    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
      Amendments
        Reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2319 [23AP], H2320 [23AP], H2331 [27AP],
            H2332 [27AP], H2333 [27AP], H2424 [28AP], H2425 [28AP], H2426
            [28AP], H2427 [28AP], H2428 [28AP], H2429 [28AP], H2430 [28AP],
            H2431 [28AP], H2432 [28AP], H2433 [28AP], H2434 [28AP], H2435
            [28AP], H2436 [28AP], H2437 [28AP], H2438 [28AP], H2439 [28AP],
            H2527 [29AP], H2538 [29AP], H2541 [29AP], H2545 [29AP], H2546
            [29AP], H2568 [29AP], H2570 [29AP], H2571 [29AP], H2573 [29AP],
            H2574 [29AP], H2577 [29AP], H2578 [29AP], H2579 [29AP], H2580
            [29AP], H2581 [29AP], H2582 [29AP], H2584 [29AP], H2585 [29AP],
            H2586 [29AP], H2587 [29AP], H2588 [29AP], H2590 [29AP], H2594
            [29AP], H2606 [29AP], H2607 [29AP], H2609 [29AP], H2610 [29AP],
            H2707 [30AP], H2745 [4MY], H2767 [5MY], H2768 [5MY], H2770
            [5MY], H2814 [5MY], H2815 [5MY], H2861 [6MY], H2866 [6MY], H2868
            [6MY], H2871 [6MY], H2872 [6MY], H2873 [6MY], H2874 [6MY], H2875
            [6MY], H2885 [6MY], H2887 [6MY], H2888 [6MY], H2889 [6MY], H2892
            [6MY], H2915 [6MY]
        Reauthorize (S. 1882), S7723 [9JY], S7759 [9JY], S7788 [9JY], S7789
            [9JY], S7791 [9JY], S7795 [9JY], S7816 [9JY], S7824 [9JY], S7849
            [9JY], S7857 [9JY], S7864 [9JY], S7870 [9JY], S7885 [9JY], S7889
            [9JY], S7890 [9JY], S7891 [9JY]
      Appointments
        Conferees:  H.R. 6, reauthorization, S8069 [13JY], H6121 [22JY]
      Articles and editorials
        Assumption College News . . . Dr. Charles L. Flynn Endorses Pell
            Grant Legislation, H2583 [29AP]
        Big No to Sweatshops, H2864 [6MY]
        End Welfare's Catch-22, S7819 [9JY]
        Modest Start on Sweatshops, H2864 [6MY]
        ``No Sweat'' Requires Sweat Equity, H2864 [6MY]
      Bills and resolutions
        Advanced Manufacturing Fellowship:  establish, (see H.R. 3840),
            H3105 [12MY]
        Colleges and universities:  allow community colleges to offer
            student aid to certain students for vocational and technology
            education, (see S. 2591), S11970 [8OC]
        ------ improve international education at postsecondary
            institutions, (see H.R. 3311), H754 [3MR]
        ------ increase public awareness of crime on campuses, (see S.
            2100), S5217 [20MY]
        ------ prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment in
            admissions based on sex, race, or national origin, (see H.R.
            3330), H850 [4MR]
        ------ require distribution of information relative to harassment,
            (see H.R. 3759), H2605 [29AP]
        Education:  increase Pell Grant awards to certain students, (see
            H.R. 3269), H630 [25FE]
        ------ increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other
            under-represented student populations, (see S. 1796), S2214
            [18MR]
        ------ increase the dependent care allowance used to calculate Pell
            Grant awards, (see S. 1701), S1255 [3MR]
        ------ support the participation of low-income parents in
            postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based
            child care, (see H.R. 3296), H677 [26FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 2489), S10517
            [17SE]
        Federal aid programs:  improve accountability and reform certain
            programs, (see S. 2123), S5434 [22MY]
        Reauthorize, (see S. 1882), S2764 [30MR]
        Reauthorize (H.R. 6):  consideration, (see H. Res. 411), H2423
            [28AP]
        Women:  improve access to higher education opportunities, (see H.R.
