---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 1059a"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "1059a"
heading: "Applications"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/1059a"
units:
  - "Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance"
  - "Subchapter III — Institutional Aid"
  - "Part A — Strengthening Institutions"
---

# §1059a. Applications


Each [eligible institution](/usc/20/1058.md?p=b) desiring to receive assistance under this part shall submit an application in accordance with the requirements of [section 1068 of this title](/usc/20/1068.md).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–329, title III, § 314, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title III, § 303(d), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1639.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1059a, Pub. L. 89–329, title III, § 314, as added Pub. L. 100–50, § 2(b), June 3, 1987, 101 Stat. 336, related to application review process, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–244, § 3, title III, § 303(d), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1585, 1639, effective Oct. 1, 1998.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as an Effective Date of 1998 Amendment note under section 1001 of this title.