFBC56A683F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>establish consequences for failure to meet the criteria described in paragraph (5); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H96D8CF8C923A47949A3161C08472330A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>take into account any differences in generally accepted accounting principles, and the financial statements required thereunder, that are applicable to for-profit, public, and nonprofit institutions.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA5B9C12AC4DD46878443AEF9049E6E29" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The criteria prescribed pursuant to paragraph (2)(E) shall provide that the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HDAB3BDF36B5846819DBF7987A5FDAA9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 6 months after an institution that is subject to the requirements of paragraph (2)(E) has submitted its annual financial statement, provide to such institution a notification of its preliminary score under such paragraph;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1458373289C84888B3B0AA0219CF18E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide to each such institution a description of the method used, and complete copies of all the calculations performed, to determine the institution’s score, if such institution makes a request for such information within 45 days after receiving the notice under subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50092B77FB7A4178ADF1E00F763F92CC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>within 60 days of receipt by an institution of the information described in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="H36F40F22A3DF46DC93DEF35A2D60E4B8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>allow the institution to correct or cure an administrative, accounting, or recordkeeping error if the error is not part of a pattern of errors and there is no evidence of fraud or misconduct related to the error;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA3136068BD594EAAB522F3DD62B497A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the institution demonstrates that the Secretary has made errors in its determination of the initial score or has used non-standard accounting practices in reaching its determination, notify the institution that its composite score has been corrected; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD138CFB521BB43A5A53F700F9E856988"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>take into consideration any subsequent change in the institution’s overall fiscal health that would raise the institution’s score;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H291AB21532814F0F9DD8FA9BCBE6453F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>maintain and preserve at all times the confidentiality of any review until such score is determined to be final; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H085F52E8D8284074AE26CB42AB27940B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>make a determination regarding whether the institution has met the standards of financial responsibility based on an audited and certified financial statement of the institution as described in paragraph (7).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1F3CBDBC22E54C4E8784CD6C2F0D9A72" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines, after conducting an initial review, that the institution has not met at least one of the conditions described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (2) but has otherwise met the requirements of such paragraph—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H12B61F2A89FC4AE3AD9047FDD6272AA4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary shall request information relating to such conditions for any affiliated or parent organization, company, or foundation owning or owned by the institution; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAACD766A5A414B859FB035B150FB33A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if such additional information demonstrates that an affiliated or parent organization, company, or foundation owning or owned by the institution meets at least one of the conditions describe in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (2), the institution shall be determined to be financially responsible as required by this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H907A74DECF194D1D9E844FDB633AF54F" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish policies and procedures to address an institution’s failure to meet the criteria of paragraph (2) which shall include policies and procedures that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H37003F9A49334E1E9B11FF088E4842E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>require an institution that fails to meet the criteria for three consecutive years to provide to the Secretary a financial plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE24C8604597433EAD5FA1C1F3AF76FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide for additional oversight and cash monitoring restrictions, as appropriate;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF3937DBD9DF433BBFE5EC826CD98BC0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>allow an institution to submit to the Secretary third-party financial guarantees that the Secretary determines are reasonable, such as performance bonds or letters of credit payable to the Secretary, except that an institution may not be required to obtain a letter of credit in order to be deemed financially responsible unless—</text>
<clause id="H529A65B2E4B84B2DBBC1B1C0BBF508DD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the institution has been deemed not to be a going concern, as determined by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="H53244387441F46CFA1BBAACE2999B3F8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the institution is determined by the Secretary to be at risk of precipitous closure when the full financial resources of the institution, including the value of the institution’s expendable endowment, are considered; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H57A4F6E978AC469CA785294823D788EB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the institution is determined by the Secretary to be at risk of not meeting all of its financial obligations, including refunds of institutional charges and repayments to the Secretary for liabilities and debts incurred in programs administered by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4335917E18F74568B63FE047F35EA2F0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide for the removal of all requirements related to the institution’s failure to meet the criteria once the criteria are met.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD8ADA830B0A44F3FB36641747C0D5538"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>paragraphs (2) and (3)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H49A74E902F9348888FE967AF13AD1B4C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H330E1976F85A40BBB15976A436BB939B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 102(a)(1)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 102(a)(1)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H66D96DC8CA2845F18335B9CB0FE90D2B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>part B</quote> and inserting <quote>part D or E</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H42888C91F65B41BD89432198297909B1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(2), by striking <quote>18</quote> and inserting <quote>36</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFEA3C28B4AF84DB8834296FEC2923356"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (i)(1), by striking <quote>section 102 (other than the requirements in subsections (b)(5) and (c)(3))</quote> and inserting <quote>sections 101 (other than the requirements in subsections (b)(1)(A) and (b)(2)) and 102</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64E9572B4D6A457591298B9C1153DBF4"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (j)(1), by striking <quote>meet the requirements of sections 102(b)(1)(E) and 102(c)(1)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>meet the requirements to be considered an institution of higher education under sections 101(b)(1)(A) and 101(b)(2)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95078B9FED4E4F22B346E2CAE48EA13A"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (k)—</text> <subparagraph id="H04C0AA96F5F44F77A1A056E478AFC977"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>487(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>487(e)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62E4E9DEB66B484BA0E313A341BC21D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>meet the requirements of sections 102(b)(1)(E) and 102(c)(1)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>meet the requirements to be considered an institution of higher education under sections 101(b)(1)(A) and 101(b)(2)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H031AEE05C9F44848B4F3B1998D771CBE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program Review and Data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 498A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1099c-1">20 U.S.C. 1099c–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HADB2D356B86D4624A59D4E80A51B0D90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEEF21281DBF84B40B7664929A0177A2D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>part B of</quote> both places it appears;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E748142C53C4DBEA08A72DA3A822EED"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, or after the transition period described in section 481B(e)(3), institutions in which 25 percent or more of the educational programs have a loan repayment rate (defined in section 481B(c)) for the most recent fiscal year of less than 50 percent</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1109C48BCCDC4922B397C3AFAA779494"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, except that this subparagraph shall not apply after the transition period described in section 481B(e)(3)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EBA0D19D62D4494A8A12926C08180DD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text> <clause id="H03FD3DFABD6548008415B481BCA08DDC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>Federal ONE Loan volume,</quote> after <quote>Stafford/Ford Loan volume</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H46622111C5A041189493E4EB27E5230F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>Federal ONE Loan program,</quote> after <quote>Stafford/Ford Loan program</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6F9DF1D764F748A29F26C05C48E42F97"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE92F8551493D44DD92C13FD6859871BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (9), respectively;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6F4C2CABCF6248389AF71465BE3A5555"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HF2F08CBFD3934DC4AACA0E415ED0A3F3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as practicable, provide a written explanation to the institution of higher education detailing the Secretary’s reasons for initiating the program review which, if applicable, shall include references to specific criteria under subsection (a)(2);</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5C9BC9C587B14255AB2A3E490656ED94"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), as so redesignated—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HE4BDED91C34944F2971784D5C7A6DE46"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraphs (6) and (7)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (7) and (8)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H8843F98F923043E69F917201F943B93F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraph (5)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (6)</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4895DFF2999741ACBD2D4B6DA05E1D7F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HB54ACF761B7E4632955508362B04FBB4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Time limit on program review activities</header><text>In conducting, responding to, and concluding program review activities, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HA8AD3DA9860B47829BB6DC0E6A2652F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to the institution the initial report finding not later than 90 days after concluding an initial site visit;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H13CA96E0DFBA4B5F9C34CD5E357096EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>upon each receipt of an institution’s response during a program review inquiry, respond in a substantive manner within 90 days;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H241B276714A742F2B76CB9F89BF143BF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>upon each receipt of an institution’s written response to a draft final program review report, provide the final program review report and accompanying enforcement actions, if any, within 90 days; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8F68757124A4F8EA5DF8F8CDFF05FFB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conclude the entire program review process not later than 2 years after the initiation of a program review, unless the Secretary determines that such a review is sufficiently complex and cannot reasonably be concluded before the expiration of such 2-year period, in which case the Secretary shall promptly notify the institution of the reasons for such delay and provide an anticipated date for conclusion of the review.