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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 333

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 8, 2003

Mr. WU (for himself, Mr. HONDA, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. 

ABERCROMBIE, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. WATSON, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. LOFGREN, 

Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. WYNN, 

and Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize 

grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian 

Americans and Pacific Islanders.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. ASSISTANCE TO ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC 

4 ISLANDER SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 

5 (a) AMENDMENT.—Part A of title III of the Higher 

6 Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after sec7 tion 317 (20 U.S.C. 1059d) the following new section: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 318. ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER SERV2 ING INSTITUTIONS. 

3 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall 

4 provide grants and related assistance to Asian American 

5 and Pacific Islander-serving institutions to enable such in6 stitutions to improve and expand their capacity to serve 

7 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. 

8 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this sec9 tion—

10 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Asian American‘ has the mean11 ing given the term Asian in the Office of Manage12 ment and Budget’s Standards for Maintaining, Col13 lecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and 

14 Ethnicity as published on October 30, 1997 (62 

15 Fed. Reg. 58789); 

16 ‘‘(2) the term ‘Pacific Islander’ has the mean17 ing given the term ‘Native Hawaiian’ or ‘Other Pa18 cific Islander’ in such Standards for Maintaining, 

19 Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race 

20 and Ethnicity; 

21 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Asian American and Pacific Is22 lander-serving institution’ means an institution of 

23 higher education that—

24 ‘‘(A) is an eligible institution under section 

25 312(b); and 
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1 ‘‘(B) at the time of application, has an en2 rollment of undergraduate students that is at 

3 least 10 percent Asian American and Pacific Is4 lander students; and 

5 ‘‘(4) the term ‘low-income individual’ means an 

6 individual from a family whose taxable income for 

7 the preceding year did not exceed 150 percent of an 

8 amount equal to the poverty level determined by 

9 using criteria of poverty established by the Bureau 

10 of the Census. 

11 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—

12 ‘‘(1) TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED.—

13 Grants awarded under this section shall be used by 

14 Asian American and Pacific Islander-serving institu15 tions to assist such institutions to plan, develop, un16 dertake, and carry out activities to improve and ex17 pand such institutions’ capacity to serve Asian 

18 Americans and Pacific Islanders. 

19 ‘‘(2) EXAMPLES OF AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—

20 Such programs may include—

21 ‘‘(A) purchase, rental, or lease of scientific 

22 or laboratory equipment for educational pur23 poses, including instructional and research pur24 poses; 
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1 ‘‘(B) renovation and improvement in class2 room, library, laboratory, and other instruc3 tional facilities; 

4 ‘‘(C) support of faculty exchanges, and fac5 ulty development and faculty fellowships to as6 sist in attaining advanced degrees in the fac7 ulty’s field of instruction; 

8 ‘‘(D) curriculum development and aca9 demic instruction; 

10 ‘‘(E) purchase of library books, periodicals, 

11 microfilm, and other educational materials; 

12 ‘‘(F) funds and administrative manage13 ment, and acquisition of equipment for use in 

14 strengthening funds management; 

15 ‘‘(G) joint use of facilities such as labora16 tories and libraries; 

17 ‘‘(H) academic tutoring and counseling 

18 programs and student support services; 

19 ‘‘(I) establishing community outreach pro20 grams that will encourage elementary school 

21 and secondary school students to develop the 

22 academic skills and the interest to pursue post23 secondary education; 

24 ‘‘(J) establishing or improving an endow25 ment fund; 
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1 ‘‘(K) academic instruction in disciplines in 

2 which Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders 

3 are under-represented; 

4 ‘‘(L) conducting research and data collec5 tion for Asian American and Pacific Islander 

6 populations and sub-populations; and 

7 ‘‘(M) establishing partnerships with com8 munity based organizations serving Asian 

9 Americans and Pacific Islanders. 

10 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION PROCESS.—

11 ‘‘(1) INSTITUTIONAL ELIGIBILITY.—Each Asian 

12 American and Pacific Islander-serving institution de13 siring to receive assistance under this section shall 

14 submit to the Secretary such enrollment data as 

15 may be necessary to demonstrate that the institution 

16 is an Asian American and Pacific Islander-serving 

17 institution as defined in subsection (b), along with 

18 such other information and data as the Secretary 

19 may by regulation require. 

20 ‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—Any institution which is 

21 determined by the Secretary to be an Asian Amer22 ican and Pacific Islander-serving institution may 

23 submit an application for assistance under this sec24 tion to the Secretary. Such application shall in25 clude—
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1 ‘‘(A) a 5–year plan for improving the as2 sistance provided by the Asian American and 

3 Pacific Islander-serving institution to Asian 

4 American and Pacific Islander students; and 

5 ‘‘(B) such other information and assurance 

6 as the Secretary may require. 

7 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES.—

8 ‘‘(A) ELIGIBILITY.—No Asian American 

9 and Pacific Islander-serving institution that re10 ceives funds under this section shall concur11 rently receive funds under other provisions of 

12 this part or part B. 

13 ‘‘(B) EXEMPTION.—Section 313(d) shall 

14 not apply to institutions that are eligible to re15 ceive funds under this section. 

16 ‘‘(C) DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding grants 

17 under this section, the Secretary shall—

18 ‘‘(i) to the extent possible and con19 sistent with the competitive process under 

20 which such grants are awarded, ensure 

21 maximum and equitable distribution 

22 among all eligible institutions; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) give priority consideration to in24 stitutions that serve a significant percent25 age of Asian American and Pacific Is-
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1 lander students who are low-income indi2 viduals.’’. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

4 399(a)(1) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1068h(a)(1)) is amend5 ed by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

6 ‘‘(D) There are authorized to be appro7 priated to carry out section 318, $30,000,000 

8 for fiscal year 2004 and such sums as may be 

9 necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal 

10 years.’’.

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