[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 6889 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.6889

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight


                                 An Act


 
   To extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase 
guaranteed student loans for an additional year, 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. EXTENSION OF STUDENT LOAN PURCHASE AUTHORITY.
    Section 459A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087i-
1) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``July 1, 2009'' each place it appears in 
    subsections (a)(1) and (f) and inserting ``July 1, 2010''; and
        (2) in subsection (e)--
            (A) by striking ``September 30, 2009'' each place it 
        appears in paragraphs (1)(A) and (2) and inserting ``September 
        30, 2010'';
            (B) by striking ``February 15, 2010'' in paragraph (2) and 
        inserting ``February 15, 2011''; and
            (C) by striking ``2009, and 2010'' in paragraph (3) and 
        inserting ``2009, 2010, and 2011''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE LENDERS FOR LENDER-OF-LAST-
RESORT PROGRAM.
    Section 428(j) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1078(j)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``June 30, 2009'' and 
    inserting ``June 30, 2010'';
        (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ``June 30, 2009'' and 
    inserting ``June 30, 2010''; and
        (3) in paragraph (9)(A)--
            (A) in clause (ii), by striking ``June 30, 2010'' and 
        inserting ``June 30, 2011'';
            (B) in clause (ii)(III), by striking ``June 30, 2009'' and 
        inserting ``June 30, 2010''; and
            (C) in clause (iii), by striking ``July 1, 2010'' and 
        inserting ``July 1, 2011''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.