 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER III--INSTITUTIONAL AID
 
                   Part A--Strengthening Institutions
 
Sec. 1059. Duration of grant


(a) Award period

    The Secretary may award a grant to an eligible institution under 
this part for 5 years.

(b) Limitations

    In awarding grants under this part the Secretary shall give priority 
to applicants who are not already receiving a grant under this part, 
except that for the purpose of this subsection a grant under subsection 
(c) of this section and a grant under section 1068c(a)(1) of this title 
shall not be considered a grant under this part.

(c) Planning grants

    Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary may 
award a grant to an eligible institution under this part for a period of 
one year for the purpose of preparation of plans and applications for a 
grant under this part.

(d) Wait-out-period

    Each eligible institution that received a grant under this part for 
a 5-year period shall not be eligible to receive an additional grant 
under this part until 2 years after the date on which the 5-year grant 
period terminates.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title III, Sec. 313, as added Pub. L. 99-498, title 
III, Sec. 301(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1294; amended Pub. L. 102-
325, title III, Sec. 302(c), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 472; Pub. L. 103-
208, Sec. 2(a)(6), Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2457; Pub. L. 105-244, title 
III, Secs. 301(c)(3), 303(c), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1637, 1639.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1059, Pub. L. 89-329, title III, Sec. 313, as added 
Pub. L. 96-374, title III, Sec. 301, Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1392, 
provided for duration of grants under this part, prior to the general 
revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 99-498.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 303(c)(1), inserted 
``subsection (c) of this section and a grant under'' after ``this 
subsection a grant under''.
    Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 301(c)(3), substituted ``section 1068c(a)(1)'' 
for ``section 1069(a)(1)''.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 303(c)(2), added subsec. (d).
    1993--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-208 inserted before period at end ``, 
except that for the purpose of this subsection a grant under section 
1069(a)(1) of this title shall not be considered a grant under this 
part''.
    1992--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 102-325 amended subsecs. (a) and 
(b) generally, substituting present provisions for provisions which 
related: in subsec. (a), to the awarding of grants for not to exceed 3, 
4, or 5 years; and in subsec. (b), to waiting periods for awarding of 
subsequent grants.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as 
otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105-244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105-244, 
set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-208 effective as if included in the Higher 
Education Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-325, except as otherwise 
provided, see section 5(a) of Pub. L. 103-208, set out as a note under 
section 1051 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-325 effective Oct. 1, 1992, see section 2 
of Pub. L. 102-325, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1059c, 1059d, 1068c of this 
title.
