[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 54 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H2766-H2771]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1998

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Nethercutt). Pursuant to House 
Resolution 411 and rule XXIII, the Chair declares the House in the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the further 
consideration of the bill, H.R. 6.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole

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House on the State of the Union for the further consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 6) to extend the authorization of programs under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes, with Mr. LaHood 
(Chairman pro tempore) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. When the Committee of the Whole rose on 
Wednesday, April 29, 1998, title XII was open for amendment at any 
point.


                  Limiting Debate on Amendment No. 73

  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that debate on 
amendment numbered 73, and all amendments thereto, be limited to 2 
hours, equally divided and controlled by Representative Riggs of 
California or his designee and Representative Clay of Missouri or his 
designee.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.


     Vacating Proceedings on Amendment No. 54 offered by mr. roemer

  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, with the concurrence of the gentleman from 
Indiana (Mr. Roemer), I ask unanimous consent that the request of April 
29, 1998, for a recorded vote on the Roemer amendment numbered 54 be 
vacated and that proceedings by which the Committee considered and 
adopted that amendment by voice vote be vacated.
  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Chairman, reserving the right to object, I wanted to 
discuss with the gentleman from California (Mr. McKeon) an amendment 
that we had been working on in committee, starting actually at the 
subcommittee level and then going into the full committee and then 
going to the House floor, where I offered amendment to provide more 
flexibility for students to combine their loans for government 
subsidized and unsubsidized loans before trying then or being forced to 
go out into the private lending market, where they would take on added 
costs and where the rate might be 9 or 10 or 11 percent, but try to 
keep them at the 8.25 percent rate and thereby reduce costs, provide 
more flexibility and less regulation to many of the students that are 
trying to get into these markets and coming out with more and more debt 
once they graduate from school.
  This is exactly what we have heard everywhere in our field hearings 
throughout the country, where the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton) 
and I had a field hearing in South Bend, Indiana, and heard from about 
20 different colleges about trying to provide more flexibility to our 
schools and less regulation.
  This is an idea whose time has come, trying to help so many of the 
students that are coming out of school with debt. But we also realized 
that there may be a scoring problem here; and because CBO has been busy 
scoring other bills, we have not been able to finally get a score on 
this.
  I know the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee) and the gentleman 
from California (Mr. McKeon) have worked hard to try to provide this 
flexibility and lessen the burden on students. I had asked for a 
rollcall vote on this loan flexibility amendment. My colleague had 
agreed to that. And I believe he and the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Goodling), as well, had agreed to support the amendment.
  However, we still do not have a final scoring on this amendment. And 
in the interest of trying to make sure that we have bipartisan support 
for this amendment, I would like to get the feelings of my colleague on 
his support for this idea, that he has worked very hard on, and engage 
him in a colloquy.
  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ROEMER. Further reserving the right to object, I yield to the 
gentleman from California.
  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  The gentleman from Indiana represents that great institution Notre 
Dame. As I mentioned during committee consideration, I think this loan 
flexibility agreement has a great deal of merit. I thank my colleague 
for bringing this to our attention, and I will continue to work with 
him on this proposal as we move to conference on H.R. 6.
  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the commitment of the 
gentleman to do that. I appreciate the commitment of the gentleman to 
students trying to get a lower rate. And I very much appreciate the 
hard work of the gentleman on this bipartisan bill to try to reduce 
regulations and increase flexibility.
  Mr. Chairman, I withdraw my reservation of objection.


                         Parliamentary Inquiry

  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Chairman, at this point let me ask a parliamentary 
inquiry. Is it proper for me to ask unanimous consent at this point to 
vacate the rollcall vote numbered 54?
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. That is the pending request.
  Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Without objection, the request of the 
gentleman from California is granted, and the amendment is withdrawn.
  There was no objection.


