 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
                  SUBCHAPTER V--DEVELOPING INSTITUTIONS
 
                       Part B--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1103d. Assistance to institutions under other programs


(a) Assistance eligibility

    Each Hispanic-serving institution that the Secretary determines to 
be an institution eligible under this subchapter may be eligible for 
waivers in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Waiver applicability

                           (1) In general

        Subject to, and in accordance with, regulations promulgated for 
    the purpose of this section, in the case of any application by a 
    Hispanic-serving institution referred to in subsection (a) of this 
    section for assistance under any programs specified in paragraph 
    (2), the Secretary is authorized, if such application is otherwise 
    approvable, to waive any requirement for a non-Federal share of the 
    cost of the program or project, or, to the extent not inconsistent 
    with other law, to give, or require to be given, priority 
    consideration of the application in relation to applications from 
    other institutions.

                            (2) Programs

        The provisions of this section shall apply to any program 
    authorized by subchapter IV of this chapter and part C of subchapter 
    I of chapter 34 of title 42 or section 1124 of this title.

(c) Limitation

    The Secretary shall not waive, under subsection (b) of this section, 
the non-Federal share requirement for any program for applications 
which, if approved, would require the expenditure of more than 10 
percent of the appropriations for the program for any fiscal year.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title V, Sec. 515, as added Pub. L. 105-244, title V, 
Sec. 501, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1773.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1103d, Pub. L. 89-329, title V, Sec. 515, as added 
Pub. L. 102-325, title V, Sec. 501(a), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 676, 
related to State delegations to National Teacher Academies, prior to the 
general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105-244.
    Another prior section 1103d, Pub. L. 89-329, title V, Sec. 515, as 
added Pub. L. 99-498, title V, Sec. 501(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1497, required reports to Secretary from institutions receiving grants, 
prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102-325.
    A prior section 515 of Pub. L. 89-329 was classified to section 1105 
of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97-35.
