[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4025 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4025

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the cohort default 
  rate exemption for historically Black colleges, tribally controlled 
           community colleges, and Navajo community colleges.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 1994

 Mr. Scott (for himself, Mr. Owens, Mr. Clay, Mr. Payne of New Jersey, 
  Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Watt, Mr. Williams, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
 Sisisky, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Wheat, 
    Mr. Parker, Mr. Ford of Tennessee, Mr. Frost, Mr. Neal of North 
 Carolina, Mr. Thornton, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Stokes, 
 Mr. Baesler, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Dixon, Mrs. Meek, Ms. Waters, 
 Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Hilliard, Ms. McKinney, Ms. Norton, Mr. Flake, Mr. 
   Wynn, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. 
     Rahall, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Ford of Michigan, and Mr. Pickle) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the cohort default 
  rate exemption for historically Black colleges, tribally controlled 
           community colleges, and Navajo community colleges.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU's), 
        tribally controlled community colleges, and Navajo community 
        colleges have, as part of their overall mission, educated and 
        provided opportunities to lower-income and minority students 
        who may not have otherwise been afforded opportunities to 
        obtain a higher degree;
            (2) the Congress has already recognized the need for these 
        institutions by passage of such legislation as part B, title 
        III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Strengthening 
        Historically Black Colleges and Universities), the Tribally 
        Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978, and the 
        Navajo Community College Act;
            (3) at current Federal student loan default rate 
        thresholds, one-third of HBCU's, and many of the tribally 
        controlled and Navajo community colleges may be deemed 
        ineligible for participation in the Federal student loan 
        program, and many more will be subject to review under part H 
        of the Program Integrity Triad, jeopardizing the continued 
        existence of these institutions; and
            (4) there exists a need to reexamine the criteria used to 
        determine exclusion from title IV programs, in order to more 
        accurately predict loan mismanagement, fraud, and abuse, and 
        offer fairer standards to those institutions that 
        disproportionately educate students of lower economic 
        backgrounds.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EXEMPTION.

    Section 435(a)(2)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1085(a)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ``July 1, 1994'' and inserting 
``July 1, 1998''.

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