          Sequential Votes Postponed In Committee Of The Whole

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 411, 
proceedings will now resume on those amendments on which further 
proceedings were postponed in the following order:
  Amendment No. 3 offered by Mr. Paul of Texas;
  Amendment No. 51 offered by Mr. Owens of New York;
  Amendment No. 44 offered by Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts.


                  Amendment No. 3 Offered By Mr. Paul

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Paul) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 3 offered by Mr. Paul:
       Page 50, line 13, at the end of paragraph (1) add the 
     following new sentence: ``The Secretary shall not use the 
     social security account numbers issued under title II of the 
     Social Security Act as the electronic personal identifier, 
     and shall not use any identifier used in any other Federal 
     program as the electronic personal identifier.''.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 112, 
noes 286, not voting 34, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 122]

                               AYES--112

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Barcia
     Barr
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Brady
     Bunning
     Callahan
     Camp
     Cannon
     Chabot
     Chenoweth
     Coburn
     Collins
     Condit
     Cooksey
     Crane
     Crapo
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeLay
     Doolittle
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     Ensign
     Everett
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gillmor
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Herger
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Johnson, Sam
     Kanjorski
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Largent
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     Lofgren
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     McDermott
     McIntosh
     McKinney
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Moran (KS)
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Nussle
     Obey
     Pastor
     Paul
     Pease
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pombo
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Redmond
     Regula
     Rogan
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scarborough
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Smith (MI)
     Snowbarger
     Snyder
     Souder
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     White
     Wicker

                               NOES--286

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bass
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Campbell
     Canady
     Capps
     Cardin
     Castle
     Chambliss
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Coble
     Combest
     Conyers
     Cook
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (VA)
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Dunn

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     Edwards
     Ehrlich
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Foley
     Ford
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gilchrest
     Gilman
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hefley
     Hefner
     Hilleary
     Hilliard
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McGovern
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Neal
     Northup
     Norwood
     Oberstar
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Paxon
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Adam
     Solomon
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Walsh
     Watt (NC)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--34

     Bateman
     Becerra
     Blagojevich
     Carson
     Christensen
     Clyburn
     Cubin
     Davis (IL)
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Furse
     Gonzalez
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Kaptur
     Lantos
     Latham
     Lowey
     McNulty
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Mollohan
     Neumann
     Parker
     Rahall
     Schaefer, Dan
     Skaggs
     Smith, Linda
     Stokes
     Tauzin
     Torres
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Waxman

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  Ms. GRANGER and Messrs. EVANS, FOX of Pennsylvania, ENGEL and RIGGS 
changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Messrs. FRANK of Massachusetts, BONIOR, HOBSON, NETHERCUTT, HYDE, 
LEWIS of Kentucky, WATKINS, SMITH of Michigan and Ms. McKINNEY changed 
their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 122, I was detained due to 
inclement weather. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''


                Announcement by the Chairman Pro Tempore

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). Pursuant to House Resolution 
411, the Chair announces that he will reduce to a minimum of 5 minutes 
the period of time within which a vote by electronic device will be 
taken on each amendment on which the Chair has postponed further 
proceedings.


                 Amendment No. 51 Offered By Mr. Owens

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on Amendment No. 44 offered by the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Owens) on which further proceedings were postponed and on 
which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 51 offered by Mr. Owens:
       Page 68, after line 11, insert the following new section 
     (and redesignate the succeeding section accordingly):

     SEC. 206. POSTSECONDARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION 
                   RECRUITMENT

