20 USC § 1059 - Duration of grant

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title: "20 USC § 1059 - Duration of grant"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1059"
section_name: "Duration of grant"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "INSTITUTIONAL AID"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Strengthening Institutions"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–329, title III, § 313, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title III, § 301(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1294; amended Pub. L. 102–325, title III, § 302(c), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 472; Pub. L. 103–208, § 2(a)(6), Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2457; Pub. L. 105–244, title III, §§ 301(c)(3), 303(c), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1637, 1639.)"
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# § 1059. Duration of grant

**(a)** **Award period** The Secretary may award a grant to an eligible institution under this part for 5 years.

**(b)** **Limitations** section 1068c(a)(1) of this title

In awarding grants under this part the Secretary shall give priority to applicants who are not already receiving a grant under this part, except that for the purpose of this subsection a grant under subsection (c) and a grant under  shall not be considered a grant under this part.

**(c)** **Planning grants** Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may award a grant to an eligible institution under this part for a period of one year for the purpose of preparation of plans and applications for a grant under this part.

**(d)** **Wait-out-period** Each eligible institution that received a grant under this part for a 5-year period shall not be eligible to receive an additional grant under this part until 2 years after the date on which the 5-year grant period terminates.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–329, title III, § 313, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title III, § 301(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1294; amended Pub. L. 102–325, title III, § 302(c), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 472; Pub. L. 103–208, § 2(a)(6), Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2457; Pub. L. 105–244, title III, §§ 301(c)(3), 303(c), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1637, 1639.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1059, , as added , , , provided for duration of grants under this part, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by .

### Amendments

1998—Subsec. (b). , inserted “subsection (c) and a grant under” after “this subsection a grant under”.

, substituted “section 1068c(a)(1)” for “section 1069(a)(1)”.

Subsec. (d). , added subsec. (d).

1993—Subsec. (b).  inserted before period at end “, except that for the purpose of this subsection a grant under  shall not be considered a grant under this part”.

1992—Subsecs. (a), (b).  amended subsecs. (a) and (b) generally, substituting present provisions for provisions which related: in subsec. (a), to the awarding of grants for not to exceed 3, 4, or 5 years; and in subsec. (b), to waiting periods for awarding of subsequent grants.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except as otherwise provided in , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

Amendment by  effective as if included in the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .