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PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986

"(g) The Commission shall also prepare a report on— "(1) the history, operation, procedures, and the role and adequacy of staff of the division described in subsection (e)(3)(B); "(2) the history and current operations of the National Advisory Committee on Accreditation and Institutional Eligibility, including current criteria for Federal recognition of accrediting bodies, how the criteria were developed, possible modifications, and procedures for accomplishing this; and "(3) with respect to the Department in general, an overview of its role in the institutional and programmatic recognition process as it relates to eligibility for Federal student assistance, including recommendations, if appropriate, on how this role might be changed and improved. "(h)(1)(A) By agreement between the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Commission is authorized to secure on a reimbursable basis, office space, clerical personnel, travel expenses, and such supplies and equipment as may be necessary for the Commission to carry out the study. "(B) Subject to such limitations as the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives may jointly prescribe, the Commission may appoint such personnel as the Commission deems necessary and fix the compensation at an annual rate that does not exceed the rate of basic pay then payable for GS18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, and may procure by contract the temporary and intermittent services of clerical personnel and experts or consultants, or organizations thereof. (2) In conducting the study authorized by this section, the Commission is authorized to— "(A) seek such assistance and support as may be required to conduct the study from appropriate Federal agencies; "(B) arrange for the detail of staff personnel from other Federal agencies; "(C) enter into contracts and make other arrangements, as may be necessary for the conduct of the study; (D) convene such technical groups as deemed necessary to secure information about the existing recognition process; and "(E) provide transportation and subsistence for persons serving without compensation. "(3) Upon request by the Commission, the head of any Federal agency is authorized to detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of such agency to the Commission to assist in the conduct of the study. "(i) The Commission shall submit a report of the findings and recommendations of the study required by this section to the Postsecondary Education Subcommittee of the Education and Labor Committee of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities of the Labor and Human Resources Committee of the Senate not later than one year after funds are appropriated and made available for this study. "(j) There are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the study authorized by this section.". SEC. 1204. STUDENT REPRESENTATION.

Title XII of the Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:

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