PUBLIC LAW 102-325—JULY 23, 1992 106 STAT. 485 and eligible populations which have been underserved by the programs assisted under this chapter. Technical training activities shall include the provision of information on authorizing legislation, goals and objectives of the program, required activities, eligibuily requirements, the application process and application deadlines, and assistance m the development of program proposals and the completion of program applications. Such training shall be furnished at conferences, semmars, and workshops to be conducted at not less than 10 sites throughout the United States to ensure that all areas of the United States with large concentrations of eligible participants are served. "(4) SPECIAL RULE.— The Secretary may contract with eligible entities to conduct the outreach activities described in this subsection. "(e) DOCUMENTATION OF STATUS AS A LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUAL.— Documentation of an individual's status pursuant to subsection (g)(2) shall be made— "(1) in the case of an individual who is eighteen years of age or younger or a dependent student by providing the Secretary with a signed statement from the parent or legal guardian, verification from another governmental source, a signed financial aid application, or a signed United States or Puerto Rican income tax return; and "(2) in the case of an individual who is age 18 or older or who is an independent student, by providing the Secretary with a signed statement from the individual, verification from another governmental source, a signed financial aid form, or a signed United States or Puerto Rican income tax return. "(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— For the purpose of making grants and contracts xmder this chapter, there are authorized to be appropriated $650,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. Of the amount appropriated under this chapter, the Secretary may use no more than V2 of 1 percent of such amount to obtain admtional quahfied readers and additional stafT to review applications, to increase the level of oversight monitoring, to support impact studies, program assessments and reviews, and to provide technical assistance to potential applicants and current grantees. In e:!q)ending these funds, the Secretary shall give priority to the additional administrative requirements provided in the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, to outreach activities, and to obtaining additional readers. The Secretary shall report to Congress by Octo- Reports, ber 1, 1994, on the use of these funds. " (g) DEFINITIONS.— For the purpose of this chapter: "(1) FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT.— The term 'first generation college student' means— "(A) an individual both of whose parents did not complete a baccalaureate degree; or " (B) in the case of any individual who regularly resided with and received support from only one parent, an individual whose only such parent did not complete a baccalaureate degree. "(2) LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUAL.—The term low-income individual' means an individual from a family whose taxable income for the preceding year did not exceed 150 percent of an amount equal to the poverty level determined by using criteria of poverty established by the Bureau of the Census.
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