(b) The Council shall advise the Commissioner on matters of general policy arising in the administration by the Commissioner of programs relating to graduate education. (c) Members of the Council who are not in the regular full-time employ of the United States shall, while attending meetings or conferences of the Council or otherwise engaged in the business of the Council, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding the rate specified at the time of such service for grade GS-18 in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, including traveltime, and while so serving on the business of the Council away from their homes or regular places of business, they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons employed intermittently in the Government service. (d) The Commissioner is authorized to furnish to the Council such technical assistance, and to make available to it such secretarial, clerical, and other assistance and such pertinent data available to him, as the Council may require to carry out its functions. Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title II, sec. 291, 82 Stat. 1049–1050. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION SEC. 1206. (a) For the purpose of carrying out more effectively the provisions of this Act, the National Defense Education Act of 1958, the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, and other Acts administered by him in the field of higher education (including those administered by him by delegation), the Commissioner- (1) shall prepare and disseminate to institutions of higher education, State agencies concerned with higher education, and other appropriate agencies and institutions (A) reports on programs and projects assisted under such Acts and other programs and projects of a similar nature, and (B) catalogs, reviews, bibliographies, abstracts, analyses of research and experimentation, and such other materials as are generally useful for such purpose; (2) may upon request provide advice, counsel, technical assistance, and demonstrations to institutions and agencies referred to in paragraph (1) undertaking to initiate or expand programs or projects under such Acts in order to enhance the quality, increase the depth, or broaden the scope of such programs or projects, and shall inform such institutions and agencies of the availability of assistance pursuant to this paragraph; (3) shall from time to time prepare and disseminate to institutions and agencies referred to in paragraph (1) reports setting forth developments in the utilization and adaptation of projects carried out pursuant to such Acts; and (4) may enter into contracts with public or private agencies, organizations, groups, or individuals to carry out the provisions of this section. (b) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this section $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, there may be appropri ated to carry out the provisions of this section only such amount as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law. Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title II, Sec. 292, 82 Stat. 1050. PROGRAM PLANNING AND EVALUATION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS SEC. 1207. There are authorized to be appropriated $1,117,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $1,900,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, to be available to the Secretary, in accordance with regulations prescribed by him, for expenses, including grants, loans, contracts, or other payments, for (1) planning for the succeeding year programs or projects authorized under any other provision of this Act or any provision of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 or the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, and (2) evaluation of programs or projects so authorized. Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title II, Sec. 295, 82 Stat. 1051. ADVANCE FUNDING SEC. 1208. To the end of affording the responsible State, local, and Federal officers concerned adequate notice of available Federal financial assistance for education, appropriations for grants, loans, contracts, or other payments under any Act referred to in section 1207 are authorized to be included in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. In order to effect a transition to this method of timing appropriation action, the preceding sentence shall apply notwithstanding that its initial application under any such Act will result in the enactment in the same year (whether in the same appropriation Act or otherwise) of two separate appropriations, one for the then current fiscal year and one for the succeeding fiscal year. Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title II, Sec. 295, 82 Stat. 1051. EVALUATION REPORTS AND CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW SEC. 1209. (a) No later than March 31 of each calendar year, the Secretary shall transmit to the respective committees of the Congress having legislative jurisdiction over any Act referred to in section 1207 and to the respective Committees on Appropriations a report evaluating the results and effectiveness of programs and projects assisted thereunder during the preceding fiscal year, together with his recommendations (including any legislative recommendations) relating thereto. (b) In the case of any such program, the report submitted in the penultimate fiscal year for which appropriations are then authorized to be made for such program shall include a comprehensive and detailed review and evaluation of such program (as up to date as the due date permits) for its entire past life, based to the maximum extent practicable on objective measurements, together with the Secretary's recommendations as to proposed legislative action. Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title II, sec. 295, 82 Stat. 1052. AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS ON ACADEMIC OR SCHOOL YEAR BASIS SEC. 1210. Appropriations for any fiscal year for grants, loans, contracts, or other payments to educational agencies or institutions under any Act referred to in section 1207, may, in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, be made available for expenditure by the agency or institution concerned on the basis of an academic or school year differing from such fiscal year. Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title II, sec. 295, 82 Stat. 1052. