[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3252 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3252

To amend the definition of independent student for purposes of the need 
 analysis in the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include older adopted 
                               students.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2005

   Mr. Jefferson (for himself, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. 
  Snyder, and Mr. Boustany) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the definition of independent student for purposes of the need 
 analysis in the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include older adopted 
                               students.

    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 ``Fostering Adoption to Further 
Student Achievement Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO INDEPENDENT STUDENT.

    Section 480(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087vv(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``or'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) was adopted from the foster care system when the 
        individual was 13 years of age or older.''.
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