Higher Education

Higher Education For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (“HEA”), section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, part I of subtitle A of title VI of the America COMPETES Act, and section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, $2,255,665,000: Provided, That $9,687,000, to remain available through September 30, 2011, shall be available to fund fellowships for academic year 2011–2012 under subpart 1 of part A of title VII of the HEA, under the terms and conditions of such subpart 1: Provided further, That $609,000 shall be for data collection and evaluation activities for programs under the HEA, including such activities needed to comply with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign countries by individuals who are participating in advanced foreign language training and international studies in areas that are vital to United States national security and who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, the professions, or international development: Provided further, That of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, a recipient of a multi-year award under section 316 of the HEA, as that section was in effect prior to the date of enactment of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (“HEOA”), that would have otherwise received a continuation award for fiscal year 2010 under that section, shall receive under section 316, as amended by the HEOA, not less than the amount that such recipient would have received under such a continuation award: Provided further, That the portion of the funds received under section 316 by a recipient described in the preceding proviso that is equal to the amount of such continuation award shall be used in accordance with the terms of such continuation award: Provided further, That $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available to carry out a scholarship program for the purpose of increasing the skilled workforce for industrial health and safety occupations, including mine safety: Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall identify these scholarships as “Erma Byrd Scholarships”: Provided further, That such scholarships shall be awarded without regard to an applicant’s prior work experience, but the Secretary shall, notwithstanding section 437 of the General Education Provisions Act and 5 U.S.C. 553, by notice in the Federal Register, establish the eligibility requirements, service obligations, payback requirements, and 123 STAT. 3269 other program requirements similar to those specified in section 515 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act as are necessary to implement such a program: Provided further, That such scholarship funds may be used to replace a student’s expected family contribution, but institutions accepting such scholarship funds may not use these funds to supplant existing institutional aid: Provided further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to accept contributions for such scholarships from private sources: Provided further, That these funds shall be used for scholarships for academic year 2010–2011 and may be available for scholarships in academic year 2011–2012: Provided further, That $101,507,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading “Higher Education” in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act: provided further, That $17,750,000 shall be used for the programs specified under the “Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education” in the statement of the managers in accordance with the specified sections.