[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2887 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2887

   To improve the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 5, 2004

   Mr. Dodd (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Clinton, Ms. 
  Collins, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Johnson, and Mrs. Murray) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To improve the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program.

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

SECTION 1. CHILD CARE ACCESS MEANS PARENTS IN SCHOOL PROGRAM.

    (a) Minimum Grant.--Section 419N(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070e(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking 
``$10,000'' and inserting ``$30,000''.
    (b) Definition of Low-Income Student.--Section 419N(b)(7) of such 
Act is amended to read as follows:
            ``(7) Definition of low-income student.--For the purpose of 
        this section, the term `low-income student' means a student 
        who--
                    ``(A) is eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant 
                for the fiscal year for which the determination is 
                made;
                    ``(B) would otherwise be eligible to receive a 
                Federal Pell Grant for the fiscal year for which the 
                determination is made, except that the student fails to 
                meet the requirements of--
                            ``(i) section 401(c)(1) because the student 
                        is enrolled in a graduate or first professional 
                        course of study; or
                            ``(ii) section 484(a)(5) because the 
                        student is in the United States for a temporary 
                        purpose; or
                    ``(C) is from a family with an income that is less 
                than 275 percent of the poverty line (as defined by the 
                Office of Management and Budget, and revised annually 
                in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
                Services Block Grant Act) applicable to a family of the 
                size involved.''.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 419N(g) of such Act 
is amended by striking ``$45,000,000 for fiscal year 1999'' and 
inserting ``$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2005''.
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