Pub. L. 116-260, div. FF, tit. I, sec. 101 (as amended)
CONTINUING EDUCATION AT AFFECTED FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS.
SEC. 101. CONTINUING EDUCATION AT AFFECTED FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS.
(a) In General.—Section 3510 of the CARES Act (20 U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking “for the duration of such emergency” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting “for purposes of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) until the end of the covered period applicable to the institution.”;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking “for the duration of the qualifying emergency and the following payment period for purposes of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).” and inserting “until the end of the covered period applicable to the institution.”;
(3) in subsection (c), by striking “for the duration of the qualifying emergency and the following payment period,” and inserting “until all covered periods for foreign institutions carrying out a distance education program authorized under this section have ended,”;
(4) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking “for the duration of a qualifying emergency and the following payment period,” and inserting “until the end of the covered period applicable to a foreign institution,”; and
(ii) by striking “allow a foreign institution” and inserting “allow the foreign institution”;
(B) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2), by striking “subsection (a)” and inserting “paragraph (1)”;
(C) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking “30 days” and inserting “10 days”; and
(D) in paragraph (4)—
(i) by striking “for the duration of the qualifying emergency and the following payment period,” and inserting “until all covered periods for foreign institutions that entered into written arrangements under paragraph (1) have ended,”; and
(ii) by striking “identifies each foreign institution that entered into a written arrangement under subsection (a).” and inserting the following: identifies, for each such foreign institution—
“(A) the name of the foreign institution;
“(B) the name of the institution of higher education located in the United States that has entered into a written arrangement with such foreign institution; and
“(C) information regarding the nature of such written arrangement, including which coursework or program requirements are accomplished at each respective institution.”
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(5) by adding at the end the following:
“(e) Definition of Covered Period.—
“(1) In general.—In this section, the term ‘covered period’, when used with respect to a foreign institution of higher education, means the period—
“(A) beginning on the first day of—
“(i) a qualifying emergency; or
“(ii) a public health emergency, major disaster or emergency, or national emergency declared by the applicable government authorities in the country in which the foreign institution is located; and
“(B) ending on the later of—
“(i) subject to paragraph (2), the last day of the payment period, for purposes of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), following the end of any qualifying emergency or any emergency or disaster described in subparagraph (A)(ii) applicable to the foreign institution; or
“(ii) June 30, 2022.
“(2) Special rule for certain payment periods.—For purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), if the following payment period for an award year ends before June 30 of such award year, the covered period shall be extended until June 30 of such award year.”
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(b) [20 U.S.C. 1001 note] Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
- Cross-references to the US Code
- 20 U.S.C. 1001 note
- Public laws referenced
- 116-136