 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER III--INSTITUTIONAL AID
 
                       Part F--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1068c. Cooperative arrangements


(a) General authority

    The Secretary may make grants to encourage cooperative 
arrangements--
        (1) with funds available to carry out part A of this subchapter, 
    between institutions eligible for assistance under part A of this 
    subchapter and between such institutions and institutions not 
    receiving assistance under this subchapter; or
        (2) with funds available to carry out part B of this subchapter, 
    between institutions eligible for assistance under part B of this 
    subchapter and institutions not receiving assistance under this 
    subchapter;

for the activities described in section 1057(b) of this title or section 
1062 of this title, 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) of this section 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 or section 1062 of this title.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title III, Sec. 394, formerly Sec. 354, as added Pub. 
L. 99-498, title III, Sec. 301(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1305; 
renumbered Sec. 394, Pub. L. 105-244, title III, Sec. 301(a)(2), Oct. 7, 
1998, 112 Stat. 1636.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 1069 of this title prior 
to renumbering by Pub. L. 105-244.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1059 of this title.
