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PUBLIC LAW 92-318-JUNE 23, 1972

" S P E C I A L PROGRAMS A N D PROJECTS RELATING TO NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PROBLEMS

"SEC. 106. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to reserve from the sums appropriated pursuant to section 101 for any fiscal year an amount not in excess of 10 per centum of the sums so appropriated for that fiscal year for grants pursuant to subsection (b). " (b)(1) From the sums reserved under subsection (a-), the Commissioner is authorized to make grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education (and combinations thereof) to assist them in carrying out special programs and projects, consistent with the purposes of this title, which are designed to seek solutions to national and regional problems relating to technological and social changes and environmental pollution. "(2) No grant or contract under this section shall exceed 90 per centum of the cost of the program or project for which application is made.". (2) Section 103(a) of such title I is amended by striking out that part of the language which precedes ", the Commissioner" and by inserting in lieu thereof "From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 101 for any fiscal year which are not reserved under section 106(a)". (b) The amendments made by the second sentence of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and by paragraph (2) of such subsection shall be effective after June 30, 1972, and then— (1) only with respect to appropriations for title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1972; and (2) only to the extent that the allotment to any State under section 103(a) of such title is not less for any fiscal year than the allotment to that State under such section 103(a) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972.

Ante, p. 236.

Limitation.

79 Stat. 1219. 20 USC 1003.

Effective date provisions.

20 USC 1001.

EVALUATION O F ACTIVITIES

SEC. 103. (a) During the period beginning with the date of enact- vifo^y°coi,fc1i, ment of this Act and ending July 1, 1974, the National Advisory authority. Council on Extension and Continuing Education, hereafter in this section referred to as the National Advisory Council, shall conduct a review of the programs and projects carried out with assistance under title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 prior to July 1, 1973. Such review shall include an evaluation of specific programs and projects with a view toward ascertaining which of them show, or have ,,.hato'; • shown, (1) the greatest promise in achieving the purposes of such title, " «;ri and (2) the greatest return for the resources devoted to them. Such review shall be carried out by direct evaluations by the National Advisory Council, by the use of other agencies, institutions, and groups, and by the use of independent appraisal units. Report to con(b) Not later than March 31, 1973, and March 31, 1975, the National gressional comAdvisory Council shall submit to the Committee on Labor and Public mutVes'. Welfare of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives a report on the review conducted IDursuant to subsection (a). Such report shall include (1) an evaluation of the program authorized by title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and of specific programs and projects assisted through l^ayments under such title, (2) a description and an analysis of programs and projects which are determined to be most successful, and (3) recommendations with respect to the means by which the most successful programs and projects can be expanded and replicated.

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