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 107 STAT. 1106 PUBLIC LAW 103-112 —OCT. 21, 1993 for inspections and site visits, shall be available for the operating expenses of this account. HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING, PROGRAM ACCOUNT To carry out the purposes of title VII, part B of the Higher Education Act, as amended, and subject to the limitations of section 724 of such part, the Secretary is authorized to enter into insurance agreements to provide financial insurance to guarantee for full payment of principal and interest on qualified bonds upon the conditions set forth in subsections (b), (c) and (d) of section 723 of such part: Provided, That bonds insured pursuant to such part shall not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds shall not exceed zero. For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program entered into pursuant to title VII, part B of the Higher Education Act, as amended, $200,000. EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT For carrying out the activities authorized by section 405 and section 406 of the General Education Provisions Act, as amended (or any successor authority); section 1562, section 1566, section 2012, subpart 2 of part A of title II, and parts B, E, and F of title rV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended; part B of title III of Public Law 100-297; title DC of the Education for Economic Security Act; title II of Public Law 102-62; and section 551 of the Higher Education Act, $292,592,000: Provided, That $31,000,000 shall be for research centers, including funds to extend the existing award for a research center on the education of disadvantaged students for up to one year; $38,032,000 shall be for regional laboratories, including $9,508,000 for rural initiatives; $32,500,000 shall be for activities under the Fund for Innovation in Education; $4,463,000 shall be for civic education activities under section 4609; $5,396,000 shall be for Grants for Schools and Teachers under subpart 1 and $3,687,000 shall be for Family School Partnerships under subpart 2 of part B of title III of Public Law 100-297; $16,072,000 shall be for national programs under section 2012, including not less than $5,472,000 for the National Clearinghouse for Science and Mathematics under section 2012(d); and $13,871,000 shall be for regional consortia under subpart 2 of part A of title 11; $25,944,000 shall be for star schools, of which $4,000,000 shall be awarded competitively for a demonstration of a statewide, two-way interactive fiber optic telecommunications network, carrying voice, video, and data transmissions, and housing a point of presence in every county; and $3,212,000 shall be for the National Writing Project. LIBRARIES For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles I, II, III, IV, and VI of the Library Services and Construction Act (20 U.S.C. ch. 16), and title II of the Higher Education Act, $146,309,000, of which $17,792,000 shall be used to carry out the provisions of title II of the Library Services and Construction Act

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