 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
     SUBCHAPTER VII--GRADUATE AND POSTSECONDARY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
 
                     Part C--Urban Community Service
 
Sec. 1139g. Definitions

    As used in this part:

                           (1) Urban area

        The term ``urban area'' means a metropolitan statistical area 
    having a population of not less than 350,000, or two contiguous 
    metropolitan statistical areas having a population of not less than 
    350,000, or, in any State which does not have a metropolitan 
    statistical area which has such a population, the eligible entity in 
    the State submitting an application under section 1139b of this 
    title, or, if no such entity submits an application, the Secretary, 
    shall designate one urban area for the purposes of this part.

                      (2) Eligible institution

        The term ``eligible institution'' means--
            (A) a nonprofit municipal university, established by the 
        governing body of the city in which it is located, and operating 
        as of July 23, 1992, under that authority; or
            (B) an institution of higher education, or a consortium of 
        such institutions any one of which meets all of the requirements 
        of this paragraph, which--
                (i) is located in an urban area;
                (ii) draws a substantial portion of its undergraduate 
            students from the urban area in which such institution is 
            located, or from contiguous areas;
                (iii) carries out programs to make postsecondary 
            educational opportunities more accessible to residents of 
            such urban area, or contiguous areas;
                (iv) has the present capacity to provide resources 
            responsive to the needs and priorities of such urban area 
            and contiguous areas;
                (v) offers a range of professional, technical, or 
            graduate programs sufficient to sustain the capacity of such 
            institution to provide such resources; and
                (vi) has demonstrated and sustained a sense of 
            responsibility to such urban area and contiguous areas and 
            the people of such areas.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title VII, Sec. 758, as added Pub. L. 105-244, title 
VII, Sec. 701, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1801.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1136g 
of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-244.
    A prior section 758 of Pub. L. 89-329 was classified to section 
1132f-7 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104-208.
