ELIGIBILITY FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

SEC. 801. ELIGIBILITY FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS. (a) Higher Education.— Section 484 of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1091) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(k) Students Attending Institutions in the Freely Associated States and Eligibility for Trio Programs.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a student who meets the requirements of paragraph (a)(5) of this section or who is a resident of the freely associated states, and who attends a public or nonprofit institution of higher education located in any of the freely associated states rather than a State, shall be eligible, if otherwise qualified, for assistance under subpart 1, 2, or 4 of part A or part C of this title.”. (b) Territorial Teacher Training Assistance Program.— Section 4502 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 3142) is amended by striking “the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia.”. 105 STAT. 360 (c) Treatment of Territories and Territorial Student Assistance.— Section 1204 of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1144a) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an institution of higher education that is located in any of the freely associated states, rather than a State, shall be eligible, if otherwise qualified, for assistance under subpart 4 of part A of title IV of this Act,”.