       (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
       (1) There are more than 200,000 to 400,000 vacancies in 
     various categories of information technology jobs.
       (2) From 1996 to 2005, more than 1,300,000 new computer 
     scientists, engineers, and systems analysts will be required 
     in the United States to fill vacant jobs, which equals 
     136,800 new workers per year.
       (3) Systems analysts will experience the largest job 
     growth, accounting for a 103 percent increase in the number 
     of new positions from 1996 (506,000) to 2005 (1,025,000).
       (4) The shortage of information technology workers 
     transcends industries, affecting the manufacturing, service, 
     transportation, health care, education, and government 
     sectors. Within each sector, vacancies exist at all levels 
     from aides and mechanics to programmers and designers.
       (5) The information technology worker shortage is having an 
     adverse effect on the viability of businesses in the United 
     States and on the Nation's competitiveness. Industry surveys 
     report that half of industry executives cite the lack of 
     workers skilled in technology as the number one obstacle to 
     their company's growth. An additional 20 percent of industry 
     executives identify the lack of information technology 
     workers as a major obstacle to their company's growth.
       (6) A major factor affecting the short supply of 
     information technology workers is the mismatch between what 
     universities teach and what industry needs.
       (7) It is in the national interest to promote special 
     initiatives which effectively educate and train our domestic 
     workforce to keep pace with these expanding job 
     opportunities.
       (8) Institutions of higher education have the capacity and 
     resources to provide a role of oversight and technical 
     assistance to a wide range of local entities, including 
     community-based organizations, participating in a 
     comprehensive education and training program for potential 
     technology workers.
       (9) Higher education institutions must be responsive to the 
     digital environment and expand both their outreach efforts 
     and on-campus activities to train and certify individuals to 
     close the information technology worker gap.
       (b) Amendment.--Title II is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:

         ``PART G--INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION RECRUITMENT

     ``SEC. 281. PARTNERSHIPS FOR POSTSECONDARY INFORMATION 
                   TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION RECRUITMENT

       ``(a) Grants Authorized.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may make grants under this 
     section, in accordance with competitive criteria established 
     by the Secretary, to institutions of higher education, in 
     order to establish, oversee the operation of, and provide 
     technical assistance to, projects described in paragraph (2).
       ``(2) Projects.--Projects under this section shall be 
     projects implemented by a community-based organization 
     described in subsection (b), or by the institution of higher 
     education receiving the grant, to provide postsecondary 
     information technology education and employment procurement 
     assistance to eligible individuals described in subsection 
     (c).
       ``(3) Restrictions.--An institution of higher education 
     shall be eligible to receive only one grant under this 
     section, but may, subject to the requirements of this 
     section, use the grant to enter into contracts with more than 
     one community-based organization. A community-based 
     organization shall not be eligible to enter into a contract 
     under this section with more than one institution of higher 
     education.
       ``(4) Period of grant.--The provision of payments under a 
     grant under this section shall not exceed 5 fiscal years and 
     shall be subject to the annual approval of the Secretary and 
     subject to the availability of appropriations for each fiscal 
     year involved.
       ``(b) Community-Based Organizations.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a community-
     based organization described in this subsection is an entity 
     that, at the time the entity enters into a contract with an 
     institution of higher education for a project under this 
     section, and throughout the duration of that contract--
       ``(A) is--
       ``(i) a governmental agency; or
       ``(ii) an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 
     section 501(a) of such Code; and
       ``(B) is one of the following:
       ``(i) A local partnership (as defined in section 4 of the 
     School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994) receiving a grant 
     under section 302 of such Act.
       ``(ii) An entity organized and operated for religious 
     purposes.
       ``(iii) An entity furnishing school-age child care services 
     after school.
       ``(iv) A community-based college computer recruitment 
     center.
       ``(v) An entity furnishing adult education.
       ``(vi) A library.
       ``(vii) A museum.
       ``(viii) Any other entity organized and operated for 
     cultural, literary, or educational purposes.
       ``(2) Limitation.--An entity shall not be considered a 
     community-based organization described in this subsection 
     unless, at the time the entity enters into a contract with an 
     institution of higher education for a project under this 
     section, it has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the 
     Secretary that--

