[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2559 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2559


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 7, 2007

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 
                     1965, and for other purposes.

    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 ``First Higher Education Extension Act 
of 2007''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS.

    Section 2(a) of the Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109-81; 20 U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended by striking ``June 30, 
2007'' and inserting ``October 31, 2007''.

SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act, or in the Higher Education Extension Act of 
2005 as amended by this Act, shall be construed to limit or otherwise 
alter the authorizations of appropriations for, or the durations of, 
programs contained in the amendments made by the Higher Education 
Reconciliation Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-171) to the provisions of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection 
Act of 2004.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 6, 2007.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.

                               By Deborah M. Spriggs,

                                                          Deputy Clerk.