[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 3414 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3414

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend eligibility for 
 Federal TRIO programs to members of the reserve components serving on 
           active duty in support of contingency operations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 3, 2007

 Mr. Kline of Minnesota (for himself, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Wilson of South 
  Carolina, and Mr. Souder) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend eligibility for 
 Federal TRIO programs to members of the reserve components serving on 
           active duty in support of contingency operations.

    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 ``Veterans Upward Bound Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL TRIO PROGRAMS TO MEMBERS 
              OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY IN 
              SUPPORT OF CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.

    Section 402A(g)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a-11(g)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph 
        (C):
                    ``(C) was a member of a reserve component of the 
                Armed Forces who served on active duty in support of a 
                contingency operation (as that term is defined in 
                section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code) on 
                or after September 11, 2001.''.
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