[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7989]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 TEMPORARILY EXTENDING PROGRAMS UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate a 
message from the House on the bill, S. 2929, to temporarily extend the 
programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the House of Representatives:

                                S. 2929

       Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 2929) entitled 
     ``An Act to temporarily extend the programs under the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965'', do pass with the following 
     amendment:
       Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

     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 ``April 30, 2008'' and 
     inserting ``May 31, 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 Reconciliation Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-171) or 
     by the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (Public Law 110-
     84) to the provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and 
     the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect as if enacted on April 30, 2008.

  Mr. DODD. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate concur in the House 
amendment, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no 
intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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