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§1011j Prior Rights and Obligations

Title 20 › CHAPTER 28 — HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part B — Additional General Provisions › § 1011j

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows money to be provided starting in fiscal year 2009 and in each fiscal year after to pay bills that were owed from earlier rules. That includes debts from before 1987 under parts C and D as they existed before the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, and debts owed before October 7, 1998 under part C as it existed after the 1992 Amendments but before October 7, 1998. Organizations that still have obligations from those older rules must follow the rules that were in effect when those obligations were created. For obligations from before 1987, they must follow the pre-1992 versions of parts A, B, C, and D. For obligations from the post‑1992 but pre‑1998 part C period, they must follow the part C rules that applied during that period.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §1011j

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(a)Authorization of appropriations
(1)Pre-1987 parts C and D of subchapter VII
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009 and for each succeeding fiscal year to pay obligations incurred prior to 1987 under parts C and D of subchapter VII, as such parts were in effect before the effective date of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992.
(2)Post-1992 and pre-1998 part C of subchapter VII
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009 and for each succeeding fiscal year to pay obligations incurred prior to October 7, 1998, under part C of subchapter VII, as such part was in effect during the period—
(A)after the effective date of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992; and
(B)prior to October 7, 1998.
(b)Legal responsibilities
(1)Pre-1987 subchapter VII
All entities with continuing obligations incurred under parts A, B, C, and D of subchapter VII, as such parts were in effect before the effective date of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, shall be subject to the requirements of such part as in effect before the effective date of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992.
(2)Post-1992 and pre-1998 part C of subchapter VII
All entities with continuing obligations incurred under part C of subchapter VII, as such part was in effect during the period—
(A)after the effective date of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992; and
(B)prior to October 7, 1998,
shall be subject to the requirements of such part as such part was in effect during such period.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Parts A, B, C, and D of subchapter VII, as such parts were in effect before the

Effective Date

of the Higher Education

Amendments

of 1992, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (b)(1), means parts A (§ 1132b et seq.), B (§ 1132c et seq.), C (§ 1132d et seq.), and D (§ 1132e et seq.) of subchapter VII of this chapter, as in effect before the

Effective Date

of Pub. L. 102–325. For

Effective Date

of Pub. L. 102–325, see section 2 of Pub. L. 102–325, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1992 Amendment note under section 1001 of this title. Pub. L. 102–325, title VII, §§ 703–707(a), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 738–753, amended subchapter VII of this chapter effective Oct. 1, 1992, by amending parts A to C generally, repealing part D, and redesignating former part E as D. Part C of subchapter VII, as such part was in effect during the period after the

Effective Date

of the Higher Education

Amendments

of 1992 and prior to October 7, 1998, referred to in subsecs. (a)(2) and (b)(2), probably means part C (§ 1132d et seq.) of subchapter VII of this chapter, as in effect during the period after the

Effective Date

of Pub. L. 102–325 and before it was amended by Pub. L. 105–244. For

Effective Date

of Pub. L. 102–325, see section 2 of Pub. L. 102–325, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1992 Amendment note under section 1001 of this title. Pub. L. 105–244, title VII, § 701, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1786, amended subchapter VII of this chapter generally, effective Oct. 1, 1998, omitting part C which related to loans for

Construction

, re

Construction

, and renovation of academic housing, and other educational facilities and adding a new part C (§ 1139 et seq.) relating to urban community service.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1132a–1 of this title prior to the general amendment of subchapter VII of this chapter by Pub. L. 105–244. A prior section 121 of Pub. L. 89–329, title I, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title I, § 101, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1285, related to adult learning research and was classified to section 1016 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102–325.

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–315 substituted “2009 and for each succeeding fiscal year” for “1999 and for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years” in pars. (1) and (2).

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 1011j

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110