            3293), H676 [26FE]
      Conference reports
        Reauthorization (H.R. 6), H8978-H9083 [26SE]
      Letters
        College and university reporting requirements for reductions in
            athletic funding or scholarships:  Cedric W. Dempsey, NCAA,
            H2875 [6MY]
        ----- William Troutt, Belmont University, H2879 [6MY]
        Increase Pell Grant awards to certain students:  Charles L. Currie,
            Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, H613 [25FE],
            H2583 [29AP]
        ------ Terry W. Hartle, American Council on Education, H613 [25FE],
            H2583 [29AP]
        Information technology education recruitment projects:  Harris N.
            Miller, Information Technology Association of America, H2543
            [29AP]
        Make postsecondary or vocational education training a permissible
            work activity under public welfare programs:  Deborah L. Floyd,
            S7819 [9JY]
        ----- Milton J. Little, Jr., National Urban League, S7823 [9JY]
        ----- Sherri Barker and Daisy Johnson, Kentuckians for the
            Commonwealth (organization), S7818 [9JY]
        ----- Tom Burch, S7818 [9JY]
        ----- Viola P. Miller, Kentucky Dept. of Families and Children,
            S7818 [9JY]
        ----- several organizations, S7822 [9JY]
        Olympic Education Scholarship Program funding:  Senator Boxer, S7841
            [9JY]
        ------ Senator Feinstein, S7841 [9JY]
        ------ several Senators, S7841 [9JY]
        Pell Grant aid to certain students enrolled in State required
            teacher certification courses:  Charles B. Reed, California
            State University, S7789 [9JY]
        Tax treatment of prepaid college tuition plans:  David L. Warren,
            National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities,
            S7826 [9JY]
        ------ Marshall G. Bennett, College Savings Plan Network, S7826
            [9JY]
        ------ Stuart M. Butler, Heritage Foundation, S7827 [9JY]
        ------ Terry W. Hartle, American Council on Education, Government
            and Public Affairs, S7826 [9JY]
        Tax treatment of veterans' education benefits:  Steve A. Robertson,
            American Legion, S7793 [9JY]
      Lists
        Apparel Industry Partnership (organization), H2862 [6MY]
        Organizations supporting Harkin amendment on tax treatment of
            student loan program fees to S. 1882, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S7858 [9JY]
        Organizations supporting Wellstone amendment on making postsecondary
            or vocational education training a permissible work activity
            under public welfare programs to S. 1882, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S7823 [9JY]
        Senate staff who worked on H.R. 6, reauthorization, S11072 [29SE]
        Students' rights upon admission to a university, S7830 [9JY]
      Press releases
        Dr. Charles L. Flynn, Jr., Endorses Pell Grant Legislation:  Richard
            P. Burke, Assumption College, H613 [25FE]
      Remarks in House
        Civil rights:  affirmative action policies, H2524 [29AP]
        ------ prohibit exclusion from any program based on race or
            religion, H2915-H2917 [6MY], H2921 [6MY]
        Colleges and universities:  adopt licensing codes of conduct against
            merchandise produced under sweatshop and child labor conditions,
            H2861-H2865 [6MY]
        ------ adopt licensing codes of conduct against merchandise produced
            under sweatshop and child labor conditions, E1884 [2OC]
        ------ allow use of age-based incentives for the voluntary
            retirement of tenured faculty, H2525 [29AP], H2532 [29AP]
        ------ disclosure of criminal incidents relative to prejudice based
            on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or
            disability (H.R. 3043), E2159 [14OC]
        ------ discourage alcohol abuse on campus, H2871 [6MY]
        ------ establish policies identifying students with learning
            disabilities, H2888 [6MY]
        ------ improve international education at postsecondary institutions
            (H.R. 3311), E729 [30AP]
        ------ Olympic Scholarships Program reauthorization, H2866 [6MY]
        ------ prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment in
            admissions based on sex, race, or national origin, H2888 [6MY],
            H2892-H2914 [6MY], H2917 [6MY], H2921 [6MY], E91 [20MY] prohibit
            discrimination and preferential treatment in admissions based on
            sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 3330), E737 [1MY]