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB6F8F9E7D967433E960C146BE6674714"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review of regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 498B(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1099c-2">20 U.S.C. 1099c–2(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 102(a)(1)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>102(a)(1)</quote>.</text> </subsection></section></part><enum>V</enum><header>Developing Institutions</header> <section id="H00770E29381F4BFB8AE18B032CBB58CF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Hispanic-serving institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title V (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101">20 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD240E57B560F4580A08B87D7711B43CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 502(a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA2AB0C5584674C10957925B4A93AAD13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>institution for instruction</quote> and inserting <quote>institution of higher education for instruction</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84D04BDEF2424292AFF3F41C28FD784D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A)—</text> <clause id="HE1768C5562354A139679460052363FE7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (v) and (vi) as clauses (vi) and (v), respectively;</text>
</clause><clause id="H42A0F7AE79F246EF8481C6460380B09D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (v) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>(as defined in section 103(20)(A))</quote> after <quote>State</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H14E458CB1B29442A9E981150D12DA3F6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (vi) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7D64FEC29684F40953A208A2A25BE6B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="HF3A2A04263174ABE94963C59D461E47A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBF61DE1F335B4C928451AA12535DBA77"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFED4FDCF756349788BB84BA08609ADBB" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H2BC207C8308642DCBA830F3ACBBAAE62"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in section 522(b), an institution that has a completion rate of at least 25 percent that is calculated by—</text>
<clause id="H0FF7E7103C9D4521957EC8752EFD48EB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>counting a student as completed if that student graduated within 150 percent of the normal time for completion; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H45CF3402AEE3405EAA7E929014898030"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>counting a student as completed if that student enrolled into another program at an institution for which the previous program provided substantial preparation within 150 percent of normal time for completion.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3ABD74760814434FA77564000CA785E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 503—</text> <subparagraph id="HB5861EE2A47D47369054412B3A5DEE7C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause id="H17C6C57DE5F242F58664A1BE1E3A39B6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>counseling, and</quote> and inserting <quote>counseling, advising, and</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="HF9D8F3DEBC1F46A0AEA3333F227DEF60"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>funds management</quote> and inserting <quote>funds and administrative management</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC512CAF931F343E8923D982C10067E4C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (11), by striking <quote>Creating</quote> and all that follows through <quote>technologies,</quote> and inserting <quote>Innovative learning models and creating or improving facilities for Internet or other innovative technologies,</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H28049428E1924850BD81044C48A2EF93"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (16) as paragraph (20) and inserting after paragraph (15) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBBDAAC5085E443CE91F931CA86E9F6B8" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H31C56C70E0E54A4FA7318522E07FFFF9"><enum>(16)</enum><text>The development, coordination, implementation, or improvement of career and technical education programs (as defined in section 135 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2355">20 U.S.C. 2355</external-xref>)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H57ED851AC814435A8889006FE1632A64"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Alignment and integration of career and technical education programs with programs of study leading to a bachelor’s degree, graduate degree, or professional degree.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H16C6955F46D246D0AB56CAA779D9DFDC"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Developing or expanding access to dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college high school programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5AFFAC0A5D1D494FAF45626C69181C89"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pay for success initiatives that improve time to completion and increase graduation rates.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9991513E64B47299C35C3F8D8707C74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HCE2DFE70FE7248999BD439EC0BA1AA1E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Scholarship</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution that uses grant funds provided under this part to establish or increase an endowment fund may use the income from such endowment fund to provide scholarships to students for the purposes of attending such institution, subject to the limitation in section 331(c)(3)(B)(i).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF241D89EAF164C36B88CABAF958A3B82"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 504, by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8933082059F414E9F6C3CBB3228A15A" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H83A588E2C98E4B53B1B4462639F349F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Award period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may award a grant to a Hispanic-serving institution under this part for a period of 5 years. Any funds awarded under this part that are not expended or used, before the date that is 10 years after the date on which the grant was awarded, for the purposes for which the funds were paid shall be repaid to the Treasury.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB900D99C94048F990E1EB3F5A2663A2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 505, by striking <quote>this title</quote> each place such term appears and inserting <quote>this part</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H4977241625FC4B108A1F326290784A50" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header>Promoting postbaccalaureate opportunities for Hispanic Americans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title V (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1102">20 U.S.C. 1102</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H82E477BE678D4182A2845DEA1124FD1B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 513—</text> <subparagraph id="H4DAE93B4401A4FAEA3F5D512165F4CA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HDD40C62721CB4CD0AD2DA2E5AF9D4A60"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The activities described in (1) through (4), (11), and (19) of section 503(b).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19E7B4CBEECC4219BEFB292EA9CD5F56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8334463501C486C9B37E64E8BFB5345"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as paragraphs (2) through (6), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50C484F5028F4699A8871DD833B07684"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>Creating</quote> and all that follows through <quote>technologies,</quote> and inserting <quote>Innovative learning models and creating or improving facilities for Internet or other innovative technologies,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H45166B2EC54C451FAAC34AC9C12DBFE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 514—</text> <subparagraph id="H5F9D22BE1B264B609B6AF793E6E3CD96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE76C142B25F489998E41E2F5AB976C4" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB1E2F610B9254C4CB43A7C2E5574349A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may award a grant to a Hispanic-serving institution under this part for a period of 5 years. Any funds awarded under this part that are not expended or used for the purposes for which the funds were paid within 10 years following the date on which the grant was awarded shall be repaid to the Treasury.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBA9C75B5B8644BD8BA71F792B3AC80C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA1065DD5DE7436CA27AC0840910B6B6" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H4E9ADF93656B46DEA1D932681EA6710D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No Hispanic-serving institution that is eligible for and receives funds under this part may receive funds under part A or B of title III during the period for which funds under this part are awarded.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H0A0914ED94CB4E08AC862180E7C18A36" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><header>General provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C of title V (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1103">20 U.S.C. 1103</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H512AD702DB394D47BEEA0458D88A47C7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 521(c)(7)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6EB60050E5084C878A12D5A0EFAFFF9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE18DF4874B70435BBD3E1CB109BA8D7D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H336B705A5C1A4E059F7BDE1A5170E275"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>subparagraph (D)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (C)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F33692C8EE7466296DE462713E9F424"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 522(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H659182D397FF4CFBBD796C03210E8C90"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">; completion rates</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">expenditures</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF74425BD871F49979F7F096F5025F8C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or 502(a)(2)(C)</quote> after <quote>502(a)(2)(A)(ii)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10091C6E16FC482E91885D0A181F6EA7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="HA2805C5B169C49E189CCC50EC1B94EE2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and completion rates</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Expenditures</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF703EDBE77C34A3DB67B0171EF63FC32"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>or 502(a)(2)(C)</quote> after <quote>502(a)(2)(A)(ii)</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H437C39C82BCA48E792CBDBDF8EEF4156"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>or section 502(a)(2)(C)</quote> after <quote>502(a)(2)(A)</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H04C0F3629CAE4308A2252D64B4ECB82E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 524(c), by striking <quote>section 505</quote> and inserting <quote>section 504</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD4A691A96F7C4B82BB5E3E3F34B38B37"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 528—</text>
