[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2543 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2543

    To amend section 504(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
  eliminate the 2-year wait out period for grant recipients under the 
                 Hispanic-Serving Institutions program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2003

  Mr. Pearce (for himself and Mr. Udall of New Mexico) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend section 504(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
  eliminate the 2-year wait out period for grant recipients under the 
                 Hispanic-Serving Institutions program.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF THE 2-YEAR WAIT OUT PERIOD FOR GRANT 
              RECIPIENTS.

    Section 504(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1101c(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Period.--'' and all that follows through 
        ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``Period.--The Secretary''; and
            (2) by striking paragraph (2).
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