117 HR 6796 IH: Intelligence Community Families Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-12-14 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 6796IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESDecember 14, 2023Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the WorkforceA BILLTo extend the provisions of the Foreign Service Families Act to the intelligence community, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Intelligence Community Families Act.

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In-state tuition rates for certain members of intelligence community

(a)

In general

Section 135(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015d(d)), as amended by section 6206(a)(4) of the Foreign Service Families Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–81), is further amended—(1)in paragraph (1), by striking or after the semicolon;(2)in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or; and(3)by adding at the end the following new paragraph:(3)an officer or employee of an element of the intelligence community (as such term is defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) who serves in a position of employment in such element for a period of more than 30 days..(b)

Effective date

The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect at each public institution of higher education in a State that receives assistance under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) for the first period of enrollment at such institution that begins after July 1, 2024.