<subparagraph id="H62EDD85097CA439BBF974B536E7CA20B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>parts A and C</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>parts A and C, $107,795,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024.</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H89F49B8886F94BFF8CFA6F20439DD35A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>part B</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>part B, $9,671,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>VI</enum><header>International Education Programs</header>
<section id="HFCC2757AC64042EB811A65D1A95A1D86" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>International and foreign language studies</header>
<subsection id="HEFBE040E504B4F52B497B10B2555D358"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Graduate and undergraduate language and area centers and programs</header><text>Section 602 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1122">20 U.S.C. 1122</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H95CE40464E324A1CB365B23B45F1FE19"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(4)(F), by inserting <quote>(C),</quote> after <quote>(B),</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF5EDA2AE838F42C580E07FD5DCF62D3B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCDB8E557170F4079927AEC4D6FE3CC29"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and realigning such subparagraphs so as to be indented 4 ems from the left margin;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE672E449ABD249D1872E6E08BD392548"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(e) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Application</header-in-text>.—Each institution</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D5D64ED3990476C915D438E1161425A" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HDE157575F77249A79F7CB6F03B7D62E6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application</header> <paragraph id="HC2C1511FA065401FBDFAFB30511BF59E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission; contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D6C1EC086F04027A72E15D57FBBC575"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FCF993041E54A3A8C8D66AC53776E41" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H22C06C703D994E79AEAA64ED2056B8DC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may approve an application for a grant if an institution, in its application, provides adequate assurances that it will comply with paragraph (1)(A). The Secretary shall use the requirement of paragraph (1)(A) as part of the application evaluation, review, and approval process when determining grant recipients for initial funding and continuation awards.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H743E4FA33C1843488CF86EB302593ADA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Discontinuation of certain programs</header><text>Part A of title VI (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1121">20 U.S.C. 1121</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3090803E32C64DC18853F29BE0C6BE06"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking section 604;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02013B62E4044CD889D0859E6CBFF371"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking section 606;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H44E1BFACD9D142ADB9F208F7D47F4A76"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking section 609; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H23F8CE5AC9C84A179728685FF6E63D44"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking section 610.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF9F060B3AA2148689AFAF9D92683E095"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part A of title VI (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1121">20 U.S.C. 1121</external-xref> et seq.) is further amended by redesignating sections 605, 607, and 608 as sections 604, 605, and 606, respectively.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4DFC9A5FE58C4CDA8C0DA24B005B5192"><enum>602.</enum><header>Business and international education programs</header>
<subsection id="H81207CF9A573457F95D3778C2D6A86DF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Centers for International Business Education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 612 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1130-1">20 U.S.C. 1130–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7D13BE8073B64FEEA6C293F0530E9809"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(3), by inserting <quote>and a wide range of views</quote> after <quote>diverse perspectives</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA033EB3FD8548A58F3D6ABA3655B75B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF329BCAA53024B2E9C4E6C199F3E5EFD" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H77844E2529924ED992BA3C73D5C4C8CF"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may approve an application for a grant if an institution, in its application, provides adequate assurances that it will comply with subsection (f)(3). The Secretary shall use the requirement of subsection (f)(3) as part of the application evaluation, review, and approval process when determining grant recipients for initial funding and continuation awards.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDDDFD45C9AB34ADE9C075D4E3E7837DB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Discontinuation of certain programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part B of title VI (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1130">20 U.S.C. 1130</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by striking sections 613 and 614.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H51742244790542CFA580727BDDD35AEB"><enum>603.</enum><header>Repeal of assistance program for Institute for International Public Policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C of title VI (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1131">20 U.S.C. 1131</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</section><section id="HC4C00C2BC9394298A67980F96474F598"><enum>604.</enum><header>General provisions</header>
<subsection id="HD6A443ECBA4446D8A0246183F133474B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 631(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1132">20 U.S.C. 1132(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE77BAFA7CD64474AB5368465F88A8ED0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (5) and (9);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E1F9D1AB5424D0EA980EBDE57745B79"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA11D2CC545EB423F85D6A2785C2D9724"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (10) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H857CE785B950478585950941C39AC8F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 632(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1132-1">20 U.S.C. 1132–1(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>substantial</quote> before <quote>need</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H19F8BFE3B4C745B6AFE038854B789D88"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 636 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1132-5">20 U.S.C. 1132–5</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBA6948E1C2BD4DE5A161920712640235"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Biennial report on areas of national need</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>The Secretary</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6B67D95C26DB4BE5985D9BCB77864FD3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H48541566F88440C1A85681E865D0BCBD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual report on compliance with diverse perspectives and a wide range of views requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the authorizing committees a report that identifies the efforts taken to ensure recipients’ compliance with the requirements under this title relating to the <quote>diverse perspectives and a wide range of views</quote> requirement, including any technical assistance the Department has provided, any regulatory guidance the Department has issued, and any monitoring the Department has conducted. Such report shall be made available to the public.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H667C1ADAB20E4B32AD22157B6CCF8D26"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Repeal of science and technology advanced foreign language education grant program</header><text>Section 637 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1132-6">20 U.S.C. 1132–6</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD9ABD47D3C3D4FE2A67C271017CAC012"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting by institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 638(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1132-7">20 U.S.C. 1132–7(b)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H3255C8248A4D443A9B16D8F9E1F6B24D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data required</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H263B98C93DC94908947A769CD1BCCE91"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (5), the Secretary shall require an institution of higher education referred to in subsection (a) to file a disclosure report under paragraph (2) with the Secretary on January 31 or July 31, whichever is sooner, with respect to the date on which such institution received a contribution—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8489908725C5424FA9A09B1C045ECB7C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>less than 7 months from such date; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0A4F66CCC2E24E2C82D0ECA40E3653D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>greater than 30 days from such date.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H35040DAB64A54B3792118BF6286BD6C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of report</header><text>Each report to the Secretary required by this section shall contain the following information with respect to the institution of higher education filing the report:</text>
<subparagraph id="H12A4C529FDF945C6948BCAD7425F9B96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For gifts received from, or contracts entered into with a foreign source other than a foreign government, the following information:</text>
<clause id="H9811D082BD154BBFAFD1BC9C90242F87"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The aggregate dollar amount of such gifts and contracts attributable to each country, including the fair market value of the services of staff members, textbooks, and other in-kind gifts.</text>
</clause><clause id="H6936B64D968A4BDC85594D045DB191FB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The legal name of the entity providing any such gift or contract.</text> </clause><clause id="H4C2909AB408B4BB28AC57D177F1F169F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The country to which the gift is attributable.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7FD46245DA644AB59A97D941272EE006"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For gifts received from, or contracts entered into with, a foreign government, the aggregate dollar amount of such gifts and contracts received from each foreign government and the legal name of the entity providing any such gift or contract.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF93C214A9DA44F479FB4B3C7D23E4E4D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In the case of an institution of higher education that is owned or controlled by a foreign source—</text> <clause id="HEEB72A27629140E38D03CE4E23933BA1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the identity of the foreign source;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0AC6881F2CB24B2692603DAA8485F43F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the date on which the foreign source assumed ownership or control of the institution; and</text> </clause><clause id="H91726E785B084DD09FB7E60DD51050DC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any changes in program or structure resulting from the change in ownership or control.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H92B4BD4AE4E342DDA7826822EE6F9484"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional disclosures for restricted and conditional gifts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (1), when an institution of higher education receives a restricted or conditional gift or contract from a foreign source, the institution shall disclose the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HF45E8A4EFE544662B64B9AF7747060BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In the case of gifts received from, or contracts entered into with, a foreign source other than a foreign government, the amount, the date, and a description of such conditions or restrictions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4CD60728AE0448228F0BBAFCA0049BA5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The country to which the gift is attributable.