 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
             SUBCHAPTER VI--INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
 
           Part A--International and Foreign Language Studies
 
Sec. 1127. Selection of certain grant recipients


(a) Competitive grants

    The Secretary shall award grants under section 1122 of this title 
competitively on the basis of criteria that separately, but not less 
rigorously, evaluates the applications for comprehensive and 
undergraduate language and area centers and programs.

(b) Selection criteria

    The Secretary shall set criteria for grants awarded under section 
1122 of this title by which a determination of excellence shall be made 
to meet the differing objectives of graduate and undergraduate 
institutions.

(c) Equitable distribution of grants

    The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, award grants under 
this part (other than section 1122 of this title) in such manner as to 
achieve an equitable distribution of the grant funds throughout the 
United States, based on the merit of a proposal as determined pursuant 
to a peer review process involving broadly representative professionals.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title VI, Sec. 607, as added Pub. L. 105-244, title VI, 
Sec. 601, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1782.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1127, Pub. L. 89-329, title VI, Sec. 610, formerly 
Sec. 607, as added Pub. L. 96-374, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 3, 1980, 
94 Stat. 1467; renumbered Sec. 610 and amended Pub. L. 99-498, title VI, 
Secs. 605(1), 609, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1517, 1519; Pub. L. 102-325, 
title VI, Sec. 601, July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 728, authorized grants and 
contracts for American overseas research centers, prior to the general 
amendment of this part by Pub. L. 105-244.
    Another prior section 1127, Pub. L. 89-329, title VI, Sec. 607, Nov. 
8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1265, provided procedures to be followed in event of 
disapproval of a State plan under equipment grant program, prior to the 
general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96-374.
    A prior section 607 of Pub. L. 89-329 was classified to section 
1125a of this title, prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. 
L. 105-244.
