authorization for statewide planning

authorization for statewide planning Sec. 179. (a) Section 1203 of the Act is amended by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by inserting immediately after subsection (b) the following new subsection: “(c) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to State commissions established pursuant to section 1202(a), and to interstate compact postsecondary educational agencies approved by the Commissioner for the purpose of this subsection, applying jointly for the purpose of this subsection, to enable the participating commissions to plan, develop, and carry out interstate cooperative postsecondary education projects designed to increase the accessibility of postsecondary educational opportunities for the residents of the participating States and to assist such States to carry out postsecondary education programs in a more effective and economical manner.”. (b) Section 1203(d) of the. Act (as redesignated by this section) is amended to read as follows: “(d) (1) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year ending prior to October 1, 1979, to early out the provisions of this section other than subsection (c) of this section. “(2) There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each fiscal year ending prior to October 1, 1979, to carry out the provisions of subsection (c) of this section.”.