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY (P.L. 89-329) House Reports: No. 621 (Committee on Education and Labor) and No. 1178 (committee of conference). Senate Report No. 673 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). August 26: Considered and passed House. September 1: Considered in Senate. September 2: Considered and passed Senate, amended. October 20: House and Senate agreed to conference report. Approved: November 8, 1965. (P.L. 89-752) House Reports: No. 1467 (Committee on Education and Labor) and No. 2326 (committee of conference). Senate Report No. 1677 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, volume 112 (1966): May 22: Considered and passed House. October 7: Considered in Senate. October 10: Considered and passed Senate, amended. October 21: House and Senate agreed to conference report. Approved: November 3, 1966. (P.L. 90-82) House Report No. 543 (Committee on Education and Labor). Senate Report No. 539 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, volume 113 (1967): August 10: Considered and passed House. Approved: September 6, 1967. (P.L. 90-575) House Reports: No. 1649 accompanying H.R. 15067 (Committee on Education and Labor) and No. 2326 (committee of conference). Senate Report No. 1387 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, volume 114 (1968): July 15: Considered and passed Senate. July 24, 25: Considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 15067. October 1: Senate agreed to conference report. Approved October 16, 1968. Higher Education Amendments of 1966 (P.L. 89-752) AN ACT To amend the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, the Higher Education Act of 1965, and the National Defense Education Act of 1958 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Higher Education Amendments of 1966". STUDY TO DETERMINE MEANS OF IMPROVING LOAN INSURANCE PROGRAM SEC. 13. The Commissioner of Education shall make an investigation and study to determine means of improving the loan insurance program pursuant to part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, particularly for the purpose of making loans insured under such program more readily available to students. The Commissioner shall report the results of such investigation and study, together with his recommendations for any legislation necessary to carry out such improvements, to the President and the Congress no later than January 1, 1968. (20 U.S.C. 1071n) Enacted Nov. 3, 1966, P.L. 89-752, 80 Stat. 1244. Higher Education Amendments of 1968 (P.L. 90-575) AN ACT To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, the National Defense Education Act of 1958, the National Vocational Student Loan Insurance Act of 1965, the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, and related Acts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act, with the following table of contents, may be cited as the "Higher Education Amendments of 1968". ELIGIBILITY FOR STUDENT ASSISTANCE SEC. 504. (a) If an institution of higher education determines, after affording notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual attending, or employed by, such institution, that such individual has been convicted by any court of record of any crime which was committed after the date of enactment of this Act and which involved the use of (or assistance to others in the use of) force, disruption, or the seizure of property under control of any institution of higher education to prevent officials or students in such institutions from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies, and that such crime was of a serious nature and contributed to a substantial disruption of the administration of the institution with respect to which such crime was committed, then the institution which such individual attends, or is employed by, shall deny for a period of two years any further payment to, or for the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the programs specified in subsection (c). If an institution denies an individual assistance under the authority of the preceding sentence of this subsection, then any institution which such individual subsequently attends shall deny for the remainder of the two-year period any further payment to, or for the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the programs specified in subsection (c). (b) If an institution of higher education determines, after affording notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual attending, or employed by, such institution, that such individual has willfully refused to obey a lawful regulation or order of such institution after the date of enactment of this Act, and that such refusal was of a serious nature and contributed to a substantial disruption of the administration of such institution, then such institution shall deny, for a period of two years, any further payment to, or for the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the programs specified in subsection (c). (c) The programs referred to in subsections (a) and (b) are as follows: (1) The student loan program under title II of the National Defense Education Act of 1958. (2) The educational opportunity grant program under part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. (3) The student loan insurance program under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. (4) The college work-study program under part C of title IV of the High Education Act of 1965. (5) Any fellowship program carried on under title II, III, or V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 or title IV or VI of the National Defense Education Act of 1958. (d) (1) Nothing in this Act, or any Act amended by this Act, shall be construed to prohibit any institution of higher education from refusing to award, continue, or extend any financial assistance under any such Act to any individual because of any misconduct which in its judgment bears adversely on his fitness for such assistance. (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or prejudicing the rights and prerogatives of any institution of higher education to institute and carry out an independent, disciplinary proceeding pursuant to existing authority, practice, and law. (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the freedom of any student to verbal expression of individual views or opinions. (U.S.C. 1062, 1063. -) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title V, sec. 504, 82 Stat. RULEMAKING REQUIREMENTS SEC. 505. No standard, rule, regulation, or requirement of general applicability prescribed for the administration of this Act or any Act amended by this Act may take effect until 30 days after it is published in the Federal Register.9 (— U.S.C. -) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title V, sec. 505, 82 Stat. 1063. DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS SEC. 506. No grant, award, or loan of assistance to any student under any Act amended by this Act shall be considered a duplication of benefits for the purposes of section 1781 of title 38, United States Code. Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title V, sec. 506, 82 Stat. 1063. Acts amended by this act include the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. the National Defense Education Act of 1958, the Education Professions Development Act, the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, and the International Education Act of |