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20 U.S.C. § 1062 — Definitions
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For the purpose of this part:
(1) The term “graduate” means an individual who has attended an institution for at least three semesters and fulfilled academic requirements for undergraduate studies in not more than 5 consecutive school years.
(2) The term “part B institution” means any historically Black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of Black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary to be a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation,,11 So in original. except that any branch campus of a southern institution of higher education that prior to September 30, 1986, received a grant as an institution with special needs under [section 1060 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1060&num=0&edition=prelim) and was formally recognized by the National Center for Education Statistics as a Historically Black College or University but was determined not to be a part B institution on or after October 17, 1986, shall, from July 18, 1988, be considered a part B institution.
(3) The term “Pell Grant recipient” means a recipient of financial aid under subpart 1 of part A of subchapter IV of this chapter.
(4) The term “professional and academic areas in which Blacks are underrepresented” shall be determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Commissioner for Education Statistics and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, on the basis of the most recent available satisfactory data, as professional and academic areas in which the percentage of Blac
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For the purpose of this part:
(1) The term “graduate” means an individual who has attended an institution for at least three semesters and fulfilled academic requirements for undergraduate studies in not more than 5 consecutive school years.
(2) The term “part B institution” means any historically Black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of Black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary to be a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation,,11 So in original. except that any branch campus of a southern institution of higher education that prior to September 30, 1986, received a grant as an institution with special needs under [section 1060 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1060&num=0&edition=prelim) and was formally recognized by the National Center for Education Statistics as a Historically Black College or University but was determined not to be a part B institution on or after October 17, 1986, shall, from July 18, 1988, be considered a part B institution.
(3) The term “Pell Grant recipient” means a recipient of financial aid under subpart 1 of part A of subchapter IV of this chapter.
(4) The term “professional and academic areas in which Blacks are underrepresented” shall be determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Commissioner for Education Statistics and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, on the basis of the most recent available satisfactory data, as professional and academic areas in which the percentage of Black Americans who have been educated, trained, and employed is less than the percentage of Blacks in the general population.
(5) The term “school year” means the period of 12 months beginning July 1 of any calendar year and ending June 30 of the following calendar year.
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**(a) Program authorized** The Secretary shall provide grants and related assistance to Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions to enable such institutions to improve and expand their capacity to serve Asian Americans and Native American Pacific Islanders and low-income individuals.
**(b) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Asian American** — The term “Asian American” has the meaning given the term “Asian” in the Office of Management and Budget’s Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity as published on October 30, 1997 (62 Fed. Reg. 58789).
(2) **Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution** — The term “Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution” means an institution of higher education that—
(A) is an eligible institution under [section 1058(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1058/b&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) at the time of application, has an enrollment of undergraduate students that is not less than 10 percent students who are Asian American or Native American Pacific Islander.
(3) **Native American Pacific Islander** — The term “Native American Pacific Islander” means any descendant of the aboriginal people of any island in the Pacific Ocean that is a territory or possession of the United States.
**(c) Authorized activities**
(1) **Types of activities authorized** — Grants awarded under this section shall be used by Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions to assist such institutions to plan, develop, undertake, and carry out activities to improve and expand such institutions’ capacity to serve Asian Americans and Native Ame
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**(a) Contents** No part B institution shall be entitled to its allotment of Federal funds for any grant under [section 1063 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1063&num=0&edition=prelim) for any period unless that institution meets the requirements of subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) 11 See References in Text note below. of [section 1058(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1058/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim) and submits an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information, as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each such application shall—
(1) provide that the payments under this chapter will be used for the purposes set forth in [section 1062 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1062&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) provide for making an annual report to the Secretary and provide for—
(A) conducting, except as provided in subparagraph (B), a financial and compliance audit of an eligible institution, with regard to any funds obtained by it under this subchapter at least once every 2 years and covering the period since the most recent audit, conducted by a qualified, independent organization or person in accordance with standards established by the Comptroller General for the audit of governmental organizations, programs, and functions, and as prescribed in regulations of the Secretary, the results of which shall be submitted to the Secretary; or
(B) with regard to an eligible institution which is audited under chapter 75 of title 31 deeming such audit to satisfy the requirements of subparagraph (A) for the period covered by such audit.
**(b)
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**(a) General authorization**
(1) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary shall award program grants to each of the postgraduate institutions listed in subsection (e) that is determined by the Secretary to be making a substantial contribution to the legal, medical, dental, veterinary, or other graduate education opportunities in mathematics, engineering, or the physical or natural sciences for Black Americans.
(2) No grant in excess of $1,000,000 may be made under this section unless the postgraduate institution provides assurances that 50 percent of the cost of the purposes for which the grant is made will be paid from non-Federal sources, except that no institution shall be required to match any portion of the first $1,000,000 of the institution’s award from the Secretary. After funds are made available to each eligible institution under the funding rules described in subsection (f), the Secretary shall distribute, on a pro rata basis, any amounts which were not so made available (by reason of the failure of an institution to comply with the matching requirements of this paragraph) among the institutions that have complied with such matching requirement.
