[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2246 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2246

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 26, 2007

  Mr. Coleman (for himself and Mrs. Lincoln) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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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