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 112 STAT. 1592 PUBLIC LAW 105-244—OCT. 7, 1998 Termination date. 20 USC 1011c. Federal Register, publication. Records. "(b) ELIGIBILITY. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an institution of higher education that is located in any of the Freely Associated States, rather than in another State, shall be eligible, if otherwise qualified, for assistance under chapter 1 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV. This subsection shall cease to be effective on September 30, 2004. "SEC. 114. NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON mSTTTUTIONAL QUAL- ITY AND INTEGRITY. " (a) ESTABLISHMENT. —There is established in the Department a National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (heresifter in this section referred to as the 'Committee'), which shall be composed of 15 members appointed by the Secretary from among individuals who are representatives of, or knowledgeable concerning, education and training beyond secondary education, including representatives of all sectors and types of institutions of higher education (as defined in section 102), to assess the process of eligibility and certification of such institutions under title IV and the provision of financial aid under title IV. "(b) TERMS OF MEMBERS.—Terms of office of each member of the Committee shall be 3 years, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. "(c) PUBLIC NOTICE. —The Secretary shall— "(1) annually publish in the Federal Register a list containing the name of each member of the Committee and the date of the expiration of the term of office of the member; and "(2) publicly solicit nominations for each vacant position or expiring term of office on the Committee. "(d) FUNCTIONS. —The Committee shall— "(1) advise the Secretary with respect to establishment and enforcement of the standards of accrediting agencies or associations under subpart 2 of part H of title IV; "(2) advise the Secretary with respect to the recognition of a specific accrediting agency or association; "(3) advise the Secretary with respect to the preparation and publication of the list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies and associations; "(4) develop and recommend to the Secretary standards and criteria for specific categories of vocational training institutions and institutions of higher education for which there are no recognized accrediting agencies, associations, or State agencies, in order to establish the eligibility of such institutions on an interim basis for participation in federally funded programs; "(5) advise the Secretary with respect to the eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education under title IV, together with recommendations for improvements in such process; "(6) advise the Secretary with respect to the relationship between— "(A) accreditation of institutions of higher education and the certification and eligibility of such institutions; and "(B) State licensing responsibilities with respect to such institutions; and

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