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       ``(A) it has the capacity successfully to recruit eligible 
     individuals described in subsection (c) for participation in 
     a project described in subsection (a), consistent with the 
     enrollment requirements in subsection (d)(2)(E);
       ``(B) it is providing an educational service, social 
     service, or employment procurement service; and
       ``(C) in the case of an entity that independently manages 
     its own finances, it has been in existence 2 years or more.
       ``(c) Eligible Individuals.--An eligible individual 
     described in this subsection is an individual who--
       ``(1) has submitted a satisfactory application to receive 
     postsecondary information technology education recruitment 
     assistance through a project under this section; and
       ``(2) has a certificate of graduation from a school 
     providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent 
     of such a certificate.
       ``(d) Duties.--
       ``(1) Institutions of higher education.--An institution of 
     higher education receiving a grant under this section shall 
     use the funds provided under the grant to carry out the 
     following duties:
       ``(A) Final selection of community-based organizations 
     described in subsection (b) desiring to provide, at one or 
     more sites, in accordance with a contract with the 
     institution of higher education and this section, 
     postsecondary information technology education and employment 
     procurement assistance to eligible individuals described in 
     subsection (c).
       ``(B) Entering into a contract with each community-based 
     organization selected under subparagraph (A) under which the 
     institution and the organization agree to carry out the 
     duties respectively required of them under this section with 
     respect to each site described in subparagraph (A).
       ``(C) With respect to each site described in subparagraph 
     (A)--
       ``(i) design of a process for the recruitment of students 
     from site to enroll in college courses or matriculate in 
     college programs;
       ``(ii) provision of such funding for the establishment and 
     initial operation of the site as was specified in the grant 
     application submitted by the institution to the Secretary;
       ``(iii) approval of final site selection and preparation;
       ``(iv) initial orientation and training of personnel 
     employed to manage and operate the site;
       ``(v) design and certification of the instructional and 
     academic programs, and oversight of the implementation of the 
     programs;
       ``(vi) oversight of equipment purchases and contracts for 
     equipment maintenance; and
       ``(vii) selection of an outside contractor for periodic 
     evaluation of the management and operation of the site.
       ``(2) Community-based organizations.--
       ``(A) In general.--A community-based organization 
     implementing a project under this section with an institution 
     of higher education, at one or more sites, shall carry out 
     the duties described in this paragraph, with respect to each 
     such site, subject to the oversight and guidance of the 
     institution.
       ``(B) General duties.--The organization--
       ``(i) shall undertake final site selection and preparation;
       ``(ii) shall recruit and hire a site director;
       ``(iii) shall carry out any supplementary instructional, 
     academic, or educational activities specified in the contract 
     with the institution of higher education that are not 
     described in subparagraph (D);
       ``(iv) shall assemble an advisory committee composed of 
     individuals residing in the community in which the site is 
     located, as well as industry representatives, who desire to 
     assist the organization in ensuring that the goals of the 
     organization are consistent with the goals and needs of the 
     community population;
       ``(v) shall provide to the institution other evidence of 
     volunteer support from among individuals residing in the 
     community in which the site is located and industry 
     representatives;
       ``(vi) shall recruit eligible individuals for enrollment, 
     subject to subparagraph (E);
       ``(vii) shall maintain waiting lists of eligible 
     individuals desiring to enroll in the project's programs;
       ``(C) Site requirements.--The organization shall ensure 
     that each site--
       ``(i) has a minimum of 20 fully functioning computers with 
     sufficient capacity to perform all of the computer operations 
     that are the subject of the curriculum specified in 
     subparagraph (D);
       ``(ii) in addition to the space for the computers described 
     in clause (i), has--

       ``(I) a classroom space with the capacity for seating a 
     minimum of 30 students;
       ``(II) a separate office for the site director;

