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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2238

To expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2003

Mr. HINOJOSA (for himself, Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA ́, Mr. BACA, Mr. BECERRA, 

Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. 

MENENDEZ, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. REYES, 

Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SOLIS, 

Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BELL, Mr. BISHOP of 

New York, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of 

Florida, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. 

FILNER, Mr. FROST, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. HOLT, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. NUNES, Mr. PAYNE, 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. UDALL of 

New Mexico, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico, Ms. WOOLSEY, 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, 

Mr. WU, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SNYDER, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. 

CROWLEY, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. NADLER, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. FARR, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. 

MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mr. WAXMAN, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. OWENS, Ms. 

MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. MEEK of 

Florida, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. CRAMER, and 

Mr. COSTELLO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL

To expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and for other purposes.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Next Generation His5 panic Serving Institutions’’. 

6 TITLE I—GRADUATE OPPORTU7 NITIES AT HISPANIC-SERVING 

8 INSTITUTIONS 

9 SEC. 101. POSTBACCALAUREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIS10 PANIC AMERICANS. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Title V of the 

12 Higher Education Act is amended—

13 (1) by redesignating part B as part C; 

14 (2) by redesignating section 511 through 518 

15 as sections 521 through 528, respectively; and 

16 (3) inserting after section 505 (20 U.S.C. 

17 1101d) the following new part: 

18 ‘‘PART B—PROMOTING POSTBACCALAUREATE 

19 OPPORTUNITIES FOR HISPANIC AMERICANS 

20 ‘‘SEC. 511. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

21 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) According to the United States Census, by 

23 the year 2050 one in four Americans will be of His24 panic origin. 
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1 ‘‘(2) Despite the dramatic increase in the His2 panic population in the United States, the National 

3 Center for Education Statistics reported that in 

4 1999, Hispanics accounted for only 4 percent of the 

5 master’s degrees, 3 percent of the doctor’s degrees, 

6 and 5 percent of first-professional degrees awarded 

7 in the United States. 

8 ‘‘(3) Although Hispanics constitute 10 percent 

9 of the college enrollment in the United States, they 

10 comprise 3 only percent of instructional faculty in 

11 college and universities. 

12 ‘‘(4) The future capacity for research and ad13 vanced study in the United States will require in14 creasing the number of Hispanics pursuing 

15 postbaccalaureate studies. 

16 ‘‘(5) Hispanic-serving institutions are leading 

17 the nation in increasing the number of Hispanics at18 taining graduate and professional degrees. 

19 ‘‘(6) Among Hispanics who received master’s 

20 degrees in 1999–2000, 25 percent earned them at 

21 Hispanic-serving institutions. 

22 ‘‘(7) Between 1991 and 2000–, the number of 

23 Hispanic students earning master’s degrees at His24 panic-serving institutions grew 136 percent, the 

25 number receiving doctor’s degrees grew by 85 per-
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1 cent, and the number earning first-professional de2 grees grew by 47 percent. 

3 ‘‘(8) It is in the National interest to expand the 

4 capacity of Hispanic-serving institutions to offer 

5 graduate and professional degree programs. 

6 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this part are—

7 ‘‘(1) to expand postbaccalaureate educational 

8 opportunities for, and improve the academic attain9 ment of, Hispanic students; and 

10 ‘‘(2) to expand and enhance the 

11 postbaccalaureate academic offerings, program qual12 ity, that are educating the majority of Hispanic col13 lege students and helping large numbers of Hispanic 

14 students and other low-income individuals complete 

15 postsecondary degrees. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 512. PROGRAM AUTHORITY AND ELIGIBILITY. 

17 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the avail18 ability of funds appropriated to carry out this part, the 

19 Secretary shall award competitive grants to Hispanic-serv20 ing institutions that offer postbaccalaureate certifications 

21 or degrees. 

22 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—For the purposes of this part, an 

23 ‘eligible institution’ means an institution of higher edu24 cation that—
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1 ‘‘(1) is an eligible institution under section 502; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(2) offers a postbaccalaureate certificate or de4 gree granting program.

5 ‘‘SEC. 513. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. 

