[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12736-12737]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY AND INTEGRITY AND 
      ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE EXTENSION

  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill 
(H.R. 5134) to extend the National Advisory Committee on Institutional 
Quality and Integrity and the Advisory Committee on Student Financial 
Assistance for one year.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 5134

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

     SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON 
                   INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY AND INTEGRITY.

       Section 114(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 1011c(f)) is amended by striking ``2014'' and 
     inserting ``2015''.

     SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON STUDENT FINANCIAL 
                   ASSISTANCE.

       Section 491(k) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 1098(k)) is amended by striking ``2014'' and inserting 
     ``2015''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hinojosa) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from North Carolina.

                              {time}  1400


                             General Leave

  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and 
include extraneous material on H.R. 5134.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from North Carolina?
  There was no objection.
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 5134 and yield 
myself such time as I may consume.
  While the majority of the Higher Education Act is extended until the 
end of FY 2015 by the General Education Provisions Act, the extension 
does not apply to two committees authorized under the law.
  The first committee is the National Advisory Committee on 
Institutional Quality and Integrity, which advises the Secretary of 
Education on accreditation issues and which accrediting bodies to 
improve.
  The second committee is the Advisory Committee on Student Financial 
Assistance, which advises both Congress and the Secretary of Education 
on student financial aid policy. In order to ensure these important 
advisory committees can continue to serve policymakers, Representative 
Hinojosa and I authored H.R. 5134 to extend both of these committees 
for 1 year.
  With that, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this 
simple extension and reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HINOJOSA. I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my strong support for H.R. 5134, 
legislation which would reauthorize two advisory committees within the 
U.S. Department of Education for at least 1 year.
  The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and 
Integrity, known as NACIQI, and the Advisory

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Committee on Student Financial Assistance play vitally important 
advisory roles to the Secretary of Education and Congress and would not 
otherwise be extended through the General Education Provisions Act when 
the Higher Education Act expires this year.
  NACIQI, for example, advises the Secretary of Education on matters 
related to postsecondary education accreditation and the certification 
process for higher education institutions to participate in Federal 
student aid programs.
  The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance provides 
advice and counsel on Federal student financial aid policy to both 
Congress and the Secretary of Education, including recommendations for 
increasing college access and persistence to higher education for low-
income and moderate-income students.
  As the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and 
Workforce Training, I thank Chairman Kline, Ranking Member Miller, and 
Chairwoman Foxx for their leadership on this issue.
  Although I will continue to fight for a more comprehensive 
reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, I believe that this bill 
today, as well as the other three higher education bills being voted on 
this week, make some key improvements to the Higher Education Act.
  With that, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support 
the passage of H.R. 5134.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 
5134 and yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time and 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 5134.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the 
rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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