110 STAT. 3009-257 PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 4301 et seq.), $43,041,000: Provided, That from the amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207. GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $79,182,000: Provided, That from the amount available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207. VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, the Adult Education Act, and the National Literacy Act of 1991, $1,486,531,000, of which $4,500,000 shall be for the National Institute for Literacy; and of which $1,483,612,000 shall become available on July 1, 1997 and shall remain available through September 30, 1998: Provided, That, of the amounts made available for title II of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, $4,500,000 shall be used by the Secretary for national programs under title IV, without regard to section 451: Provided further, That, in addition, the Secretary may reserve up to $9,000,000 under section 101(a)(1)(A) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, without regard to section 451: Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up to $5,000,000 under section 313(d) of the Adult Education Act for activities carried out under section 383 of that Act: Provided further. That no funds shall be awarded to a State Council under section 112(f) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, and no State shall be required to operate such a Council. STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, part C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $7,560,407,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 1998. 20 USC 1070a The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible note. during award year 1997-1998 shall be $2,700: Provided, That notwithstanding section 401(g) of the Act, if the Secretary determines, prior to publication of the payment schedule for such award year, that the amount included within this appropriation for Pell Grant awards in such award year, and any funds available from the fiscal year 1996 appropriation for Pell Grant awards, are insufficient to satisfy fully all such awards for which students are eligible, as csdculated under section 401(b) of the Act, the amount paid for each such award shall be reduced by either a fixed or variable percentage, or by a fixed dollar amount, as determined in accordance with a schedule of reductions established by the Secretary for this purpose.
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