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PUBLIC LAW 103-66—AUG. 10, 1993 107 STAT. 353 reasonable and necessary to the successful implementation of the first year of the direct student loan program authorized by this part. Section 431 of the General Education Provisions Act shall not apply to the publication of such standards, criteria, and procedures. "(2) NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING.—Beginning with academic year 1995-1996, all standards, criteria, procedures, and regula- tions implementing this part as amended by the Student Loan Reform Act of 1993 shall, to the extent practicable, be subject to negotiated rulemaking, including all such standards, criteria, procedures, and regulations promulgated from the date of enact- ment of such Act. "(b) CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS FROM INSTITUTIONS.— The Secretary shall establish a date not later than October 1, 1993, as the closing date for receiving applications from institutions of higher education desiring to participate in the first year of the direct loan program under this part. "(c) PUBLICATION OF LIST OF PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS.— Not later than January 1, 1994, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a list of the institutions of higher education selected to participate in the first year of the direct loan program under this part. "SEC. 458. FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 20 USC 1087h. "(a) IN GENERAL.—^Each fiscal year, there shall be available to the Secretary of Education from fimds available pursuant to section 422(g) and from fimds not otherwise appropriated, funds to be obligated for administrative costs under this part, including the costs of the transition from the loan programs under part B to the direct student loan programs under this part (including the costs of annually assessing the program under this part and the progress of the transition) and transition support (including administrative costs) for the expenses of guaranty agencies in servic- ing outstanding loans in their portfolios and in guaranteeing new loans, not to exceed (from such funds not otherwise appropriated) $260,000,000 in fiscal year 1994, $345,000,000 in fiscal year 1995, $550,000,000 in fiscal year 1996, $595,000,000 in fiscal year 1997, and $750,000,000 in fiscal year 1998. If in any fiscal year the Secretary determines that additional fimds for administrative expenses are needed as a result of such transition or the expansion of the direct student loan programs under this part, the Secretary is authorized to use funds available under this section for a subse- quent fiscal year for such expenses, except that the total expendi- tures by the Secretary (from such funds not otherwise appropriated) shall not exceed $2,500,000,000 in fiscal years 1994 through 1998. The Secretary is also authorized to carry over funds available imder this section to a subsequent fiscal year. "(b) AVAILABILITY.—^Funds made available under subsection (a) shall remain available until expended. "(c) BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.—^No fimds may be expended under this section unless the Secretary includes in the Department of Education's annual budget justification to Congress a detailed description of the specific activities for which the ftmds made avail- able by this section have been used in the prior and current years (if applicable), the activities and costs planned for the budget year, and tne projection of activities and costs for each remaining year