[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3463 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3463

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide greater support to 
           students with dependents, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2017

   Ms. Clark of Massachusetts (for herself and Mr. Young of Alaska) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide greater support to 
           students with dependents, 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 ``Child Care Access Means Parents in 
School Reauthorization Act'' or the ``CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO CCAMPIS.

    Section 419N of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070e) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``The Secretary'' and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary''; and
                            (ii) by adding the following:
                    ``(B) Reservation.--The Secretary shall reserve not 
                less than 3 percent of the funds appropriated under 
                subsection (g) for a fiscal year to award grants under 
                this section to Tribal Colleges and Universities 
                (defined in section 316) that meet the requirements of 
                this section, except that the requirements of paragraph 
                (4) of this subsection shall not be applicable to such 
                institutions.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``An 
                institution'' and inserting ``Except as provided in 
                paragraph (1)(B), an institution'';
            (2) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
                following:
                    ``(C) Stakeholder consultation.--The Secretary 
                shall work with relevant stakeholders to determine the 
                manner in which the data described in subparagraph (B) 
                shall be collected in order to ensure compliance with 
                such subparagraph.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Publication of reports.--Not later than 1 year after 
        the first report is submitted under paragraph (1), as amended 
        by the CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act, and annually thereafter, 
        the Secretary shall publish the reports submitted under 
        paragraph (1) for the preceding year on the public website of 
        the Department.''; and
            (3) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $67,000,000 for fiscal year 2018 
and each succeeding fiscal year.''.

SEC. 3. REPORT BY OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Education (acting through the Office of Postsecondary 
Education) shall report to Congress on the plans of the Department of 
Education to better serve postsecondary students with dependents.
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