 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
                  Part B--Additional General Provisions
 
Sec. 1011g. Application of peer review process

    All applications submitted under the provisions of this chapter 
which require peer review shall be read by a panel of readers composed 
of individuals selected by the Secretary, which shall include outside 
readers who are not employees of the Federal Government. The Secretary 
shall ensure that no individual assigned under this section to review 
any application has any conflict of interest with regard to that 
application which might impair the impartiality with which that 
individual conducts the review under this section.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title I, Sec. 118, as added Pub. L. 105-244, title I, 
Sec. 101(a), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1595.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'', 
meaning Pub. L. 89-329, as amended, known as the Higher Education Act of 
1965. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title note set out under section 1001 of this title and Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1145d-1 
of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-244.
    A prior section 1011g, Pub. L. 89-329, title I, Sec. 128, as added 
Pub. L. 102-325, title I, Sec. 101, July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 464, 
related to reports and evaluation of programs, prior to the general 
amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105-244.
