HR 3182 · 102th Congress · Education
Facilities Enhancement and Construction Act of 1991
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Introduced2
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.(1991-10-24)
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Facilities Enhancement and Construction Act of 1991 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to construction, reconstruction, and renovation of academic facilities. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to provide grants to: (1) bring facilities into conformance with Federal, State, and local laws requiring removal of barriers to full participation by disabled individuals; and (2) renovate libraries to promote the use of new technologies and preservation of library materials. Allows priority to be given to projects involving the renovation of facilities. (Such priority is currently required.) Authorizes appropriations for grants for construction, reconstruction, and renovation of academic facilities for undergraduates, graduate students, and academic housing, and other educational facilities generally, as well as for grants to pay interest on debt. Revises the grants program for the construction, reconstruction, and renovation of undergraduate academic facilities. Eliminates provisions for: (1) formula allotment of such grant funds to States submitting State plans; and (2) specified reserved portions for public community colleges and technical institutes …
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