in the public schools. (transfer of funds) 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Education in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided , That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further , That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 305. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 ( 48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix) ) shall be applied by substituting 2018 for 2017 . 306. Funds appropriated in this Act and consolidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019. 307. (a) An institution of higher education that maintains an endowment fund supported with funds appropriated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2018 may use the income from that fund to award scholarships to students, subject to the limitation in section 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be considered to have been an allowable use of that income, subject to that limitation. (b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and V of the HEA are reauthorized. 308. Section 114(f) of the HEA ( 20 U.S.C. 1011c(f) ) is amended by striking 2017 and inserting 2018 . 309. Section 458(a) of the HEA ( 20 U.S.C. 1087h(a) ) is amended in paragraph (4) by striking 2017 and inserting 2018 . (rescission) 310. Of the unobligated balances available from Public Law 114–113 under the heading Student Financial Assistance for carrying out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA,