123STA T .79 1 PUBLIC LA W 111 –8—M A R .11 , 2 0 09 inthepr e c e d in g pr ov i s oth a tise qu a l tothea m ount o f such continu - ation a w ard shall b e used in accordance with the terms of such continuation award
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d fu r th er ,T hat $1,0 00,000, to remain available until e x pended, shall be available to carr y out a scholar- ship program for the purpose of increasing the s k illed workforce for industrial health and safety occupations, including mine safety: Provided further, That the S ecretary of E ducation shall identify these scholarships as ‘ ‘Erma B yrd Scholarships ’ ’: Provided further, That such scholarships shall be awarded without regard to an applicant’s prior work experience, but the Secretary shall, notwith- standing section 437 of the G eneral Education P rovisions A ct and 5U. S. C . 553, by notice in the F ederal R egister, establish the eligi- bility requirements, service obligations, payback requirements, and other program requirements similar to those specified in section 515 of the Federal M ine Safety and H ealth Act as are necessary to implement such a program: Provided further, That such scholar- ship funds may be used to replace a student’s expected family contribution, but institutions accepting such scholarship funds may not use these funds to supplant existing institutional aid: Provided further, That the Secretary shall be authori z ed to accept contribu- tions for such scholarships from private sources: Provided further, That these funds shall be used for scholarships for academic year 2 00 9– 2010 and may be available for scholarships in academic year 2010–2011: Provided further, That $91,243,000 shall be used for the pro j ects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘Higher Education’’ in the explanatory statement described in sec- tion 4 ( in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act ) . H OWARD U NIVE R S I TY For partial support of Howard University, $234,977,000, of which not less than $3,4 6 4,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act and shall remain available until expended. CO L LE G EHO U SING AND A C ADE M IC FACILITIES L OANS PROGRAM For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $461,000. HISTORICALLY BLAC K COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CA P ITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT N otwithstanding the limitations contained in section 344(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’), the aggregate prin- cipal amount of outstanding bonds insured under the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program is author- ized to equal but not exceed $725,000,000, which may be used for loans to public and private historically black colleges and univer- sities without regard to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 344(a). For the cost of guaranteed loans, $10,000,000, as authorized pursuant to Part D of title I II of the HEA: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin- cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed Notice.F e d e ralR e g i s ter ,pub licatio n . D esignation.
