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108 STAT. 264 PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 "(b) SPECIAL RULE.— "(1) IN GENERAL. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may use not more than 1 percent of the funds appropriated for any education program that awards such funds on a competitive basis to pay the expenses and fees of non-Federal experts necessary to review applications and proposals for such funds. " (2) APPLICABILITY.—The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply to any education program under which funds are authorized to be appropriated to pay the fees and expenses of non-Federal experts to review applications and proposals for such funds.". PART I—AMENDMENTS TO THE CARL D. PER - KINS VOCATIONAL AND APPLIED TECH- NOLOGY EDUCATION ACT SEC. 991. NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION COORDINATING COMMITTEE. Section 422 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2422) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2) of subsection (a), by inserting "(including postsecondary employment and training programs)" after "training programs"; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) (as redesignated in subparagraph (A)), by inserting "the State board or agency governing higher education," after "coordinating council,"; and (C) in paragraph (1) (as redesignated in subparagraph (A))— (i) by striking "Act and of and inserting "Act, of; and (ii) by inserting "and of the State board or agency governing higher education" after "Job Training Partnership Act"; (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (4) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: "(d) DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM. —In the development and design of a system to provide data on graduation or completion rates, job placement rates from occupationally specific programs, licensing rates, and awards of high school graduate equivalency diplomas (GED), each State board for higher education shall develop a data collection system the results of which can be integrated into the occupational information system developed under this section.".