PUBLIC LAW 98-139—OCT. 31, 1983 97 STAT. 891 Territory of the Pacific Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands an amount at least equal to the amount it received in the previous fiscal year, and the remainder shall be distributed equally among the aforesaid recipients of these funds: Provided further, That not to exceed $99,590,000 shall be for carrying out part A, subpart 3, of the Vocational Education Act: Provided further. That $2,243,100 shall be made available for the National Occupational Information Coordi- nating Committee. 20 USC 2350. STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE For carrying out subparts 1, 2, and 3 of part A, and parts C and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act, $3,976,860,000 which shall remain available until September 30, 1985: Provided, That amounts appropriated for Pell Grants shall be available first to meet any insufficiencies in entitlements resulting from the payment schedule for Pell Grants published by the Secretary of Education for the 1983-1984 academic year: Provided further. That pursuant to section 411(b)(4)(A) of the Higher Education Act, amounts appropriated herein for Pell Grants which exceed the amounts required to meet the payments schedule published for any fiscal year by 15 per centum or less shall be carried forward and merged with amounts appropriated for the next fiscal year: Provided further. That the maximum grant a student may receive in the 1984-1985 academic year shall be $1,900 notwithstanding section 411(a)(2) and section 411(b)(5) of the Higher Education Act: Provided further. That not- withstanding section 413D(a) and subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 442 of the Higher Education Act, the Secretary shall appor- tion funds among the States so that each State's apportionment under the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program or Work-Study Program bears the same ratio to the total amount appropriated under each program as that State's apportionment in fiscal year 1981 for each program bears to the total amount appro- priated for fiscal year 1981 for each program: Provided further. That with regard to the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant and Work-Study Programs notwithstanding the second sentence of section 413D0t))(l)(B)(ii) and section 446(a) of the Higher Education Act, from each jurisdiction's allotment of funds under each program, the Secretary shall allocate sums to institutions in that jurisdiction that did not receive an allocation in fiscal year 1979 (award year 1979-1980) under each program in a manner that will most effec- tively carry out the purposes of the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program and the Work-Study Program, and shall allocate the sums remaining to institutions that received an allocation in fiscal year 1979 so that each institution's allocation bears the same ratio to the amount it would have received under section 413D(b)(l)(B)(ii) and section 446(a) as the remaining sums available for allocation bear to the sums necessary to satisfy alloca- tions made pursuant to section 413D(b)(l)(B)(ii) and section 446(a): Provided further, That such sums as may be necessary shall be made available to compensate private debt collection agencies under con- tract with the Secretary of Education, as provided for in Public Law 97-365, from amounts collected by these private agencies on loans defaulted under part E of the Higher Education Act. 20 USC 1070a, 1070b, 1070c; 42 USC 2751; 20 USC 1088. 20 USC 1070a. 20 USC 1070a note. 20 USC 1070b-3 note. 20 USC 1070b-3. 42 USC 2752. 42 USC 2756. 5 USC 5514 note. 20 USC 1088.
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