Education Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-318; 7 U.S.C. 301 note) * LAND-GRANT STATUS FOR THE COLLEGE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF GUAM SEC. 506. (a) The College of the Virgin Islands, the Community College of American Samoa, the College of Micronesia, the Northern Marianas College, and the University of Guam shall be considered land-grant colleges established for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts in accordance with the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862, as amended (12 Stat. 503; 7 U.S.C. 301-305, 307, 308). (b) In lieu of extending to the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Micronesia, and the Northern Mariana Islands those provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862, as amended, relating to donations of public land or land scrip for the endowment and maintenance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, there is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 to the Virgin Islands and $3,000,000 to Guam and an equal amount to American Samoa, Micronesia, and to the Northern Mariana Islands. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall be held and considered to have been granted to the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Micronesia, and the Northern Mariana Islands subject to the provisions of that Act applicable to the proceeds from the sale of land or land scrip. AMERICAN SAMOA AND MICRONESIA LAND GRANT COLLEGES SEC. 1361. [7 U.S.C. 301 note] (a)1 * ** (c) Any provision of any Act of Congress relating to the operation of or provision of assistance to a land grant college in the Virgin Islands or Guam shall apply to the land grant college in American Samoa and in Micronesia in the same manner and to the same extent. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with or affect any of the provisions of the April 17, 1900 Treaty of Cession of Tutuila and Aunu'u Islands, or the July 16, 1904 Treaty of Cession of the Manu'a Islands as ratified by the Act of February 20, 1929 (45 Stat. 1253) and the Act of May 22, 1929 (46 Stat. 4). SEC. 1392. [20 U.S.C. 1146] The authorization to enter into contracts or other obligations under the Act, as amended by this Act, shall be effective for fiscal year 1981 and any succeeding fiscal year only to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. EFFECTIVE DATES SEC. 1393. [20 U.S.C. 1011 note] (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1980. (b)(1) The amendment made by section 301 of this Act to title III of the Act shall take effect October 1, 1981. (2) The amendment made by section 404(c)(4) of this Act to section 415C(b)(4) of the Act shall be effective October 1, 1979. 1 Subsection (a) of section 1361 of the Education Amendments of 1980 amended section 506 of the Education Amendments of 1972. 2 Subsection (b) of section 1361 of the Education Amendments of 1980 amended section 5 of the Second Morrill Act. (3) The amendment made by section 405 to subpart 4 of part A of title IV of the Act shall take effect October 1, 1981. (4) The amendments made by part B of title IV of this Act shall take effect, except as otherwise provided therein, on January 1, 1981, and to the extent such amendments make changes in such part B which affect student loans, such changes shall apply to outstanding loans as well as to loans made after the amendments take effect, except that the amendments made by section 415(b) shall apply with respect to any loan to cover the cost of instruction for any period of instruction beginning on or after January 1, 1981, to any student borrower who has no outstanding balance of principal or interest on any loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 on the date on which the borrower enters into the note or other written evidence of the loan. (5) The amendments made by part D of title IV of this Act shall apply to loans made under part E of the Act on or after October 1, 1980. (6) The amendment made by section 701 of this Act adding section 731 of the Act shall apply to loans made under section 731 on or after October 1, 1980. Higher Education Amendments of 1986 TITLE IV-STUDENT ASSISTANCE SEC. 401. STUDENTS GRANTS REAUTHORIZED. (a) AMENDMENT.-Part A of title IV of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: [Text as amended printed earlier in this volume.] (b) EFFECTIVE DATES. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), sections 411A through 411F of the Act as amended by this section shall apply with respect to the determination of need for Pell Grants for academic years beginning with academic year 19881989. With respect to any preceding academic year, such determinations shall be made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Education in accordance with the Student Financial Assistance Technical Amendments Act of 1982. (2) The definition of independent student contained in section 411F(12) of the Act as amended by this section shall apply with respect to the determination of such need for academic years beginning with academic year 1987-1988. (3) Section 411(c) of the Act as amended by this section shall apply only to individuals who receive a Pell Grant for the first time for a period of enrollment beginning on or after July 1, 1987. (4) Section 411(f) of the Act as amended by this section shall apply to the awarding of Pell Grants for periods of enrollment beginning on or after July 1, 1987. (5) Section 413C(c)(2) of the Act as amended by this section shall apply to the awarding of grants under subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Act for periods of enrollment beginning on or after July 1, 1987. (6) The changes made in section 413D of the Act shall apply with respect to the allocation of funds for the academic year 19881989 and succeeding academic years. (7) The changes made in section 417D of the Act shall apply with respect to grants awarded under such section in fiscal year 1988 or any succeeding fiscal year. SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF GUARANTEED STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM. (a) AMENDMENT.-Part B of title IV of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: [Text as amended printed earlier in this volume.] (b) EFFECTIVE DATES.-The changes made in part B of title IV of the Act by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, except (1) as otherwise provided in such part B; (2) the changes in sections 427(a)(2)(C) and 428(b)(1)(M) of the Act (other than clauses (viii), (ix), and (x) of each such section) shall apply only to loans to new borrowers that (A) are made to cover the cost of instruction for periods of enrollment beginning on or after July 1, 1987; or (B) are disbursed on or after July 1, 1987; (3) the changes made in sections 425(a), 428(b)(1)(A), and 428(b)(1)(B) of the Act shall apply with respect only to loans. disbursed on or after January 1, 1987, or made to cover the costs of instruction for periods of enrollment beginning on or after January 1, 1987; (4) the changes made in subsections (a), (b), and (d) of section 433 of the Act shall apply with respect only to loans disbursed on or after January 1, 1987, or made to cover the costs of instruction for periods of enrollment beginning on or after January 1, 1987; (5) the changes in section 428(b)(1)(H) shall apply with respect only to loans for which the borrower files an application on or after July 1, 1987; (6) the changes in sections 435(d)(5) and 438(d) of the Act shall take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act; and (7) the changes made in section 438(b) shall take effect with respect to loans disbursed on or after 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act or made to cover the costs of instruction for periods of enrollment beginning on or after 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (c) CHANGES EFFECTIVE WITHOUT REGARD TO REGULATIONS; REPUBLICATION OF REGULATIONS.-The changes made in part B of title IV of the Act by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall be effective in accordance with subsection (b) of this section without regard to whether such changes are reflected in the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Education for the purpose of such part. (d) NEW BORROWERS.-For the purpose of this section, the term "new borrower" means, with respect to any date, an individual who on that date has no outstanding balance of principal or interest owing on any loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part B of title IV of the Act. SEC. 403. WORK STUDY REAUTHORIZED. (a) AMENDMENT.-Part C of title IV of the Act is amended to read as follows: * * * * [Text as amended printed earlier in this volume.] (b) EFFECTIVE DATES.-(1) Section 442 of the Act shall apply with respect to the allocation of funds for academic year 1988-1989 and succeeding academic years. |
