[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 281 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 281

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to apply to Hispanic-serving 
  institutions of higher education the same student loan default rate 
limitations applicable to historically Black colleges and universities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

 Mr. Serrano introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to apply to Hispanic-serving 
  institutions of higher education the same student loan default rate 
limitations applicable to historically Black colleges and universities.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO DEFAULT RATE LIMITATION PROVISIONS.

    Section 435(a)(2)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1085(a)(2)(C)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses 
        (iii) and (iv), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after clause (i) the following new clause:
                    ``(ii) an Hispanic-serving institution within the 
                meaning of section 316(b)(1) of this Act;''.
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