[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5276 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5276

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include a grant program to 
                  support life-long learning programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2006

    Mr. Wu introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include a grant program to 
                  support life-long learning programs.

    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 ``Life-long Learning Opportunity Act 
of 2006''.

SEC. 2. LIFE-LONG LEARNING PROGRAMS.

    The Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended 
by adding after section 421 the following new section:

``SEC. 422. LIFE-LONG LEARNING PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Grants.--The Assistant Secretary may award grants to 
institutions of higher education to carry out life-long learning 
programs in accordance with subsection (b).
    ``(b) Life-Long Learning Program Requirements.--An institution of 
higher education that is awarded a grant under subsection (a) shall 
carry out a life-long learning program that--
            ``(1) provides older individuals who are not enrolled in an 
        insitution of higher education the opportunity to audit, free 
        of charge, courses that are offered by the institution of 
        higher education to students who are enrolled in such 
        institution;
            ``(2) promotes, and disseminates information regarding, 
        life-long learning programs, including opportunities for 
        distance learning;
            ``(3) provides registration assistance for older 
        individuals who wish to participate in the program; and
            ``(4) provides financial assistance for older individuals 
        who participate in the program to--
                    ``(A) purchase required text books; and
                    ``(B) pay the costs associated with auditing 
                specific courses, such as lab fees for science courses 
                and art class fees.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each fiscal year 
beginning in fiscal year 2007.''.
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