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A345EF2D0EA46FC80913BDB8ACB79D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In the case of gifts received from, or contracts entered into with, a foreign government, the amount, the date, a description of such conditions or restrictions, and the name of the foreign government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H243C02E989AA4687839AD7A51AD337C2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Attribution of gifts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the country to which a gift is attributable is—</text> <subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA51741498CCA44BF9D98E30D910EE77E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the country of citizenship; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F9B849FB44545DEAE245DB55BC9A2D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the information described in subparagraph (A) is not known—</text> <clause id="H8C55CAA16FE2483BB233B9C32E220E5D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the principal residence for a foreign source who is a natural person; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HFD5FC5E2DBCB4095AF86A07881B54643"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the principal place of business and country of incorporation for a foreign source that is a legal entity.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDE2F997BAE6B48CC9688116D067F052F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Relation to other reporting requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="HEEF3E54491EB49E5BC195CAE49441ED3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>State requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an institution described under subsection (a) is located within a State that has enacted requirements for public disclosure of gifts from, or contracts with, a foreign source that are substantially similar to the requirements of this section, as determined by the Secretary, a copy of the disclosure report filed with the State may be filed with the Secretary in lieu of a report required under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE269A0C4B4EF43D9AEED9F0C87A909DB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Assurances</header><text>With respect to an institution that submits a copy of a disclosure report pursuant to subparagraph (A), the State in which such institution is located shall provide to the Secretary such assurances as the Secretary may require to establish that the institution has met the requirements for public disclosure under the laws of such State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3BAC81C6C82E4A7D931CF7899B747D92"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of other Federal reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an institution receives a gift from, or enters into a contract with, a foreign source, where any other Federal law or regulation requires a report containing requirements substantially similar to the requirements under this section, as determined by the Secretary, a copy of the report may be filed with the Secretary in lieu of a report required under subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H22D24EDF73EF4269824E882533994001"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Public inspection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A disclosure report required by this section shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="H98B4DC7B0181419094CAED136681E8BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>available as public records open to inspection and copying during business hours;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H228C4E96C52F481B99AEB7CD2C1B9080"><enum>(B)</enum><text>available electronically; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D76CB69ED5C4FC2A6ED1AB7638B0C9E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>made available under subparagraphs (A) and (B) not later than 30 days after the Secretary receives such report.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H22999C3F7BE84A46AF1F9F9ABEAEAA6F"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6F9BFD2233FE4ABCAE912AA696F75B93"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Compel compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever it appears that an institution has failed to comply with the requirements of this section, including any rule or regulation promulgated under this section, a civil action may be brought by the Attorney General, at the request of the Secretary, in an appropriate district court of the United States, or the appropriate United States court of any territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, to request such court to compel compliance with the requirements of this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H645B3971B57C4F8C818B9170A9A0CF91"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For knowing or willful failure to comply with the requirements of this section, including any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, an institution shall pay to the Treasury of the United States the full costs to the United States of obtaining compliance, including all associated costs of investigation and enforcement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0B7A580B6B0241A481C6744DEAE70697"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <subparagraph id="H28FB584972374E319DEBB95CF010BA7B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Contract</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>contract</term> means any agreement for the acquisition by purchase, lease, gift, or barter of property or services by the foreign source, for the direct benefit or use of either of the parties.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA96D79103D194DF386747DE27C7E2D2C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Foreign source</header><text>The term <term>foreign source</term> means—</text> <clause id="HC11E4397FF554A688B0DB9D65C39D964"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a foreign government, including an agency of a foreign government;</text>
</clause><clause id="H883F3F555F654886BB61FB96E226C875"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a legal entity, governmental or otherwise, created solely under the laws of a foreign state or states;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6B9C8A6A95434AA28DA7C5F3AF338EF6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual who is not a citizen or a national of the United States or a trust territory or protectorate thereof; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4789FA3E7C7943C297D9E76837427F71"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an agent, including a subsidiary or affiliate of a foreign legal entity, acting on behalf of a foreign source.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1307F417CFD34DDF9FBF47B43DC072D1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Gift</header><text>The term <term>gift</term> means any gift of money, property, human resources, or payment of any staff.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA23763CFC0954680BDAB02794D0A4407"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Restricted or conditional</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>restricted or conditional</term>, with respect to an endowment, gift, grant, contract, award, present, or property of any kind means including as a condition on such endowment, gift, grant, contract, award, present, or property provisions regarding—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H1397AEDDECAD4B469AA080FF1E217C4B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the employment, assignment, or termination of faculty;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HF4F349D1CCC2498F8BF63C1128DDF1EE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the establishment of departments, centers, research or lecture programs, institutes, instructional programs, or new faculty positions;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HAAAA157898F04B2BA97FBC287F36B933"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the selection or admission of students; or</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H598AA5F3216048E686CB12E538E5B6F8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the award of grants, loans, scholarships, fellowships, or other forms of financial aid restricted to students of a specified country, religion, sex, ethnic origin, or political opinion.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HB7DE376967764498BA07B3692EE367E3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Redesignations</header><text>Part D of title VI (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1132">20 U.S.C. 1132</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB6FF776A358540D0B2F9A88140E557F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating such part as part C; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7CE1B3D8230E4A08AA163017CEE7E34F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating sections 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, and 638 as sections 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, and 627, respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H174F6E8D2E3347A79FE92ABBFE072CC3"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Continuation awards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part C of title VI (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1131">20 U.S.C. 1131</external-xref> et seq.), as so redesignated by subsection (f)(1) of this section, is amended by adding at the end the following new sections:</text>
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<section id="H852AFC98FA4141528890AE1DD49B2DBC"><enum>628.</enum><header>Continuation awards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall make continuation awards under this title for the second and succeeding years of a grant only after determining that the recipient is making satisfactory progress in carrying out the grant.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H44D3567341864239BFA638F72BFCA038"><enum>629.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $61,525,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Graduate and postsecondary improvement programs</header>
<section id="H4B96B955DF3047C1BCCC57BFF67B21BB"><enum>701.</enum><header>Graduate education programs</header>
<subsection id="H85223976BF05449AA53D90A0AB7D8B0C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart 1 of part A of title VII (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1134">20 U.S.C. 1134</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H4B5130BB33DD423E90FCD2BF820FF596"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal of Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity program</header><text>Subpart 3 of part A of title VII (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1136">20 U.S.C. 1136</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBBD046EEA0214DD1A22128DAD6C9ABF8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations for graduate assistance in areas of national need</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 716 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1135e">20 U.S.C. 1135e</external-xref>) is amended striking <quote>$35,000,000</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>$28,047,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024.</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA8A2F59E8B7944DCBD96EB25810F4629"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Redesignations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part A of title VII (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1134">20 U.S.C. 1134</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3D89DC4FD57241789F528E917075B7D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparts 2, 4, and 5 as subparts 1, 2, and 3 respectively;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H846A4B483B2D416C83C079F90D5F7F5C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating sections 711 through 716 as sections 701 through 706, respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8EBA75188654F828B67E985D0381389"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating sections 723 through 725 as sections 711 through 713, respectively; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H27C0344F02654C0080A4F641CBD63A64"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating section 731 as section 721.