        ------ provide incentives to develop alcohol abuse prevention and
            education programs, H2873 [6MY]
        ------ reporting requirements for reductions in athletic funding or
            scholarships, H2875-H2885 [6MY]
        Crime:  require opening of campus security crime logs at
            institutions of higher education, H2868-H2870 [6MY], H2984 [7MY]
        ----- require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions
            of higher education (H.R. 715), H388 [11FE]
        Dept. of Education:  accountability standards for institutions that
            provide teacher certification and licensure assessments,
            H2546-H2548 [29AP]
        ------ establish demonstration projects to ensure equal educational
            opportunities for individuals with learning disabilities at
            institutions of higher education, H2873-H2875 [6MY]
        ------ establish lender-of-last-resort authority and procedures,
            H2582 [29AP]
        ------ make available competitive grants to institutions seeking to
            reduce operating costs through joint purchases of goods and
            services, H2541 [29AP]
        ------ prohibit imposition of audit deficiencies on Texas College
            relative to absence of financial aid records, H2889 [6MY], H2890
            [6MY]
        ------ prohibit use of Social Security numbers as an electronic
            personal identifier for students receiving assistance, H2513
            [29AP], H2538 [29AP], H2539 [29AP], H2767 [5MY]
        Education:  auction rights for financial institutions to make
            student loans relative to interest rates, H2519 [29AP], H2569
            [29AP], H2570 [29AP]
        ------ authorize Sec. of Education to assist distressed
            institutions, H2577 [29AP], H2578 [29AP]
        ------ conduct study on the impact that lenders and guarantors'
            actions have on student loan default rates, H2578 [29AP]
        ------ delay student loan repayment for students ordered to active
            military duty in a reserve component of the Armed Forces, H2585
            [29AP]
        ------ establish grants for advanced management training for school
            superintendents and principals, H2545 [29AP], H2546 [29AP]
        ------ establish income-sensitive repayment options for student
            loans, H2581 [29AP], H2586 [29AP]
        ------ establish memorial scholarship fund for families of public
            safety officers who are killed in the line of duty, H2572
            [29AP], H2573 [29AP]
        ------ establish postsecondary information technology education
            recruitment projects, H2543-H2545 [29AP], H2768 [5MY]
        ------ establish Teacher Excellence in America Challenge Grant
            Program, H2887 [6MY]
        ------ extend Pell Grant eligibility to the Freely Associated
            States, E1862 [1OC], E1884 [2OC]
        ------ feasibility report on student options for the consolidation
            of their student loan obligations, H2866 [6MY]
        ------ improve knowledge of teachers in various core subjects, H2541
            [29AP]
        ------ improve teacher quality, H2532 [29AP]
        ------ increase Pell Grant awards to certain students, H2582-H2584
            [29AP], H2770 [5MY], E728 [30AP]
        ------ increase Pell Grant awards to certain students (H.R. 3269),
            H612 [25FE]
        ------ increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other
            under-represented student populations, H2522 [29AP] increase
            postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other under-
            represented student populations (H.R. 2495), H655 [26FE], E315
            [5MR]
        ------ increase the number of qualified early child care
            professionals through a student loan forgiveness program,
            H2575-H2577 [29AP]
        ------ increase the number of qualified teachers through a student
            loan forgiveness program, H2520 [29AP]
        ------ institution eligibility for student loan program relative to
            default rates, H2587 [29AP]
        ------ liability for owners of for-profit higher education
            institutions who misappropriate financial aid funds, H2573
            [29AP], H2574 [29AP]
        ------ national policy to improve system, H10199 [8OC], H10200 [8OC]
        ------ permit increases in annual loan limit relative to
            unsubsidized Stafford loans, H2570 [29AP], H2571 [29AP], H2767
            [5MY]
        ------ restrict student loan eligibilty of students suspended for
            drug-related offenses, H2579 [29AP]