6 ‘‘Grants awarded under this part shall be used for 

7 one or more of the following activities: 

8 ‘‘(1) Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or 

9 laboratory equipment for educational purposes, in10 cluding instructional and research purposes. 

11 ‘‘(2) Construction, maintenance, renovation, 

12 and improvement in classroom, library, laboratory, 

13 and other instructional facilities, including purchase 

14 or rental of telecommunications technology equip15 ment or services. 

16 ‘‘(3) Purchase of library books, periodicals, 

17 technical and other scientific journals, microfilm, 

18 microfiche, and other educational materials, includ19 ing telecommunications program materials. 

20 ‘‘(4) Support for needy postbaccalaureate stu21 dents including outreach, academic support services, 

22 mentoring, scholarships, fellowships, and other fi23 nancial assistance to permit the enrollment of such 

24 students in postbaccalaureate certificate and degree 

25 granting programs. 
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1 ‘‘(5) Support of faculty exchanges, faculty de2 velopment, faculty research, curriculum development, 

3 and academic instruction. 

4 ‘‘(6) Creating or improving facilities for Inter5 net or other distance learning academic instruction 

6 capabilities, including purchase or rental of tele7 communications technology equipment or services. 

8 ‘‘(7) Collaboration with other institutions of 

9 higher education to expand postbaccalaureate certifi10 cate and degree offerings. 

11 ‘‘(8) Other activities proposed in the application 

12 submitted pursuant to section 514 that—

13 ‘‘(A) contribute to carrying out the pur14 poses of this part; and 

15 ‘‘(B) are approved by the Secretary as part 

16 of the review and acceptance of such applica17 tion. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 514. APPLICATION AND DURATION. 

19 ‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—Any eligible institution may 

20 apply for a grant under this part by submitting an applica21 tion to the Secretary at such time and in such manner 

22 as determined by the Secretary. Such application shall 

23 demonstrate how the grant funds will be used to improve 

24 postbaccalaureate education opportunities for Hispanic 
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1 and low-income students and will lead to greater financial 

2 independence. 

3 ‘‘(b) DURATION.—Grants under this part shall be 

4 awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years. 

5 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not award 

6 more than 1 grant under this part in any fiscal year to 

7 any Hispanic-serving institution.’’. 

8 (b) COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.—Section 524 of 

9 such Act (as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)) (20 U.S.C. 

10 1103c) is amended by inserting ‘‘and section 513’’ after 

11 ‘‘section 503’’. 

12 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub13 section (a) of section 528 of such Act (as redesignated 

14 by subsection (a)(2)) (20 U.S.C. 1103g) is amended to 

15 read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATIONS.—

17 ‘‘(1) PART A.—There are authorized to be ap18 propriated to carry out part A of this title 

19 $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and such sums as 

20 may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal 

21 years. 

22 ‘‘(2) PART B.—There are authorized to be ap23 propriated to carry out part B of this title 

24 $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and such sums as 
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1 may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal 

2 years.’’. 

3 TITLE II—REDUCING REGU4 LATORY BARRIERS FOR HIS5 PANIC-SERVING INSTITU6 TIONS 

7 SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 

8 Section 502(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

9 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)) is amended—

10 (1) in paragraph (5)—

11 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 

12 at the end of subparagraph (A); 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of sub14 paragraph (B) and inserting a period; and 

15 (C) by striking subparagraph (C); and 

16 (2) by striking paragraph (7). 

17 SEC. 202. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. 

18 Section 503(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

19 (20 U.S.C. 1101b(a)) is amended by striking paragraph 

20 (7) and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(7) Articulation agreements and student sup22 port programs designed to facilitate the transfer 

23 from two-year to four-year institutions.’’
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1 SEC. 203. ELIMINATION OF WAIT-OUT PERIOD. 

2 Subsection (a) of section 504 of the Higher Edu3 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101c(a)) is amended to 

4 read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(a) AWARD PERIOD.—The Secretary may award a 

6 grant to a Hispanic-serving institution under this title for 

7 5 years.’’. 

8 SEC. 204. APPLICATION PRIORITY. 

9 Section 521(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

10 (as redesignated by section 101(a)(2)) (20 U.S.C. 

11 1103(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘(from funds other than 

12 funds provided under this title)’’.

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