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H10FA860C36254D9BA4482CD13BA1C39D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Amendment of cross references</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part A of title VII (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1134">20 U.S.C. 1134</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD1FB4327DFA34EF8B1D070F03C830FCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 703(b)(8), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>section 715</quote> and inserting <quote>section 705</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H906B48F71BB5453F9CE073484289C5FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 704(c)), as so redesignated—</text> <subparagraph id="HC6DCCC3ED46E42B6A1AE0612BFBAA0F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 715(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 705(a)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H515DC1658068480092E2059295E6AA8C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 713(b)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 703(b)(2)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4D69A69F76A0460D8A1B62C150695411"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 711(e), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>724</quote> and inserting <quote>712</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC12D68DEBE9040BCB746AF6063E784B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 712(e), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>723</quote> and inserting <quote>711</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB10806AB68EC4FD7AC87B68189B72B06"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 713, as so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5F76255D2FD447B393D2514E99A0A378"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>section 723</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>section 711, $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB5FD0F113CE44CEA5220765FE9EA1B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>section 724</quote> and inserting <quote>section 712</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC6323C20A70140558A61139E730850C8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section 721, as so redesignated—</text> <subparagraph id="H4095EB80618C4ECB9B3B037871D695C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">through 4</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">and 2</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC26B5EC721B4207A39CF6E1032CCFDC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subparts 1 through 4</quote> each place such term appears and inserting <quote>subparts 1 and 2</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA24389213D0943EF9DEC5C4E94095585"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<clause id="H4073557AF71B468F9A3C819C2562996F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 703(b) or 715(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 705(a)</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HCE03FF3083454A52A5656364831F4EBD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subparts 1 or 2, respectively,</quote> and inserting <quote>subpart 1</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8FBDBAC38BEE44F487F07C042A59D0DB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>subpart 1, 2, 3, or 4</quote> and inserting <quote>subpart 1 or 2</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HDA0A87C945F54ECE9668B8FA53199A9B"><enum>702.</enum><header>Repeal of Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title VII (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1138">20 U.S.C. 1138</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</section><section id="HA9DA13AD80B74288941198486B2F062A"><enum>703.</enum><header>Programs for students with disabilities</header>
<subsection id="HF77A97C328A24C33A1802FC113E53EBB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Redesignations</header>
<paragraph id="H31AA3FB57C8A46ECB908EE987C679470"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Subpart</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part D of title VII (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1140">20 U.S.C. 1140</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by striking subparts 1 and 3 and redesignating subparts 2 and 4 as subparts 1 and 2, respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H724F2D7D55E241E3BBF3682669EC30A6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Part</header><text>Part D of title VII (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1140">20 U.S.C. 1140</external-xref> et seq.), as amended by paragraph (1), is redesignated as part B of such Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H29AFF6B2B6A948F2AA59B6CFB0866805"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Model transition programs; coordinating center</header>
<paragraph id="H1140CB2BFE9249E788EC8076D7D7CF51"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>Section 766 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1140f">20 U.S.C. 1140f</external-xref>) is redesignated as section 731 of such Act.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9FDB2B2C76774F7FBF5ED32D2A9AEC68"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Model comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 767 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1140g">20 U.S.C. 1140g</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD599B14F66FE4EC59B2A38B392233035"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating such section as section 732 of such Act;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1875FDC00E4548CB9E451184D1557077"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HB8EEA874E1DE48DDB8A4AF9E2B8C57DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 769(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 735(a)</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H4435C19810D042D297C0A0C0244171FC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>institutions of higher education (or consortia of institutions of higher education), to enable the institutions or consortia</quote> and inserting <quote>eligible applicants, to enable the eligible applicants</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8887F0F2322D492EAED2A5D569FEE431"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74E156F2E55C4957BF6165A8A9CA2BF1" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HB4A949A43ECC4B32B7D961B715C6C690"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible applicant desiring a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require, an application that—</text>
<paragraph id="H4AF98E86EF1C4B2F9F634029DB9E3E7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes how the model program to be operated by the eligible applicant with grant funds received under this section will meet the requirements of subsection (d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB655E97D22EA499EA46E16ABFCFBC799"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describes how the model program proposed to be operated is based on the demonstrated needs of students with intellectual disabilities served by the eligible applicant and potential employers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7418D334D7EA45B9A3BAB7E1085CA13E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describes how the model program proposed to be operated will coordinate with other Federal, State, and local programs serving students with intellectual disabilities, including programs funded under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/701">29 U.S.C. 701</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC75EC42DA69947CF87C269B1E45A1CFE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>describes how the model program will be sustained once the grant received under this section ends;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H58FF4FA51ECF4BA5B46E3C41906E5037"><enum>(5)</enum><text>if applicable, describes how the eligible applicant will meet the preferences described in subsection (c)(3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3FCA029CB3E44BEA6498DC932CD7A7A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>demonstrates the ability of the eligible applicant to meet the requirement under subsection (e).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C69B80683504C899D7079423B0AA372"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(3)—</text>
<clause id="H08B57D36E25E4400923F39C95B041AE0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>institution of higher education</quote> and inserting <quote>eligible applicant</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H414FF6B67EE74FC2A7749FB739AEB166"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>students attending the institution of higher education</quote> and inserting <quote>the eligible applicant’s students</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A0E940AB5FC471D82436258E246C78F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <clause id="HF9270D88500D4380BB3849FC582B2F97"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>An institution of higher education (or consortium)</quote> and inserting <quote>An eligible applicant</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H57B305FAF7E54A5E868B2D5332F71C3D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>institution of higher education’s</quote> and inserting <quote>eligible applicant’s</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="HE1429614999D4E18AFFCD2B5D2C72B14"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(D), by striking <quote>that lead to gainful employment</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H04BED471CAC54966BAC3C46E22174485"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>section 777(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 734</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="H16CE3C9EE65C423C935062167C9C1F59"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="H39F6A0AC9102416AB42C971921F08EF6"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (7); and</text> </clause><clause id="HD8872E810C4E4AA9BEEFA9B3FE1A83F7"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (7);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1835E6DC65F3467BB2F74CD7B5FDB823"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), by striking <quote>An institution of higher education (or consortium)</quote> and inserting <quote>An eligible applicant</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F9319F6D455482D902184576973B41D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>Not later than five years after the date of the first grant awarded under this section</quote> and inserting <quote>Not less often than once every 5 years</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9419F706154A45909E27A3D99F9CF018"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD072AF5F5B74A1E858C5DFBC0B77CC8" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H60FA469B21D44BEFB55D335B27C66BFC"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For purposes of this subpart, the term <term>eligible applicant</term> means an institution of higher education or a consortium of institutions of higher education.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9E487B94E160460CA0A1B74E2C82E4D1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Redesignations</header><text>Sections 768 and 769 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1140i">20 U.S.C. 1140i</external-xref>) are redesignated as sections 733 and 735, respectively.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H804423E8806E4CD89D31F0C56EC00E46"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coordinating center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart 1 of part D of title VII, as so redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by inserting after section 733 (as so redesignated by paragraph (3)) the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H58275E12BD014714A40E87445F529D9B"><enum>734.</enum><header>Coordinating center</header>
<subsection id="HAAE42B274E5347538BDB81615AFEC1D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>It is the purpose of this section to provide technical assistance and information on best and promising practices to eligible applicants awarded grants under section 732.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0C8260162738496AB2EF6ADF43BF5143"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordinating center</header>
<paragraph id="HDD174C6B034346FDB2E0C688C52D3146"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of eligible entity</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible entity</term> means an entity, or a partnership of entities, that has demonstrated expertise in the fields of—</text> <subparagraph id="HC698247851D04A0DBA123EDB82235C8A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBD28B04C8594BD498A820253759F92D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the education of students with intellectual disabilities;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AFE6BBBC34A465C8F77CADBBB640F2A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the development of comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7E17C349FA74DF6AC4EFDB4849D0FFB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>evaluation and technical assistance.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6E642619B0484FFA8C67AD3431A220E9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From amounts appropriated under section 735, the Secretary shall enter into a cooperative agreement, on a competitive basis, with an eligible entity for the purpose of establishing a coordinating center for institutions of higher education that offer inclusive comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities, including eligible applicants receiving grants under section 732, to provide—</text>