       ``(iii) is real property subject to the control of the 
     organization or the institution, through a lease or other 
     legal instrument, for a period of not less than 5 years;
       ``(iv) is open to enrolled individuals not less than 12 
     hours per day; and
       ``(v) is located within walking distance of public 
     transportation.
       ``(D) Information technology curriculum.--
       ``(i) In general.--The organization shall ensure that each 
     site offers enrollees a curriculum that includes a broad 
     range of course work in information technology.
       ``(ii) Courses leading to certification.--Such curriculum 
     shall include course work leading to a certification of 
     competence in areas of information technology recognized by 
     the National Skill Standards Board established under the 
     National Skill Standards Act of 1994.
       ``(iii) Specific courses.--The computer training offered 
     shall include courses in basic computer competence, on-the-
     job upgrade assistance, and advanced computer competence.
       ``(E) Enrollment requirements.--The organization shall 
     ensure that its enrollment of eligible individuals at each 
     site is consistent with the following:
       ``(i) Not less than 50 percent of the eligible individuals 
     shall be, at the time of enrollment, individuals--

       ``(I) to whom a credit was allowed under section 32 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the preceding taxable year;
       ``(II) who are recipients of assistance under a State 
     program funded under part A of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act;
       ``(III) who are a member of a household participating in 
     the food stamp program; or
       ``(IV) who are considered low-income pursuant to 
     regulations promulgated by the Secretary under this section.

       ``(ii) Not less than 50 percent of the eligible individuals 
     shall be, at the time of enrollment, under 25 years of age.
       ``(iii) No prerequisite relating to net worth, income, or 
     assets may be applied to any eligible individual who, at the 
     time of enrollment, is over 50 years of age, except that this 
     requirement shall not be construed to supersede clause (i).
       ``(e) Implementation of Projects Solely by Institutions.--
     The Secretary may make a grant under this section to an 
     institution of higher education that desires to implement a 
     project under this section without the participation of a 
     community-based organization described in subsection (b), if 
     the institution agrees to carry out all of the duties 
     required of such an organization under this section, in 
     addition to the duties otherwise required of an institution 
     of higher education. The Secretary shall, in awarding grants 
     under this section, give priority to institutions of higher 
     education whose grant application includes an assurance that 
     the institution will contract with one or more community-
     based organizations in accordance with this section.
       ``(f) Applications.--To apply for a grant under this 
     section for any fiscal year, an institution of higher 
     education shall submit an application to the Secretary in 
     accordance with the procedures established by the Secretary. 
     The application shall specify the institution's preliminary 
     selections for the community-based organizations (if any) 
     with which the institution proposes to contract, and shall 
     include information with respect to preliminary site 
     selections.
       ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
     $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be 
     necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
       ``(h) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
       ``(1) Adult education.--The term `adult education' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 312 of the Adult Education 
     Act.
       ``(2) Community-based college computer recruitment 
     center.--The term `community-based computer center' means a 
     computer center--
       ``(A) funded by both the Federal Government and at least 
     one private sector entity;
       ``(B) located in a low-income community (as determined by 
     the Secretary); and
       ``(C) organized and operated for the purpose of providing 
     families with access to computer resources that otherwise 
     would not be available to them.
       ``(3) Food stamp program.--The term `food stamp program' 
     has the meaning given such term in section 3(h) of the Food 
     Stamp Act of 1977.
       ``(4) Library.--The term `library' has the meaning given 
     such term in section 213 of the Library Services and 
     Technology Act.
       ``(5) Museum.--The term `museum' has the meaning given such 
     term in section 272 of the Museum and Library Services 
     Act.''.

  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Chairman in view of the fact that this amendment was 
debated some time ago, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 5 minutes 
to explain the amendment before the vote takes place.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  Mr. CANADY of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I object.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Objection is heard.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 172, 
noes 234, not voting 26, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 123]

                               AYES--172

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boucher
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Campbell
     Capps
     Cardin
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement

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     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Crapo
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gordon
     Green
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lofgren
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Pomeroy
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shays
     Sherman
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tauscher
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

                               NOES--234

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bereuter
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boswell
     Boyd
     Brady
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kanjorski
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moran (KS)
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryun
     Sabo
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Turner
     Upton
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--26

