H. Res. 364

In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

March 12, 2002.

Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution, the

House shall be considered to have taken from the Speaker’s

table the bill H.R. 1499 and amendments of the Senate

thereto, and to have (1) concurred in the amendment of the

Senate to the title, and (2) concurred in the amendment of

the Senate to the text with an amendment as follows: In lieu

of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate, insert

the following:

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
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1 calendar years (excluding any period of service

2 on active duty in the armed forces, or service

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

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

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

6 12571 et seq.)) of graduation from a secondary

7 school, or obtaining the recognized equivalent of

8 a secondary school diploma, was domiciled in

9 the District of Columbia for not less than the

10 12 consecutive months preceding the com11 mencement of the freshman year at an institu12 tion of higher education;

13 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an individual who grad14 uated from a secondary school or received the

15 recognized equivalent of a secondary school di16 ploma before January 1, 1998, and is currently

17 enrolled at an eligible institution as of the date

18 of enactment of the District of Columbia Col19 lege Access Improvement Act of 2002, was

20 domiciled in the District of Columbia for not

21 less than the 12 consecutive months preceding

22 the commencement of the freshman year at an

23 institution of higher education; or

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

25 and an individual re-enrolling after more than
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1 a 3–year break in the individual’s post-sec2 ondary education, has been domiciled in the

3 District of Columbia for at least 5 consecutive

4 years at the date of application;

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

6 or received the recognized equivalent of a sec7 ondary school diploma on or after January 1,

8 1998;

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

10 not graduate from a secondary school or receive

11 a recognized equivalent of a secondary school

12 diploma, is accepted for enrollment as a fresh13 man at an eligible institution on or after Janu14 ary 1, 2002; or

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

16 graduated from a secondary school or received

17 the recognized equivalent of a secondary school

18 diploma before January 1, 1998, is currently

19 enrolled at an eligible institution as of the date

20 of enactment of the District of Columbia Col21 lege Access Improvement Act of 2002;

22 ‘‘(C) meets the citizenship and immigra23 tion status requirements described in section

24 484(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965

25 (20 U.S.C. 1091(a)(5));’’.
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1 SEC. 3. PRIVATE SCHOOL PROGRAM.

2 Section 5(c)(1)(B) of the District of Columbia Col3 lege Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2704(c)(1)(B), D.C. Of4 ficial Code) is amended by striking ‘‘the main campus of

5 which is located in the State of Maryland or the Common6 wealth of Virginia’’.

7 SEC. 4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

8 Section 6 of the District of Columbia College Access

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

10 amended—

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

12 following:

13 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—

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

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

16 total amount of Federal funds appropriated for the

17 program, retroactive to the date of enactment of this

18 Act (the District of Columbia College Access Act of

19 1999), for the administrative expenses of the pro20 gram.

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

22 ‘administrative expenses’ means any expenses that

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

24 fees for eligible students to attend eligible institu25 tions.’’;
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1 (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as

2 subsections (f) and (g);

3 (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol4 lowing:

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

6 the District of Columbia may appropriate such local funds

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

8 and

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

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

11 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The District of Colum12 bia government shall establish a dedicated account

13 for the programs under sections 3 and 5 consisting

14 of the following amounts:

15 ‘‘(A) The Federal funds appropriated to

16 carry out such programs under this Act or any

17 other Act.

18 ‘‘(B) Any District of Columbia funds ap19 propriated by the District of Columbia to carry

20 out such programs.

21 ‘‘(C) Any unobligated balances in amounts

22 made available for such programs in previous

23 fiscal years.

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

25 dedicated account.
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1 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the dedi2 cated account shall be used solely to carry out the

3 programs under sections 3 and 5.’’.

4 SEC. 5. CONTINUATION OF CURRENT AGGREGATE LEVEL

5 OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

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

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

9 section:

10 ‘‘SEC. 7. LIMIT ON AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL

11 FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL AND PRIVATE

12 SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

13 ‘‘The aggregate amount authorized to be appro14 priated to the District of Columbia for the programs under

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

16 ‘‘(1) $17,000,000, in the case of the aggregate

17 amount for fiscal year 2003;

18 ‘‘(2) $17,000,000, in the case of the aggregate

19 amount for fiscal year 2004; or

20 ‘‘(3) $17,000,000, in the case of the aggregate

21 amount for fiscal year 2005.’’.

22 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

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

24 such Act (sec. 38–2702(i), D.C. Official Code) is
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1 amended by striking ‘‘and such sums’’ and inserting

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

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

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

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

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

Attest:

Clerk.