 
             CHAPTER 44--VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
 
   SUBCHAPTER I--VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE TO THE 
                                 STATES
 
                    Part A--Allotment and Allocation
 
Sec. 2325. Assistance for outlying areas


(a) Outlying areas

    From funds reserved pursuant to section 2321(a)(1)(A) of this title, 
the Secretary shall--
        (1) make a grant in the amount of $500,000 to Guam; and
        (2) make a grant in the amount of $190,000 to each of American 
    Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

(b) Remainder

    Subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the 
Secretary shall make a grant of the remainder of funds reserved pursuant 
to section 2321(a)(1)(A) of this title to the Pacific Region Educational 
Laboratory in Honolulu, Hawaii, to make grants for vocational and 
technical education and training in Guam, American Samoa, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic 
of Palau, for the purpose of providing direct vocational and technical 
educational services, including--
        (1) teacher and counselor training and retraining;
        (2) curriculum development; and
        (3) the improvement of vocational and technical education and 
    training programs in secondary schools and institutions of higher 
    education, or improving cooperative education programs involving 
    both secondary schools and institutions of higher education.

(c) Limitation

    The Pacific Region Educational Laboratory may use not more than 5 
percent of the funds received under subsection (b) of this section for 
administrative costs.

(d) Restriction

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic 
of Palau shall not receive any funds under this subchapter for any 
fiscal year that begins after September 30, 2001.

(Pub. L. 88-210, title I, Sec. 115, as added Pub. L. 105-332, Sec. 1(b), 
Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3094.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 2311a 
of this title, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 
105-332.
    A prior section 2325, Pub. L. 88-210, title I, Sec. 115, as added 
Pub. L. 98-524, Sec. 1, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2449; amended Pub. L. 
101-392, title I, Sec. 115, Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 770; Pub. L. 101-
476, title IX, Sec. 901(a)(2), Oct. 30, 1990, 104 Stat. 1142; Pub. L. 
103-382, title III, Sec. 391(s)(3), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4024, 
related to State and local standards and measures, prior to the general 
amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 105-332.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2321 of this title.
