PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 110 STAT. 3009-258 FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT For Federal administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed student loans authorized by title IV, part B, of the Higher Education Act, as amended, $46,572,000. HIGHER EDUCATION For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, parts A and B of title III, without regard to section 360(a)(l)(B)(ii), titles IV, V, VI, VII, and IX, part A and subpart 1 of part B of title X, and title XI of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. Public Law 102-423 and the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961; $879,054,000, of which $15,673,000 for interest subsidies under title VII of the Higher Education Act, as amended, shall remain available until expended: Provided, That funds available for part D of title IX of the Higher Education Act shall be available to fund noncompeting continuation awards for academic year 1997-1998 for fellowships awarded originally under part B of title IX of said Act, under the terms and conditions of part B: Provided further, That $5,931,000 of the funds available for part D of title IX of the Higher Education Act shall be available to fund new and noncompeting continuation awards for academic year 1997-1998 for fellowships awarded under part C of title IX of said Act, under the terms and conditions of part C: Provided further. That notwithstanding sections 419D, 419E, and 419H of the Higher Education Act, as amended, scholarships made under title IV, part A, subpart 6 shall be prorated to maintain the same number of new scholarships in fiscal year 1997 as in fiscal year 1996: Provided further. That $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the George H.W. Bush fellowship program, if authorized by April 1, 1997: Provided further. That $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the Edmund S. Muskie Foundation to establish an endowment fund to provide income to support such foundation on a continuing basis, if authorized by April 1, 1997: Provided further. That $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the Claiborne Pell Institute for International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island, if authorized by April 1, 1997: Provided further. That $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation, if authorized by April 1, 1997: Provided further. That, of the amounts made available under title X, part A of the Higher Education Act, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the Pennsylvania Educational Telecommunications Exchange Network. HOWARD UNIVERSITY For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $196,000,000: Provided, That from the amount available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under the Howard University Endowment Act (Public Law 98-480). HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES LOANS The Secretary is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available under this heading and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments
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