        ------ student loan default rates relative to due diligence in
            collection practices, H2523 [29AP]
        ------ student loan default rates relative to loan rehabilitation,
            H2532 [29AP]
        ------ student loan interest rates, H2584 [29AP], H2587 [29AP],
            H2588 [29AP], E798 [7MY]
        Minorities:  improve access to higher education opportunities, H3620
            [20MY]
        National Board for Professional Teaching Standards:  funding, H2524
            [29AP]
        Reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2284 [23AP], H2394-H2400 [28AP], H2443
            [29AP], H2515-H2594 [29AP], H2693 [30AP], H2766-H2771 [5MY],
            H2860-H2920 [6MY], H2921 [6MY], H2922 [6MY], H2984 [7MY], H3620
            [20MY], H5848 [17JY], E724 [30AP], E728 [30AP], E729 [30AP],
            E731 [30AP], E792 [7MY], E798 [7MY], E846 [13MY], E916 [20MY]
        ------ conference report, H8806 [25SE], H9151-H9162 [28SE], E1858
            [1OC], E1862 [1OC], E1870 [1OC], E1883 [2OC]
        ------ consideration (H. Res. 411), H2510-H2515 [29AP]
        Reauthorize (H.R. 6), corrections in engrossment, H2920 [6MY]
        Texas Southern University:  relief from certain debt obligations
            relative to student financial aid programs, H2579 [29AP]
        Veterans:  treatment of education benefits, H2527 [29AP]
        Voting:  distribution by mail of voter registration applications to
            college students, H2580 [29AP], H5848 [17JY]
        Women:  improve access to higher education opportunities (H.R.
            3293), E246 [26FE]
      Remarks in Senate
        California:  education initiatives, S7835 [9JY]
        CBO:  involvement in study relative to setting of student loan
            interest rates, S11080 [29SE]
        Colleges and universities:  accountability standards for
            institutions that provide teacher certification and licensure
            assessments, S7849 [9JY]
        ------ allow community colleges to offer student aid to certain
            students for vocational and technology education (S. 2591),
            S11985 [8OC]
        ------ allow the use of age-based incentives for the voluntary
            retirement of tenured faculty, S11073 [29SE]
        ------ control of rising tuition costs, S7838 [9JY]
        ------ disclosure of criminal incidents relative to prejudice based
            on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or
            disability, S7838 [9JY]
        ------ disclosure of criminal incidents relative to prejudice based
            on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or
            disability, S11073 [29SE]
        ------ discourage alcohol abuse on campus, S7842 [9JY]
        ------ increase public awareness of crime on campuses, S7790 [9JY],
            S7791 [9JY], S7838 [9JY], S8415 [16JY] increase public awareness
            of crime on campuses (S. 2100), S5227 [20MY]
        ------ increase undergraduate teaching duties of professors at
            research universities, S7829 [9JY]
        ------ make information regarding men's and women's athletic
            programs available to prospective students, S7833 [9JY], S7843
            [9JY]
        ------ provide incentives to develop alcohol abuse prevention and
            education programs, S7827-S7829 [9JY]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, S12382 [12OC]
        Dept. of Education:  extend Pell Grant aid to certain students
            enrolled in State required teacher certification courses, S7788
            [9JY], S7789 [9JY]
        ------ teacher training partnership grants relative to nonprofit
            educational organizations, businesses, and teacher
            organizations, S11074 [29SE]
        Education:  delay student loan repayment for students ordered to
            active military duty in a reserve component of the Armed Forces,
            S7838 [9JY]
        ------ delay student loan repayment for students ordered to active
            military duty in a reserve component of the Armed Forces, S11073
            [29SE]
        ------ encourage States to develop and implement alternative teacher
            certification and licensure programs, S7848 [9JY]
        ------ increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other
            under-represented student populations (S. 1796), S2217 [18MR]
        ------ loss of eligibility for student loans relative to conviction
            for illegal drug use, S7786 [9JY]
        ------ Olympic Education Scholarship Program funding, S7840 [9JY]
        ------ provide for teacher technology training, S7844 [9JY], S11088