<subparagraph id="H26E98919BF9A4108B04D5034A478A52F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>recommendations related to the development of standards for such programs;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4280E1873F0D4C93934A8F8EF3940E83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>technical assistance for such programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC825FCB540094D4E93CCE4146B0825C4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>evaluations for such programs.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H013D5E7A7A864F918F4805DABA50A1B7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The program under this section shall be administered by the office in the Department that administers other postsecondary education programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA16030C05F747D9BAD72FE665590B3A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall have a term of 5 years.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H40B780EDEDA74C40B4EA15BC99CE0F8A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Requirements of cooperative agreement</header><text>The cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall provide that the eligible entity entering into such agreement shall establish and maintain a coordinating center that shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H82DC98DEEE5F4D4A8EAD16B5CC1E936F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>serve as the technical assistance entity for all comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3D91BECB3EC4FE18791F805A65F1128"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide technical assistance regarding the development, evaluation, and continuous improvement of such programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE67D66F968E45EDBC1CE52CFD407CEC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>develop an evaluation protocol for such programs that includes qualitative and quantitative methodologies for measuring student outcomes and program strengths in the areas of academic enrichment, socialization, independent living, and competitive or supported employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23124C75FCF14A93B1E6DF50B03931DF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>assist recipients of grants under section 732 in efforts to award a meaningful credential to students with intellectual disabilities upon the completion of such programs, which credential shall take into consideration unique State factors;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0BB5C83C5C1404ABE0D6DF8E4AACFB7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>develop recommendations for the necessary components of such programs, such as—</text> <clause id="H1DDB1FB95C5444648820A536D4B90479"><enum>(i)</enum><text>academic, vocational, social, and independent living skills;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6462CF715D4744A2987E7AD8ABBFCB49"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>evaluation of student progress;</text> </clause><clause id="H314160ABA1C1472EA5DA5FA9CF6374CD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>program administration and evaluation;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7D0E899E81654D54802528B4DF0E20B6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>student eligibility; and</text> </clause><clause id="H380AD8F347104D2AA5773D76FB1B6561"><enum>(v)</enum><text>issues regarding the equivalency of a student’s participation in such programs to semester, trimester, quarter, credit, or clock hours at an institution of higher education, as the case may be;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3D8CC2A71EB4FB29AFB5A00CA38A630"><enum>(F)</enum><text>analyze possible funding sources for such programs and provide recommendations to such programs regarding potential funding sources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H17E4C483172541688C6B92F934057FD2"><enum>(G)</enum><text>develop model memoranda of agreement for use between or among institutions of higher education and State and local agencies providing funding for such programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9ADEC16C32549848A5AFDD89F99D61C"><enum>(H)</enum><text>develop mechanisms for regular communication, outreach, and dissemination of information about comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities under section 732 between or among such programs and to families and prospective students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12B35F50332D481AAB90DD2BE62C2072"><enum>(I)</enum><text>host a meeting of all recipients of grants under section 732 not less often than once every 3 years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H500B9C9503554816BCE24824806007FD"><enum>(J)</enum><text>convene a workgroup to develop and recommend model criteria, standards, and components of such programs as described in subparagraph (E) that are appropriate for the development of accreditation standards, which workgroup shall include—</text>
<clause id="H9699A433B61248119988DC34CE1A3666"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an expert in higher education;</text> </clause><clause id="H127C774494CA448B9D53BF2D9E417E17"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an expert in special education;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA92366F9DA934465A802650BA47A334F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a representative of a disability organization that represents students with intellectual disabilities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H86099C96198349B2A30D2CD7C15ABD59"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a representative from the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity; and</text> </clause><clause id="H9345411EC8C244CDBDE0FF158A666773"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a representative of a regional or national accreditation agency or association.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDE8FA3E0CC294F4FABC8A23C73A268A3"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not less often than once every 5 years, the coordinating center shall report to the Secretary, the authorizing committees, and the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity on the recommendations of the workgroup described in paragraph (5)(J).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F379DFEE96A4F02824B680844FC8753"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 735, as so redesignated by paragraph (3), is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H1C24FE9F516B4DA9AEE7B94D3103EDBE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>$11,800,000 for fiscal year 2019</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C77EB03AAE94C37A80B958BB0244C22"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3876CEB0CC4E4993AF4CBE6526E21A5C" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H83527DEC24804D5DB19ECC06B2ADDB18"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reservation of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any fiscal year for which appropriations are made for this subpart, the Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="H999F81EE9B584B13A175422912E6C2E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall reserve funds to enter into a cooperative agreement to establish the coordinating center under section 734, in an amount that is equal to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE2D16F87A8F84921B53C0B4B30D4EAA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than $240,000 for any year in which the amount appropriated to carry out this subpart is $8,000,000 or less; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53B90CB2A7C24FD8BF4E32BF8822E0F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>equal to 3 percent of the amount appropriated to carry out this subpart for any year in which such amount appropriated is greater than $8,000,000; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H100CCC2A7019485CAB3E5E9C867CFFF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may reserve funds to award the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement described in section 737.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1165B891A0D14178A13E8B325FC49C40"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National technical assistance center</header> <paragraph id="HCAC5DB3CB26747A8997DB0D041AD661D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Subpart heading</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The subpart heading for subpart 2 of part D of title VII (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1140p">20 U.S.C. 1140p</external-xref> et seq.), as so redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subpart" style="OLC">; Coordinating center</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8140E844DFBF44AC868148D82D633E7D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 776 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1140p">20 U.S.C. 1140p</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H857074DE2F5140879DA98F28177F045A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating such section as section 736 of such Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA271164F0CD0474CAAAB11FEEE659FCB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under subpart 1, 2, or 3</quote> and inserting <quote>grants or a cooperative agreement under subpart 1</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB5168BA821C645E482A86E3B91B31B18"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National technical assistance</header><text>Section 777 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1140q">20 U.S.C. 1140q</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H86DB841D2D4048BDAFEF2AF8B10AD8FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating such section as section 737 of such Act;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCFA1BA52A7F4C04A4AD7F5196F76057"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">; Coordinating center</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9FB722076A3F48A4B0A4FD20A2164DF1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>appropriated under section 778</quote> and inserting <quote>reserved under section 735(b)(2)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E2BDB8F0BA94C69A4B5E154B650ADF6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a)(3)(D) to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HE3EEAB6752794BEEA938A9C353801958"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the subject supported by the grants or cooperative agreement authorized in subpart 1.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HADBC1E8352B94BDCA1705971EC6F8385"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(4)(A)(ii), by striking <quote>subparts 2, 4, and 5</quote> and inserting <quote>subparts 2 and 5</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6294DA2478C8488A91AF18C709785CEA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(4)(B), by striking <quote>grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements authorized under subparts 1, 2, and 3</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>grants and cooperative agreement authorized under subpart 1</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4395787D7CA944178439657F662C9CCE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 778 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1140r">20 U.S.C. 1140r</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H407BFEBBFAC2444381763AF34F031FC4"><enum>704.</enum><header>Repeal of college access challenge grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part E of title VII (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1141">20 U.S.C. 1141</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Other Repeals</header> <section id="H32FFD4D53C2F418D89830029867CF18A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header>Repeal of additional programs</header> <subsection id="H280107CF703847468C64F9237C9EC526"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Higher Education Act of 1965</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1161a">20 U.S.C. 1161a</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA87E3BD653A7452289BBCCFEBBDDDA93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Higher Education Opportunity Act</header><text>The Higher Education Opportunity Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/315">Public Law 110–315</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 3078 et seq.) is amended by repealing sections 802 and 803.