IV

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 364

Providing for the concurrence of the House with amendment in the Senate

amendments to the bill H.R. 1499.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 12, 2002

Mrs. MORELLA submitted the following resolution; which was considered under

suspension of the rules and agreed to

RESOLUTION

Providing for the concurrence of the House with amendment

in the Senate amendments to the bill H.R. 1499.

1 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution,

2 the House shall be considered to have taken from the

3 Speaker’s table the bill H.R. 1499 and amendments of the

4 Senate thereto, and to have (1) concurred in the amend5 ment of the Senate to the title, and (2) concurred in the

6 amendment of the Senate to the text with an amendment

7 as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted

8 by the Senate, insert the following:
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia

3 College Access Improvement Act of 2002’’.

4 SEC. 2. PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM.

5 Section 3(c)(2) of the District of Columbia College

6 Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2702(c)(2), D.C. Official

7 Code) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through

8 (C) and inserting the following:

9 ‘‘(A)(i) in the case of an individual who be10 gins an undergraduate course of study within 3

11 calendar years (excluding any period of service

12 on active duty in the armed forces, or service

13 under the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et

14 seq.) or subtitle D of title I of the National and

15 Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

16 12571 et seq.)) of graduation from a secondary

17 school, or obtaining the recognized equivalent of

18 a secondary school diploma, was domiciled in

19 the District of Columbia for not less than the

20 12 consecutive months preceding the com21 mencement of the freshman year at an institu22 tion of higher education;

23 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an individual who grad24 uated from a secondary school or received the

25 recognized equivalent of a secondary school di26 ploma before January 1, 1998, and is currently
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1 enrolled at an eligible institution as of the date

2 of enactment of the District of Columbia Col3 lege Access Improvement Act of 2002, was

4 domiciled in the District of Columbia for not

5 less than the 12 consecutive months preceding

6 the commencement of the freshman year at an

7 institution of higher education; or

8 ‘‘(iii) in the case of any other individual

9 and an individual re-enrolling after more than

10 a 3–year break in the individual’s post-sec11 ondary education, has been domiciled in the

12 District of Columbia for at least 5 consecutive

13 years at the date of application;

14 ‘‘(B)(i) graduated from a secondary school

15 or received the recognized equivalent of a sec16 ondary school diploma on or after January 1,

17 1998;

18 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an individual who did

19 not graduate from a secondary school or receive

20 a recognized equivalent of a secondary school

21 diploma, is accepted for enrollment as a fresh22 man at an eligible institution on or after Janu23 ary 1, 2002; or

24 ‘‘(iii) in the case of an individual who

25 graduated from a secondary school or received
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1 the recognized equivalent of a secondary school

2 diploma before January 1, 1998, is currently

3 enrolled at an eligible institution as of the date

4 of enactment of the District of Columbia Col5 lege Access Improvement Act of 2002;

6 ‘‘(C) meets the citizenship and immigra7 tion status requirements described in section

8 484(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965

9 (20 U.S.C. 1091(a)(5));’’.

10 SEC. 3. PRIVATE SCHOOL PROGRAM.

11 Section 5(c)(1)(B) of the District of Columbia Col12 lege Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2704(c)(1)(B), D.C. Of13 ficial Code) is amended by striking ‘‘the main campus of

14 which is located in the State of Maryland or the Common15 wealth of Virginia’’.

16 SEC. 4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

17 Section 6 of the District of Columbia College Access

18 Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2705, D.C. Official Code) is

19 amended—

20 (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the

21 following:

22 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Mayor of the District

24 of Columbia may not use more than 7 percent of the

25 total amount of Federal funds appropriated for the
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1 program, retroactive to the date of enactment of this

2 Act (the District of Columbia College Access Act of

3 1999), for the administrative expenses of the pro4 gram.

5 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term

6 ‘administrative expenses’ means any expenses that

7 are not directly used to pay the cost of tuition and

8 fees for eligible students to attend eligible institu9 tions.’’;

10 (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as

11 subsections (f) and (g);

12 (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol13 lowing:

14 ‘‘(e) LOCAL FUNDS.—It is the sense of Congress that

15 the District of Columbia may appropriate such local funds

16 as necessary for the programs under sections 3 and 5.’’;

17 and

18 (4) by adding at the end the following:

19 ‘‘(h) DEDICATED ACCOUNT FOR PROGRAMS.—

20 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The District of Colum21 bia government shall establish a dedicated account

22 for the programs under sections 3 and 5 consisting

23 of the following amounts:
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1 ‘‘(A) The Federal funds appropriated to

2 carry out such programs under this Act or any

3 other Act.

4 ‘‘(B) Any District of Columbia funds ap5 propriated by the District of Columbia to carry

6 out such programs.

7 ‘‘(C) Any unobligated balances in amounts

8 made available for such programs in previous

9 fiscal years.

10 ‘‘(D) Interest earned on balances of the

11 dedicated account.

12 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the dedi13 cated account shall be used solely to carry out the

14 programs under sections 3 and 5.’’.

15 SEC. 5. CONTINUATION OF CURRENT AGGREGATE LEVEL

16 OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The District of Columbia College

18 Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2701 et seq., D.C. Official

19 Code) is amended by adding at the end the following new

20 section:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 7. LIMIT ON AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL

2 FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL AND PRIVATE

3 SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

4 ‘‘The aggregate amount authorized to be appro5 priated to the District of Columbia for the programs under

6 sections 3 and 5 for any fiscal year may not exceed—

7 ‘‘(1) $17,000,000, in the case of the aggregate

8 amount for fiscal year 2003;

9 ‘‘(2) $17,000,000, in the case of the aggregate

10 amount for fiscal year 2004; or

11 ‘‘(3) $17,000,000, in the case of the aggregate

12 amount for fiscal year 2005.’’.

13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

14 (1) PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM.—Section 3(i) of

15 such Act (sec. 38–2702(i), D.C. Official Code) is

16 amended by striking ‘‘and such sums’’ and inserting

17 ‘‘and (subject to section 7) such sums’’.

18 (2) PRIVATE SCHOOL PROGRAM.—Section 5(f)

19 of such Act (sec. 38–2704(f), D.C. Official Code) is

20 amended by striking ‘‘and such sums’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘and (subject to section 7) such sums’’.

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