**(b) Duration** Grants shall be made for a period not to exceed 5 years. Any funds awarded for such five-year grant period that are obligated during such five-year period may be expended during the 10-year period beginning on the first day of such five-year period.
**(c) Uses of funds** A grant under this section may be used for—
(1) purchase, rental or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and research purposes;
(2) construction, maintenance, renovation, and improvement in classroom, library, laboratory,
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**(a) Eligible institution** An institution of higher education is eligible to receive funds from the amounts made available under this section if such institution is—
(1) a part B institution (as defined in [section 1061 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1061&num=0&edition=prelim));
(2) a Hispanic-serving institution (as defined in [section 1101a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1101a&num=0&edition=prelim));
(3) a Tribal College or University (as defined in [section 1059c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1059c&num=0&edition=prelim));
(4) an Alaska Native-serving institution or a Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as defined in [section 1059d(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1059d/b&num=0&edition=prelim));
(5) a Predominantly Black Institution (as defined in subsection (c));
(6) an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution (as defined in subsection (c)); or
(7) a Native American-serving nontribal institution (as defined in subsection (c)).
**(b) New investment of funds**
(1) **In general**
(A) *Provision of funds* — There shall be available to the Secretary to carry out this section, from funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $255,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter.
(B) *Availability* — Funds made available under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year shall remain available for the next succeeding fiscal year.
(2) **Allocation and allotment**
(A) *In general* — Of the amounts made available under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year—
(i) $100,000,000 sha
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**(a) Review panel**
(1) All applications submitted under this subchapter by institutions of higher education shall be read by a panel of readers composed of individuals selected by the Secretary. The Secretary shall assure that no individual assigned under this section to review any application has any conflict of interest with regard to the application which might impair the impartiality with which the individual conducts the review under this section.
(2) The Secretary shall take care to assure that representatives of historically and predominantly Black colleges, Hispanic institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and institutions with substantial numbers of Hispanics, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Native American Pacific Islanders (including Native Hawaiians) are included as readers.
(3) All readers selected by the Secretary shall receive thorough instruction from the Secretary regarding the evaluation process for applications submitted under this subchapter and consistent with the provisions of this subchapter, including—
(A) explanations and examples of the types of activities referred to in [section 1057(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1057/b&num=0&edition=prelim) that should receive special consideration for grants awarded under part A and of the types of activities referred to in [section 1062 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1062&num=0&edition=prelim) that should receive special consideration for grants awarded under part B;
(B) an enumeration of the factors to be used to determine the quality of applications submitted under this subchapter; and
(C) an enumeration of the factors to be used to determine whether a gra
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**(a) General authority** The Secretary may make grants to encourage cooperative arrangements—
(1) with funds available to carry out part A, between institutions eligible for assistance under part A and between such institutions and institutions not receiving assistance under this subchapter; or
(2) with funds available to carry out part B, between institutions eligible for assistance under part B and institutions not receiving assistance under this subchapter;
for the activities described in [section 1057(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1057/b&num=0&edition=prelim) or [section 1062 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1062&num=0&edition=prelim), as the case may be, so that the resources of the cooperating institutions might be combined and shared to achieve the purposes of such parts and avoid costly duplicative efforts and to enhance the development of part A and part B eligible institutions.
**(b) Priority** The Secretary shall give priority to grants for the purposes described under subsection (a) whenever the Secretary determines that the cooperative arrangement is geographically and economically sound or will benefit the applicant institution.
**(c) Duration** Grants to institutions having a cooperative arrangement may be made under this section for a period as determined under [section 1059 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1059&num=0&edition=prelim) or [section 1062 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1062&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 1062
§ 1062. Grants to institutions
(a) General authorization; uses of funds
From
amounts
available
under
section
1068h(a)(2) of this title for any fiscal year, the
Secretary shall make grants (under section 1063
of this title) to institutions which have applica-
tions approved by the Secretary (under section
1063a of this title) for any of the following uses:
(1) Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or
laboratory equipment for educational pur-
poses, including instructional and research
purposes.
(2) Construction, maintenance, renovation,
and improvement in classroom, library, lab-
oratory, and other instructional facilities, in-
cluding purchase or rental of telecommuni-
cations technology equipment or services.
(3) Support of faculty exchanges, and faculty
development and faculty fellowships to assist
in attaining advanced degrees in their field of
instruction.
(4) Academic instruction in disciplines in
which Black Americans are underrepresented.
(5) Purchase of library books, periodicals,
microfilm, and other educational materials,
including telecommunications program mate-
rials.
(6) Tutoring, counseling, and student service
programs designed to improve academic suc-
cess.
(7) Funds and administrative management,
and acquisition of equipment for use in
strengthening funds management.
(8) Joint use of facilities, such as labora-
tories and libraries.
(9) Establishing or improving a development
office to strengthen or improve contributions
from alumni and the private sector.
(10) Establishing or enhancing a program of
teacher education designed to qualify students
to teach in a public elementary or secondary
school in the State that shall include, as part
of such program, preparation for teacher
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