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5AAABF182FB14F2E989C890ADB4FA317"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Higher Education Amendments of 1998</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/244">Public Law 105–244</external-xref>; 112 Stat. 1581 et seq.) is amended by repealing sections 821 and 841.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBC1CDA2B5631406A8E1DFE2AD62CA405"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Higher Education Amendments of 1992</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/325">Public Law 102–325</external-xref>; 106 Stat. 448 et seq.) is amended by repealing section 1543.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9FEE535C13BE4BFBBD310EF556BB3493"><enum>(e)</enum><header>United States Institute of Peace Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Institute of Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4601">22 U.S.C. 4601</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text> </subsection></section><enum>IX</enum><header>Amendments to other laws</header> <part id="HDA35C78A680E428290379AC82D4A5B3A"><enum>A</enum><header>Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 </header> <section id="H63D2AE59FFC44600AA5EACDF3A0403D0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>901.</enum><header>Education of the Deaf Act of 1986</header> <subsection id="HBCB96CE3488A4896946368582E5A07B7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Board of trustees</header><text>Section 103(a)(1) of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4303">20 U.S.C. 4303(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H41EF06B09354423B9AD5AEBBA03DF72A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>twenty-one</quote> and inserting <quote>twenty-three</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF9CF89C152264B1B84C598A38B041D72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD80492993C9D47D08F1650BFAD40BD47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>three public</quote> and inserting <quote>four public</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90BE718C425F4A1F976E41C1F00DD64C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>one shall</quote> and all that follows through <quote>, and</quote> and inserting <quote>two shall be United States Senators, of whom one shall be appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate and one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, and </quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4976FE029E24E9DB7810590466C6E20"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>, of whom one shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6E2071AF6D1D4B578C4EF477E32AF879"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>eighteen</quote> and inserting <quote>nineteen</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2AB065F9A509477CA0CA3892E5B26EF6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center</header><text>Section 104(b)(5) of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4304">20 U.S.C. 4304(b)(5)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H2E2D3A16E6CE4C529B898696A93118C8"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The University, for purposes of the elementary and secondary education programs carried out by the Clerc Center, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C890344392A40BEABC1E87A2881177E"><enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5D0D7830ABDD4FF49CB7A79B5391D958"><enum>(i)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF789A6CC62514A9CB2BECB5ECC18BC83"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide an assurance to the Secretary that it has adopted and is implementing challenging State academic standards that meet the requirements of section 1111(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)</external-xref>);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4A296694F54A47DB98548037CD8484D8" indent="up2"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate to the Secretary that the University is implementing a set of high-quality student academic assessments in mathematics, reading or language arts, and science, and any other subjects chosen by the University, that meet the requirements of section 1111(b)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)</external-xref>); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD82F974F19804D4C9FC6E7C3357D6D09" indent="up2"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate to the Secretary that the University is implementing an accountability system consistent with section 1111(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311(c)</external-xref>); or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HF6277956E6DA4AE29ADED47B67F99F3B" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDB6DCE7557734AE68A26A244E4ECC9FF"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">select the challenging State academic standards and State academic assessments of a State, adopted and implemented, as appropriate, pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1111(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311(b)</external-xref>); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8B24D8DD20274F7A86EDBC5A35928BC5" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adopt the accountability system, consistent with section 1111(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311(c)</external-xref>), of such State; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DB2782FB3794C8598E26F3899A68B0B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">publicly report, except in a case in which such reporting would not yield statistically reliable information or would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student—</text>
<clause id="H8659AAA3A2C04127A81BC0BC26576DBE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results of the academic assessments implemented under subparagraph (A); and</text> </clause><clause id="HE6EA857425114B2FA8B91049EB22D6E1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the results of the annual evaluation of the programs at the Clerc Center, as determined using the accountability system adopted under subparagraph (A).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HAC4133D2143C4BF3844BD78A2F51143E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal of cultural experiences grants program</header><text>Part C of title I of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4341">20 U.S.C. 4341</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HAA362AF711FC48D9BC3CFAFD47596A5F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Repeal of authorization of appropriations for monitoring and evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 205 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4355">20 U.S.C. 4355(c)</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H18F4F9BB6BA149E7865DE48CCDA69423"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Federal endowment funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 207 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4357">20 U.S.C. 4357</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8F889CDC51384B429046BEBE57D474E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading of subsection (b), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Federal Payments</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Payments</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8D18B1A2CCE478CAC8A3EDAD4B90029"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E2BC7AB0EB34B1DBEEC2B7982A1FCC0" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H4BEE7759A2D1458E9D5C2C02731A8A22"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From amounts provided by the Secretary from funds appropriated under subsections (a) and (b) of section 212, respectively, the University and NTID may make payments, in accordance with this section, to the Federal endowment fund of the institution involved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4955921372BB41C3BF907E6B860E310F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (3), in any fiscal year, the total amount of payments made under paragraph (1) to the Federal endowment fund may not exceed the total amount contributed to the fund from non-Federal sources during such fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2170F507EF5649BFB4905BCC7D9BE1F3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of paragraph (2), the transfer of funds by an institution involved to the Federal endowment fund from another endowment fund of such institution shall not be considered a contribution from a non-Federal source.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0EBF50B7E234C658EA193B4107DC4AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>Federal payment</quote> and inserting <quote>payment under subsection (b)</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0B7709B5C32849E9AAF7919192097C95"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Federal payments</quote> and inserting <quote>payments</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2C7D16623044C508941A2FF94F71EE4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(1), by striking <quote>Federal payments to such fund</quote> and inserting <quote>payments made under subsection (b)</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDB5E146134874792A501A84D077D4631"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by repealing subsection (h); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1821A260391416FA0E08FF0A0353A39"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (h).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBC07D529BD6949F0B20960991FE8C532"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Repeal of National Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 211 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4360">20 U.S.C. 4360</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H21861FDC583E41DAB859696C6B072FD0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 212 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4360a">20 U.S.C. 4360a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H981C85002F2B4A8991727DC1E76B5358"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>$121,275,000 for each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2024</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E65FAB25F39404AA7661E603176265B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>$70,016,000 for each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2024</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H59204F6C109A4564B22416C7B379EC9B"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text>The Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H362FB076FFF140A8A61B69FB8805B387"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 112(b)(3) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4332">20 U.S.C. 4332(b)(3)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Education and Labor</quote> and inserting <quote>Education and the Workforce</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8C026FFA839E47FBA1FA7CDB73ECA838"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 203 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4353">20 U.S.C. 4353</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D7FAFA24751410BB7503B430DB56101"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading of subsection (a), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">General Accounting</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Government Accountability</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC7985537CB94A87BED56874804253B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>General Accounting</quote> and inserting <quote>Government Accountability</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C979945C29849EA832CC73A3A407391"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(3), by striking <quote>Education and Labor</quote> and inserting <quote>Education and the Workforce</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H301A21D1F3DA4554B89AC87005BC12E3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking <quote>Education and Labor</quote> and inserting <quote>Education and the Workforce</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE607EF7A6FEE4C15B50E3FCDE1BCE1DE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 204 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4354">20 U.S.C. 4354</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Education and Labor</quote> and inserting <quote>Education and the Workforce</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDE4389F91F40443FB899011065B0D9BE"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 208(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4359">20 U.S.C. 4359(a)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Education and Labor</quote> and inserting <quote>Education and the Workforce</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A1CA40596A84EBA839099A6C8A357E7"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 210(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4359b">20 U.S.C. 4359b(b)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Education and Labor</quote> and inserting <quote>Education and the Workforce</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></part><part id="H0B5B07ED27A944F590C65B4F650D473E"><enum>B</enum><header>Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978; Dine´ College Act</header> <section id="HCD4D9A96842343C89ED30BBB05327685" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>911.