[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 83 (Tuesday, May 20, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4425-S4426]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. 3035.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by 
title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3035) to temporarily extend the programs under 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements 
relating to this matter be printed in the Record.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 3035) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 3035

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

     SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

       (a) Extension of Programs.--Section 2(a) of the Higher 
     Education Extension Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-81; 20 U.S.C. 
     1001 note) is amended by striking ``May 31, 2008'' and 
     inserting ``June 30, 2008''.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section, or in 
     the Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 as amended by this 
     Act, shall be construed to limit or otherwise alter the 
     authorizations of appropriations for, or the durations of, 
     programs contained in the amendments made by the Higher 
     Education

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     Reconciliation Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-171), by the 
     College Cost Reduction and Access Act (Public Law 110-84), or 
     by the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 
     (Public Law 110-227) to the provisions of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 and the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act 
     of 2004.

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