     Bateman
     Carson
     Christensen
     Clyburn
     Davis (IL)
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Furse
     Gonzalez
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Kaptur
     Lantos
     Lowey
     McNulty
     Meeks (NY)
     Neumann
     Parker
     Rahall
     Schaefer, Dan
     Skaggs
     Smith, Linda
     Stokes
     Tauzin
     Visclosky
     Waxman

                              {time}  1742

  Messrs. JOHN, MORAN of Kansas and HOBSON changed their vote from 
``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. SHAYS and Ms. SANCHEZ changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 123, I was detained due to 
inclement weather. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''


                Amendment No. 44 Offered By Mr. McGovern

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) on which further proceedings were 
postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

  Amendment No. 44 offered by Mr. McGovern:
       Page 96, after line 7, insert the following new subsection 
     (and redesignate the succeeding subsections accordingly):
       (f) Pell Grant Incentives.--Subpart 1 of part A of title IV 
     of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting 
     after section 401 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) the following new 
     section:

     SEC. 401A. PELL GRANT INCENTIVES.

       ``(a) Program Authority.--From the amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to subsection (d), the Secretary shall establish a 
     program to increase the Pell grant awards under section 401 
     during their first two academic years of undergraduate 
     education to students who graduate after May 1, 1998, in the 
     top 10 percent of their high school graduating class.
       ``(b) Amount of Increase.--The additional amount of Pell 
     grant that shall be awarded under this section to any student 
     who qualifies under this section shall be an amount equal to 
     the amount for which the student is eligible under section 
     401 (determined without regard to the provisions of this 
     section), except that if the amount appropriated pursuant to 
     subsection (d) is less than the amount required to award such 
     additional amounts to all such students, the additional 
     amount awarded to each such student under this section shall 
     be ratably reduced.
       ``(c) Determinations of Eligibility.--
       ``(1) Procedures established by regulation.--The Secretary 
     shall establish by regulation procedures for the 
     determination of eligibility of students for increased Pell 
     grant awards under this section. Such procedures shall 
     include measures to prevent any secondary school from 
     certifying more than 10 percent of its students for 
     eligibility under this section.
       ``(2) Coordination with need analysis.--In prescribing 
     procedures under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure 
     that the determination of eligibility and the amount of the 
     increase in the Pell grant award is determined in a timely 
     manner consistent with the requirements of section 482 and 
     the submission of the financial aid form required by section 
     483. For such purposes, the Secretary may provide that, for 
     the first of a student's two academic years of eligibility 
     under this section, class rank may be determined prior to 
     graduation, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary 
     may specify in the regulations prescribed under this 
     subsection.
       ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated to award increased Pell grants 
     under this section $240,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such 
     sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal 
     years.''


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 220, 
noes 187, not voting 25, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 124]

                               AYES--220

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Bass
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Buyer
     Campbell
     Capps
     Cardin
     Chenoweth
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Filner
     Ford
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gilchrest
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Green
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson

[[Page H2771]]


     Lazio
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pease
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Redmond
     Reyes
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shays
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

                               NOES--187

     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bereuter
     Bilirakis
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Brady
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Dickey
     Dingell
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Fowler
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     Kingston
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moran (KS)
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Oxley
     Packard
     Paul
     Paxon
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Regula
     Riggs
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Upton
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--25

     Bateman
     Carson
     Christensen
     Clyburn
     Davis (IL)
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Furse
     Gonzalez
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Kaptur
     Lantos
     Lowey
     McNulty
     Meeks (NY)
     Neumann
     Parker
     Rahall
     Schaefer, Dan
     Skaggs
     Smith, Linda
     Stokes
     Tauzin
     Visclosky

                              {time}  1751

  Mr. GILCHREST changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 124, I was detained due to 
inclement weather. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Gutknecht), having assumed the chair, Mr. LaHood, Chairman pro tempore 
of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported 
that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 6), 
to extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act 
of 1965, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.

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