20 USC § 1068d - Assistance to institutions under other programs

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title: "20 USC § 1068d - Assistance to institutions under other programs"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1068d"
section_name: "Assistance to institutions under other programs"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "INSTITUTIONAL AID"
part_number: "G"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–329, title III, § 395, formerly § 356, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title III, § 301(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1306; amended Pub. L. 102–325, title III, § 305(d), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 478; Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 709(d)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–314; renumbered § 395 and amended Pub. L. 105–244, title III, §§ 301(a)(2), 308(f), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1636, 1649.)"
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# § 1068d. Assistance to institutions under other programs

**(a)** **Assistance eligibility** Each institution which the Secretary determines to be an institution eligible under part A or an institution eligible under part B may be eligible for waivers in accordance with subsection (b).

**(b)** **Waiver applicability**

**(1)** Subject to, and in accordance with, regulations promulgated for the purpose of this section, in the case of any application by an institution referred to in subsection (a) for assistance under any programs specified in paragraph (2), the Secretary is authorized, if such application is otherwise approvable, to waive any requirement for a non-Federal share of the cost of the program or project, or, to the extent not inconsistent with other law, to give, or require to be given, priority consideration of the application in relation to applications from other institutions.

**(2)** The provisions of this section shall apply to any program authorized by part D or subchapter IV of this chapter.

**(c)** **Limitation** The Secretary shall not waive, under subsection (b), the non-Federal share requirement for any program for applications which, if approved, would require the expenditure of more than 10 percent of the appropriations for the program for any fiscal year.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–329, title III, § 395, formerly § 356, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title III, § 301(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1306; amended Pub. L. 102–325, title III, § 305(d), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 478; Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 709(d)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–314; renumbered § 395 and amended Pub. L. 105–244, title III, §§ 301(a)(2), 308(f), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1636, 1649.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to renumbering by .

### Amendments

1998—Subsec. (b)(2). , substituted “part D or subchapter IV of this chapter” for “subchapter IV, VII, or VIII of this chapter”.

1996—Subsec. (b)(2).  struck out “II,” after “authorized by subchapter”.

1992—Subsec. (a).  substituted “may be eligible” for “shall be eligible”.

## 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 1992 Amendment

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