special programs and projects relating to national and regional problems

special programs and projects relating to national and regional problems Sec. 102. (a) (1) Sections 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, and 111 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and all references thereto, are redesignated as sections 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, and 112, respectively. Title I of such Act is amended by inserting after section 105 the following new section: 86 Stat. 237 “special programs and projects relating to national and regional problems “Sec. 106. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to reserve from the sums appropriated pursuant to section 101 for any fiscal year an amount not in excess of 10 per centum of the sums so appropriated for that fiscal year for grants pursuant to subsection (b). “(b) (1) From the sums reserved under subsection (a), the Commissioner is authorized to make grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education (and combinations thereof) to assist them in carrying out special programs and projects, consistent with the purposes of this title, which are designed to seek solutions to national and regional problems relating to technological and social changes and environmental pollution. “(2) No grant or contract wider this section shall exceed 90 per centum of the cost of the program or project for which application is made.”. (2) Section 103(a) of such title I is amended by striking out that part of the language which precedes “, the Commissioner” and by inserting in lieu thereof “From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 101 for any fiscal year which are not reserved wider section 106(a)”. (b) The amendments made by the second sentence of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and by paragraph (2) of such subsection shall be effective after June 30, 1972, and then— (1) only with respect to appropriations for title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1972; and (2) only to the extent that the allotment to any State under section 103(a) of such title is not less for any fiscal year than the allotment to that State under such section 103(a) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972.