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 112 STAT. 1832 PUBLIC LAW 105-244 —OCT. 7, 1998 20 USC 4359. Gallaudet University. National Technical Institute for the Deaf. 20 USC 4359b. Deadhne. (2) by redesignating such section as section 208. SEC. 922. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. (a) AMENDMENT. —Section 210 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4359a) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking "10 percent" and inserting "15 percent"; and (B) by inserting before the period the following: **, except that in any school year no United States citizen who is qualified to be admitted to the University or NTID and applies for admission to the University or NTID shall be denied admission because of the admission of an international student"; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking "surcharge of 75 percent for the academic year 1993-1994 and 90 percent beginning with the academic year 1994-1995" and inserting "surcharge of 100 percent for the academic year 1999-2000 and any succeeding academic year". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT. —Section 210 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 4359a) is amended by redesignating such section as section 209. SEC. 923. RESEARCH PRIORITIES. Title II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 is amended by striking section 211 (20 U.S.C. 4360) and inserting the following: '*SEC. 210. RESEARCH PRIORITIES. "(a) RESEARCH PRIORITIES.— Gallaudet University and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf shall each establish and disseminate priorities for their national mission with respect to deafness related research, development, and demonstration activities, that reflect public input, through a process that includes consumers, constituent groups, and the heads of other federally funded programs. The priorities for the University shall include activities conducted as part of the University's elementary and secondary education programs under section 104. "(b) RESEARCH REPORTS. — The University and NTID shall each prepare and submit an annual research report, to the Secretary, the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, not later than January 10 of each year, that shall include— "(1) a summary of the public input received as part of the establishment and dissemination of priorities required by subsection (a), and the University's and NTID's response to the input; and "(2) a summary description of the research undertaken by the University and NTID, the start and projected end dates for each research project, the projected cost and source or sources of funding for each project, and any products resulting from research completed in the prior fiscal year.". SEC. 924. NATIONAL STUDY ON THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF. The Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 210 (as inserted by section 923) the following:

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