Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 100 Part 2.djvu/210

 100 STAT. 1312

PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986

comments and recommendations of the Secretary, to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives. "(g) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INSUFFICIENT APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) If,

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any fiscal year, the funds appropriated for pa3mients under this subpart are insufficient to satisfy fully all entitlements, as calculated under subsection (b), the amount paid with respect to each entitlement shall be— "(A) the full amount for any student whose expected family contribution is $200 or less, or "(B) a percentage of that entitlement, as determined in accordance with a schedule of reductions established by the Secretary for this purpose, for any student whose expected family contribution is more than $200. "(2) Any schedule established by the Secretary for the purpose of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall contain a single linear reduction formula in which the percentage reduction increases uniformly as the entitlement decreases, and shall provide that if an entitlement is reduced to less than $100, no payment shall be made. "(h) USE OF EXCESS FUNDS.—(1) If, at the end of a fiscal year, the funds available for making payments under this subpart exceed the amount necessary to make the payments required under this subpart to eligible students by 15 percent or less, then all of the excess funds shall remain available for making payments under this subpart during the next succeeding fiscal year. "(2) If, at the end of a fiscal year, the funds available for making payments under this subpart exceed the amount necessary to make the payments required under this subpart to eligible students by more than 15 percent, then all of such funds shall remain available for making such payments but payments may be made under this paragraph only with respect to entitlements for that fiscal year. "(i) NoNCONTRACTOR STATUS OF INSTITUTIONS.—Any institution of higher education which enters into an agreement with the Secretary to disburse to students attending that institution the amounts those students are eligible to receive under this subpart shall not be deemed, by virtue of such agreement, a contractor maintaining a system of records to accomplish a function of the Secretary. " F A M I L Y CONTRIBUTION SCHEDULE FOR PELL GRANTS; DATA ELEMENTS 20 USC I070a-i.

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(a) GENERAL RULE FOR DETERMINATION OF EXPECTED

FAMILY CONTRIBUTION.—(1) The expected family contribution— "(A) for a dependent student shall be determined in accordance with section 41 IB, "(B) for an independent student with dependents other than a spouse shall be determined in accordance with section 41IC, and "(C) for a single independent student or a married independent student without other dependents shall be determined in accordance with section 41 ID. "(2) The following data elements are considered in determining the expected family contribution: "(A) the effective income of (i) the student and the student's spouse; and (ii) the student's parents, in the case of a dependent student; "(B) the number of family members in the household;

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