funding requirement

funding requirement Sec. 183. Title XII of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof (after the section added by section 182) the following new section: “funding requirement “Sec. 1208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) — “(1) if the sum of the appropriations available for carrying out subparts 1 and 2 of part A, and parts C and E, of title IV in fiscal year 1978 equals or exceeds an amount equal to the greater of— “(A) $2,800,000,000; or “(B) the sum of the appropriations available for carrying out subparts I and 2 of part A, and parts C and E, of title IV in fiscal year 1977, no payments, awards, or grants may be made from the portion of the funds appropriated therefor in excess of such amount unless the sum of the appropriations available for carrying out title I, part C of title VII, and title X equals or exceeds 50 per centum of such amount; and “(2) if the sum of the appropriations available for carrying out subparts 1 and 2 of part A, and parts C and E, of title IV in fiscal year 1979 equals or exceeds an amount equal to the greater of— “(A) $3,100,000,000; or “(B) the sum of the appropriations available for carrying out subparts 1 and 2 of part A, and parts C and E, of title IV in fiscal year 1978, 90 STAT. 2168 no payments, awards, or grants may be made from the portion of the funds appropriated therefor in excess of such amount unless the sum of the appropriations available for carrying out title I, part C of title VII, and title X equals or exceeds 50 per centum of such amount. “(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not be effective for any fiscal year in which the sum of the appropriations available for carrying out title I, part G of title VII, and title X equals or exceeds $215,000,000. “(c) The provisions of section 414 of the General Education Provision Act shall not apply to the provisions of this section.”.