            [29SE]
        ------ provide loan forgiveness and cancellation for certain child
            care and education providers, S7848 [9JY]
        ------ require academic majors for secondary school teacher
            candidates, S7833 [9JY], S7849-S7855 [9JY], S7869 [9JY]
        ------ student loan programs, S7786 [9JY]
        ------ support the participation of low-income parents in
            postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based
            child care, S7834 [9JY]
        ------ support the participation of low-income parents in
            postsecondary education, S11120 [29SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care (S. 2489),
            S10518-S10520 [17SE]
        Family Federal Education Loan Program:  eligible lender status in
            State multiple secondary markets, S7839 [9JY]
        Federal aid programs:  improve accountability and reform certain
            programs, S7816 [9JY]
        Freedom of speech:  application of the First Amendment to the
            Constitution to students attending private colleges and
            universities, S7833 [9JY]
        Low-income families:  expand educational opportunities, S7847 [9JY]
        Public welfare programs:  continuation of benefits for those
            completing higher education programs, S11089-S11093 [29SE]
        ------ make postsecondary or vocational education training a
            permissible work activity, S7795-S7797 [9JY], S7816-S7824 [9JY]
        Reauthorize (H.R. 6), S7871 [9JY], S7961 [10JY], S7962 [10JY], S8069
            [13JY]
        ------ conference report, S11069-S11080 [29SE], S11087-S11093
            [29SE], S11290 [1OC], S11504 [5OC], S11631 [6OC]
        ------ insert language of S. 1882 in lieu, S7872 [9JY]
        ------ insert S. 1882 language in lieu, S7218 [25JN]
        ------ unanimous-consent agreement, S11039 [28SE]
        Reauthorize (S. 1882), S2766-S2773 [30MR], S7723-S7782 [9JY],
            S7784-S7797 [9JY], S7815-S7873 [9JY], S8052 [13JY], S8054
            [13JY], S8055 [13JY], S8067 [13JY]
        ------ unanimous-consent agreement, S7218 [25JN]
        Senate:  tribute to staff for work on H.R. 6, reauthorization,
            S11071 [29SE], S11078 [29SE], S11080 [29SE]
        Taxation:  treatment of prepaid college tuition plans, S7825-S7827
            [9JY]
        ------ treatment of student loan program fees, S7857-S7864 [9JY],
            S7870 [9JY]
        TRIO Upward Bound Program:  funding, S7847 [9JY]
        Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program:  establish,
            S7848 [9JY]
        Veterans:  treatment of education benefits, S7791-S7794 [9JY], S7846
            [9JY]
      Reports
        Workplace Code of Conduct:  Apparel Industry Partnership
            (organization), H2862-H2864 [6MY]
      Reports filed
        Consideration of H.R. 6, Reauthorization:  Committee on Rules
            (House) (H. Res. 411) (H. Rept. 105-499), H2423 [28AP]
        Reauthorization:  Committee of Conference (H.R. 6) (H. Rept. 105-
            750), H8930 [25SE]
        ------ Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 6) (H.
            Rept. 105-481), H2118 [21AP]
        ------ Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1882) (S.
            Rept. 105-181), S4205 [4MY]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment in college
            admissions based on sex, race, or national origin:  Associated
            Students of the University of California, H2913 [6MY]
        Tax treatment of prepaid college tuition plans:  National
            Association of State Treasurers, S7826 [9JY]
      Statements
        Increase Pell Grant Awards to Certain Students:  Paul J. Lynskey,
            H613 [25FE], H2583 [29AP]
        Reauthorization:  American Student Association of Community
            Colleges, S1905 [12MR]
      Summaries
        Campus Crime Disclosure Act (S. 2100), S5228 [20MY]
        Higher Education Act Reauthorization (S. 1882), S2767-S2771 [30MR]
        Reauthorization (S. 1882), S2771 [30MR]
        Reauthorize (S. 1882), S2767 [30MR]
        Student Profiles for Higher Education, S7830-S7833 [9JY]
      Tables
        Analysis of veterans' student aid requests, S7792 [9JY]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 411, consideration of H.R. 6, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, H2510 [29AP]
        H.R. 6, reauthorize, S7963-S8015 [10JY]
        S. 1796, Higher Education for the 21st Century Act, S2218-S2220
            [18MR]
        S. 1882, reauthorize, S7723-S7759 [9JY]
        S. 2100, Campus Crime Disclosure Act, S5228 [20MY]