[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3784 Referred in Senate (RFS)]


109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3784


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 2005

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 
                     1965, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Higher Education Extension Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS.

    (a) Extension of Duration.--The authorization of appropriations 
for, and the duration of, each program authorized under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) shall be extended 
through December 31, 2005.
    (b) Performance of Required and Authorized Functions.--If the 
Secretary of Education, a State, an institution of higher education, a 
guaranty agency, a lender, or another person or entity--
            (1) is required, in or for fiscal year 2004, to carry out 
        certain acts or make certain determinations or payments under a 
        program under the Higher Education Act of 1965, such acts, 
        determinations, or payments shall be required to be carried 
        out, made, or continued during the period of the extension 
        under this section; or
            (2) is permitted or authorized, in or for fiscal year 2004, 
        to carry out certain acts or make certain determinations or 
        payments under a program under the Higher Education Act of 
        1965, such acts, determinations, or payments are permitted or 
        authorized to be carried out, made, or continued during the 
        period of the extension under this section.
    (c) Extension at Current Levels.--The amount authorized to be 
appropriated for a program described in subsection (a) during the 
period of extension under this section shall be the amount authorized 
to be appropriated for such program for fiscal year 2004, or the amount 
appropriated for such program for such fiscal year, whichever is 
greater. Except as provided in any amendment to the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 enacted during fiscal year 2005 or 2006, the amount of any 
payment required or authorized under subsection (b) in or for the 
period of the extension under this section shall be determined in the 
same manner as the amount of the corresponding payment required or 
authorized in or for fiscal year 2004.
    (d) Advisory Committees and Other Entities Continued.--Any advisory 
committee, interagency organization, or other entity that was, during 
fiscal year 2004, authorized or required to perform any function under 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), or in 
relation to programs under that Act, shall continue to exist and is 
authorized or required, respectively, to perform such function for the 
period of the extension under this section.
    (e) Additional Extension not Permitted.--Section 422 of the General 
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1226a) shall not apply to further 
extend the authorization of appropriations for any program described in 
subsection (a) on the basis of the extension of such program under this 
section.
    (f) Exception.--The programs described in subsection (a) for which 
the authorization of appropriations, or the duration of which, is 
extended by this section include provisions applicable to institutions 
in, and students in or from, the Freely Associated States, except that 
those provisions shall be applicable with respect to institutions in, 
and students in or from, the Federated States of Micronesia and the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands only to the extent specified in Public 
Law 108-188.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 20, 2005.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.