[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1499 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]
In the Senate of the United States,
December 12, 2001.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R.
1499) entitled ``An Act to amend the District of Columbia College
Access Act of 1999 to permit individuals who graduated from a secondary
school prior to 1998 and individuals who enroll in an institution of
higher education more than 3 years after graduating from a secondary
school to participate in the tuition assistance programs under such
Act, and for other purposes.'', do pass with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia College Access
Improvement Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM.
Section 3(c)(2) of the District of Columbia College Access Act of
1999 is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (C) and inserting
the following:
``(A)(i) for individuals who begin an undergraduate
course of study within 3 calendar years (excluding any
period of service on active duty in the armed forces,
or service under the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et
seq.) or subtitle D of title I of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571 et
seq.)) of graduation from a secondary school, or
obtaining the recognized equivalent of a secondary
school diploma, was domiciled in the District of
Columbia for not less than the 12 consecutive months
preceding the commencement of the freshman year at an
institution of higher education;
``(ii) for individuals who graduated from a
secondary school or received the recognized equivalent
of a secondary school diploma before January 1, 1998,
and is currently enrolled at an eligible institution as
of the date of enactment of the District of Columbia
College Access Improvement Act of 2001, was domiciled
in the District of Columbia for not less than the 12
consecutive months preceding the commencement of the
freshman year at an institution of higher education; or
``(iii) for all other individuals and for those
applicants re-enrolling after more than a 3-year break
in their post-secondary education, has been domiciled
in the District of Columbia for at least 5 consecutive
years at the date of application;
``(B)(i) graduated from a secondary school or
received the recognized equivalent of a secondary
school diploma on or after January 1, 1998;
``(ii) for applicants that did not graduate from a
secondary school or receive a recognized equivalent of
a secondary school diploma, is accepted for enrollment
as a freshman at an eligible institution on or after
January 1, 2002; or
``(iii) for applicants who graduated from a
secondary school or received the recognized equivalent
of a secondary school diploma before January 1, 1998,
is currently enrolled at an eligible institution as of
the date of enactment of the District of Columbia
College Access Improvement Act of 2001;
``(C) meets the citizenship and immigration status
requirements described in section 484(a)(5) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(a)(5));''.
SEC. 3. PRIVATE SCHOOL PROGRAM.
Section 5(c)(1)(B) of the District of Columbia College Access Act
of 1999 is amended by striking ``The main campus of which is located in
the State of Maryland or the Commonwealth of Virginia''.
SEC. 4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
Section 6 of the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 is
amended--
(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
``(b) Administrative Expenses.--
``(1) In general.--The Mayor of the District of Columbia
may not use more than 7 percent of the total amount of Federal
funds appropriated for the program, retroactive to the date of
enactment of this Act (the District of Columbia College Access
Act of 1999), for the administrative expenses of the program.
``(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term
`administrative expenses' means any expenses that are not
directly used to pay the cost of tuition and fees for eligible
students to attend eligible institutions.'';
(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections
(f) and (g);
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
``(e) Local Funds.--It is the sense of Congress that the District
of Columbia may appropriate such local funds as necessary for the
Program.''; and
(4) by inserting at the end the following:
``(h) Dedicated Account for the Resident Tuition Support Program.--
The District of Columbia government shall establish a dedicated account
for the Resident Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the
Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any
subsequent appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal
years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal years. The funds
in this dedicated account may be used to help pay the cost of tuition
and fees for eligible students to attend eligible institutions if the
fiscal year appropriation for that year is insufficient to cover the
cost of tuition and fees for that year.''.
Amend the title so as to read: ``An Act to amend the
District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 to permit
individuals who enroll in an institution of higher education
more than 3 years after graduating from a secondary school and
individuals who attend private historically black colleges and
universities nationwide to participate in the tuition
assistance programs under such Act, and for other purposes.''.
Attest:
Secretary.
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1499
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