 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
   Part A--Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher 
                                Education
 
     subpart 2--federal early outreach and student services programs
 
         Division 3--Academic Achievement Incentive Scholarships
 
Sec. 1070a-31. Scholarships authorized

    The Secretary is authorized to award scholarships to students who 
graduate from secondary school after May 1, 2000, to enable the students 
to pay the cost of attendance at an institution of higher education 
during the students first 2 academic years of undergraduate education, 
if the students--
        (1) are eligible to receive Federal Pell Grants for the year in 
    which the scholarships are awarded; and
        (2) demonstrate academic achievement by graduating in the top 10 
    percent of their secondary school graduating class.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title IV, Sec. 406A, as added Pub. L. 105-244, title 
IV, Sec. 404, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1663.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1070a-31, Pub. L. 89-329, title IV, Sec. 406A, as 
added Pub. L. 102-325, title IV, Sec. 402(a)(4), July 23, 1992, 106 
Stat. 497, authorized award of Presidential Access Scholarships, prior 
to the general amendment of this division by Pub. L. 105-244.


                             Effective Date

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