[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3834 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3834

 To amend GEAR UP to require that schools receiving funding under the 
  program provide students with access to academic and mental health 
              counseling services, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 27, 2015

Mrs. Lawrence (for herself and Ms. Lee) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend GEAR UP to require that schools receiving funding under the 
  program provide students with access to academic and mental health 
              counseling services, 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 ``GEAR UP for Counseling''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF ACADEMIC AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING.

    Section 404D(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a-24(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(5) Providing participating students access to academic 
        and mental health counseling services.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 404H of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-
28) is amended by striking ``2009'' and inserting ``2017''.
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