</enum><header>Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978</header> <subsection id="HFDEA6B0B36F4439484987EB29993719B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 2 of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1801">25 U.S.C. 1801</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF84CC965B75648BBBE12AD11362A7927"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H96BAB216E7EB44B4BD959AB51EE5BA57"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CB4FAD40E954A39AFC99AA3225D8B69"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3FE3BC609B0496A9F6998D7357C3590"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (9); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2AB757943C074F10B8D985C1DB173B53"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7ED8DDA8226849F28761435184863AB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HF9AC9C06D6634DEF93355A18EBAB7E60"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such number shall be calculated based on the number of Indian students who are enrolled—</text> <subparagraph id="HF5069AF770BF402A98050023D1DC95B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at the conclusion of the third week of each academic term; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2090681F1325429AA9E923E798CD9EEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on the fifth day of a shortened program beginning after the conclusion of the third full week of an academic term.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6E1715A3C5745F8851600874709F9FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>for purposes of obtaining</quote> and inserting <quote>solely for the purpose of obtaining</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7CAA0A50DA9547E58B57903F3FFA21B0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5), the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H1FC83E4B2C3B45F1A3ADE9D61E5EF52F"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enrollment data from the prior-prior academic year shall be used.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H279D523AA1B8429F893D97EB0D8EDCFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1801">25 U.S.C. 1801</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 2 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1801">25 U.S.C. 1801</external-xref>), the following:</text>
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<section id="HB5FD9E66AD324E69B1114617F1BD28C1"><enum>3.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H40C0A7D973D5461F881AFB3114308E05"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Titles I and IV</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated $57,412,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024 to carry out titles I and IV.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7D10028D9D414395ADAC32CA6E98C7F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Title V</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated $7,414,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024 to carry out title V.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HBB896DEBFD1246F6937C25128C21908F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal of Planning Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104 of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1804a">25 U.S.C. 1804a</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H20144697BB064455AABDE118BF869FD9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grants to tribally controlled colleges and universities</header><text>Section 107 of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1807">25 U.S.C. 1807</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5217B9E3D09D447CA8998D26AA9C0A19"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H548E7B30F7674AAFB864647A00CD50AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H20B9313EEEEB4CB6989DA886786233CA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Amount of grants</header><text>Section 108(b)(1) of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1808">25 U.S.C. 1808(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC3F075E515C14F3589AAC1B0FA20FDCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of the funds available for allotment by October 15 or no later than 14 days after appropriations become available</quote> and inserting <quote> of the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year on or before July 1 of that fiscal year</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD4814E8CD0C34CA3B731750FB184BA5C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>January 1</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30</quote>;</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H05C30BC745FA4B9A904726E7454C45FA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 110(a) of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1810">25 U.S.C. 1810(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H61E5465667564A27A7C06270D12ADFDE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HBFEBDC68B99C45FA8BF053A99ECE7904"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$3,200,000 for fiscal year 2009 and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H080BD70E1DF847C38C6D97C19A0A681F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for each of the five succeeding fiscal years</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H403639A83620482F97B6BCDB30AF171B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>from the amount made available under section 3(a) for each fiscal year</quote> after <quote>necessary</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5CFD6B505BA447BB82E36CE813BD9649"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>for fiscal year 2009</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>from the amount made available under section 3(a) for each fiscal year.</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD8957CDC3FF8473DAD987A70C757F619"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>fiscal year 2009</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>from the amount made available under section 3(a) for each fiscal year.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C5BA0A59A72429EBF6ECF69BD16CD2A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>2009</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F4D3316B2E744209CD67339FFFE5DBB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Rules and regulations</header><text>The Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1801">25 U.S.C. 1801</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by striking section 115 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1815">25 U.S.C. 1815</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H60C64B66CD82415587272EB8E9D117A9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Repeal of endowment program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H64ADDD814AC7474DB2C717F4A5B84BD4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Title III of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1831">25 U.S.C. 1831</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7AF696887B3141799009F9B57FCC49E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transition</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5658F82246AE48D0BF78959A4F26F01E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), title III of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1831">25 U.S.C. 1831</external-xref> et seq.), as such title was in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall apply with respect to any endowment fund established or funded under such title before such date of enactment, except that the Secretary of the Interior may not make any grants or Federal capital contributions under such title after such date.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA92FDEC5F7C64D0FB24F93FA5089A93A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) shall terminate on the date that is 20 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. On or after such date, a tribally controlled college or university may use the corpus (including the Federal and institutional capital contribution) of any endowment fund described in such subparagraph to pay any expenses relating to the operation or academic programs of such college or university.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H359E4094146D49C48FFDE800EDAB39C7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Tribal economic development; authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 403 of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1852">25 U.S.C. 1852</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>for fiscal year 2009</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>from the amount made available under section 3(a) for each fiscal year.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5392F6362A0947D2840175C6253807D4"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 504 of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1864">25 U.S.C. 1864</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>for fiscal year 2009</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>from the amount made available under section 3(b) for each fiscal year.</quote></text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7264264C18D54E79ADD95B98FAFE3DCF"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header><text>The Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1801">25 U.S.C. 1801</external-xref> et seq.), as amended by subsections (a) through (j), is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HABF9F8846F6947058616865D2684B63E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Bureau of Indian Affairs</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Bureau of Indian Education</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF4A0C27CCAEC4E3FAC3796EDB9FFEBF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Navajo Community College Act</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Dine´ College Act</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF62E47E5AC2040B3BC5B1070E0DA507B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>colleges or universities</quote> each place it appears, including in headings, and inserting <quote>colleges and universities</quote> and conforming the font and typeface accordingly; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDD3D369BFEAA4F2698CAFC5DC962D349"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 109 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1809">25 U.S.C. 1809</external-xref>), by redesignating the second subsection (c) as subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HDD7C0A9D04AE493B929E55E8CE44D122"><enum>912.</enum><header>Dine´ College Act</header>
<subsection id="H52FC48D9D93C4C1F93BBEBEE0793E9E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The first section of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/92/189">Public Law 92–189</external-xref> is amended by striking <quote>this Act may be cited as the <quote>Navajo Community College Act</quote></quote> and inserting <quote>this Act may be cited as the <quote>Dine´ College Act</quote></quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HFB3D10D99343404F8D0229F6B0C8C0FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reference to the Navajo Community College Act in any law (other than this Act), regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a reference to the Dine´ College Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFBCF265FBB834D388ADB85A5D14CDA37"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/92/189">Public Law 92–189</external-xref> is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE6627BE76E4C4BD893B70DE6C751CB7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>for fiscal years 2009 through 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>from the amount made available under subsection (b)(1) for each fiscal year</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HEE624CAB6E594797AEF415108F60F12E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 2009 through 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>$13,600,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></part>