[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2108 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2108

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand and extend the 
eligibility of Hispanic-serving institutions for assistance under title 
                             V of that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2003

Ms. Velazquez 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 expand and extend the 
eligibility of Hispanic-serving institutions for assistance under title 
                             V of that Act.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hispanic-Serving Institution 
Assistance Improvement Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY OF HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS: 
              ELIMINATION OF WAIT-OUT PERIOD.

    Section 504(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1101c(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Award Period.--The Secretary may award a grant to a Hispanic-
serving institution under this title for 5 years.''.
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