Technical Amendments

Technical Amendments making section 103 allotments available for section 104 institutions under certain circumstances Sec. 702. (a) (1) Section 103(b) of the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 is amended by inserting “(1)” immediately after “(b)” in such section and by adding at the end thereof: “(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, any portion of a State’s allotment under this section for a fiscal year for which applications from an institution qualified to receive grants under this section have not been received by the State Commission by January 1 of such fiscal year, shall, if the Commission so requests, be available, in accordance with the provisions of this title, for payment of the Federal share (as determined under sections 108(b)(3) and 401(d)) of the development cost of approved projects for the construction of academic facilities within such State for institutions of higher education other than public community colleges and public technical institutes.” (2) The first sentence of section 103 (c) is amended by striking out “for providing academic facilities for public community colleges or public technical institutes” and inserting in lieu thereof “for the purposes set forth in subsection (b) of this section”. (3) Section 105(a) is amended by striking out “hereinafter” in the matter preceding clause (1). (4) Clause (3) of section 105(a) is amended by inserting “(except as provided in section 103 (b) (2))” after “section 103 will be available”. making section 104 allotments available for section 103 institutions under certain circumstances (b) (1) Section 104(b) of the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 is amended by inserting “(1)” immediately after “(b)” in such section and by adding at the end thereof: “(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, any portion of a State’s allotment under this section for a fiscal year for which applications from an institution qualified to receive grants under this section have not been received by the State Commission by January 1 of such fiscal year, shall, if the Commission so requests, be available, in accordance with the provisions of this title, for payment of the Federal share (as determined under sections 108(b)(3) and 401(d)) of the development, cost, of approved projects for the construction of academic facilities within such State for public community colleges and public technical institutes.” (2) The first sentence of section 104(c) is amended by striking out “for providing academic facilities for institutions of higher education other than public community colleges and public technical institutes” 79 Stat. 1268and inserting in lieu thereof “for the purposes set forth in subsection (b) of this section”. (3) Clause (3) of section 105(a) is amended by inserting “(except as provided in section 104(b)(2))” after “section 104 will be available”. revising federal share for public community colleges and public technical institutes (c) (1) Section 105(a) (2) of the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 is amended by striking out “other than a project for a public community college or public technical institute”. (2) Section 107(b) of such Act is amended (1) by striking out “other than a project for a public community college or public technical institute”, and (2) by striking out “shall be 40 per centum” and inserting in lieu thereof “shall in no event exceed 40 per centum”. (3) Section 401(d) of such Act is amended by inserting immediately before “40 per centum” the following: “a percentage (as determined under the applicable State plan) not in excess of”. three-year availability of sums appropriated under section 201 (d) The last sentence of section 201 of the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 is amended to read as follows: Sums appropriated pursuant to this section for any fiscal year shall remain available for grants under this title until the end of the second succeeding fiscal year. two-year availability of title iii funds (e) Section 303(c) of the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Sums appropriated pursuant to this subsection for any fiscal year shall remain available for loans under this title until the end of the next succeeding fiscal year.” coordination with part a (grants for expansion and improvement of nurse training) of title viii of the public health service act (f) Effective with respect to applications for grants and loans submitted after the date of enactment of this Act, clause (E) of section 401(a) (2) of the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 is amended to read as follows: “(E) any facility used or to be used by a school of medicine, school of dentistry, school of osteopathy, school of pharmacy, school of optometry, school of podiatry, or school of public health as these terms are defined in section 724 of the Public Health Service Act, or a school of nursing as defined in section 843 of that Act.”