[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7107 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7107

To require, as a condition of participation in the programs under title 
 IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, public institutions of higher 
education to charge dependent children of members of the Armed Forces a 
   rate of tuition equal to the rate of tuition charged to in-State 
                               residents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2008

   Mr. Smith of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To require, as a condition of participation in the programs under title 
 IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, public institutions of higher 
education to charge dependent children of members of the Armed Forces a 
   rate of tuition equal to the rate of tuition charged to in-State 
                               residents.

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

SECTION 1. IN-STATE TUITION RATE FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF MEMBERS OF 
              THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(30)(A) In the case of a public institution of higher 
        education, the institution will charge a dependent military 
        child tuition at the same rate as the rate of tuition that the 
        institution charges to residents of the State in which the 
        institution is located.
            ``(B) For the purposes of this paragraph--
                    ``(i) the term `dependent military child' means an 
                individual who--
                            ``(I) is an unmarried child of a member of 
                        the Armed Forces (including an unmarried 
                        dependent stepchild or adopted child); and
                            ``(II) is under 26 years of age at the 
                        beginning of the first academic year for which 
                        the individual is charged tuition in accordance 
                        with this paragraph; and
                    ``(ii) the term `member of the Armed Forces'--
                            ``(I) includes a member of a reserve 
                        component of the Armed Forces named in section 
                        10101 of title 10, United States Code; and
                            ``(II) does not include a former member of 
                        the Armed Forces.
            ``(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B)(ii)(II), any 
        individual who--
                    ``(i) is charged tuition as a dependent military 
                child in accordance with this paragraph for an academic 
                year; and
                    ``(ii) in the subsequent year fails to meet the 
                requirements of subparagraph (B)(i) because the 
                individual's parent who was a member of the Armed 
                Forces has become a former member of the Armed Forces,
        shall continue to be charged tuition as a dependent military 
        child in accordance with this paragraph for the period required 
        to complete the program of study in which the individual is 
        enrolled (as determined by the institution at which the 
        individual is enrolled).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective for academic years beginning after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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