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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4491 

To reauthorize title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 30, 2017 

Mr. PRICE of North Carolina (for himself, Mrs. DAVIS of California, and Mr. 

SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To reauthorize title VI of the Higher Education Act of 

1965. 

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 ‘‘Advancing Inter5 national and Foreign Language Education Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 

7 (a) GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE LANGUAGE

8 AND AREA CENTERS AND PROGRAMS.—Section 

9 602(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

10 U.S.C. 1122(b)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘or’’; 

2 (2) in subclause (IV), by striking the period at 

3 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘(V) the beginning, intermediate, or 

6 advanced study of a foreign language re7 lated to the area of specialization.’’. 

8 (b) INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION.— 

9 Section 605 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

10 U.S.C. 1125) is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 605. INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION. 

12 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 

13 support essential international and foreign language edu14 cation research and innovation projects with the goal of 

15 assessing and strengthening international education ca16 pacity, coordination, delivery, and outcomes to meet na17 tional needs. 

18 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amount provided 

20 to carry out this section, the Secretary shall carry 

21 out the following activities: 

22 ‘‘(A) Conduct research and studies that 

23 contribute to the purpose described in sub24 section (a) and include research to provide a 

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1 national and foreign language education capac2 ity, structures, and effectiveness in meeting 

3 growing demands by education, government, 

4 and the private sector (including business and 

5 other professions). 

6 ‘‘(B) Create innovative paradigms or en7 hance or scale up proven strategies and prac8 tices that address systemic challenges to devel9 oping and delivering international and foreign 

10 language education resources and expertise 

11 across educational disciplines and institutions, 

12 and for employers and other stakeholders. 

13 ‘‘(C) Develop and manage a national 

14 standardized database that includes the 

15 strengths, gaps, and trends in the Nation’s 

16 international and foreign language education 

17 capacity, and document the outcomes of pro18 grams funded under this title for every grant 

19 cycle. 

20 ‘‘(2) GRANTS OR CONTRACTS.—The Secretary 

21 shall carry out activities to achieve the outcomes de22 scribed in paragraph (1)— 

23 ‘‘(A) directly; or 

24 ‘‘(B) through grants awarded under sub25 section (d) or (e). 


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1 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES DEFINED.—In this section, 

2 the term ‘eligible entity’ means— 

3 ‘‘(1) an institution of higher education; 

4 ‘‘(2) a public or private nonprofit library; 

5 ‘‘(3) a nonprofit educational organization; 

6 ‘‘(4) an entity that— 

7 ‘‘(A) received a grant under this title for 

8 a preceding fiscal year; or 

9 ‘‘(B) as of the date of application for a 

10 grant under this section is receiving a grant 

11 under this title; or 

12 ‘‘(5) a partnership of two or more entities de13 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (4). 

14 ‘‘(d) RESEARCH GRANTS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—For any fiscal 

16 year for which the Secretary carries out activities to 

17 achieve the outcomes described in subsection (b)(1) 

18 through research grants under this subsection, the 

19 Secretary shall award such grants, on a competitive 

20 basis, to eligible entities. 

21 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 

22 that receives a grant under this subsection shall use 

23 the grant funds for the systematic development, col24 lection, analysis, publication, and dissemination of 

25 data, and other information resources in a manner 


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1 that is easily understandable, made publicly avail2 able, and that contributes to achieving the purposes 

3 of subsection (a) and achieves at least one of the 

4 outcomes described in subsection (b)(1). 

5 ‘‘(3) DISCRETIONARY ACTIVITIES.—An eligible 

6 entity that receives a grant under this subsection 

7 may use the grant to carry out the following activi8 ties: 

9 ‘‘(A) Assess and document international 

10 and foreign language education capacity and 

11 supply through studies or surveys that— 

12 ‘‘(i) determine the number of foreign 

13 language courses, programs, and enroll14 ments at all levels of education and in all 

15 languages, including a determination of 

16 gaps in those deemed critical to the na17 tional interest; 

18 ‘‘(ii) measure the number and types of 

19 degrees or certificates awarded in area 

20 studies, global studies, foreign language 

21 studies, and international business and 

22 professional studies, including identifica23 tion of gaps in those deemed critical to the 

24 national interest; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) measure the number of foreign 

2 language, area or international studies fac3 ulty, including international business fac4 ulty, and elementary school and secondary 

5 school foreign language teachers by lan6 guage, degree, and world area; or 

7 ‘‘(iv) measure the number of under8 graduate and graduate students engaging 

9 in long- or short-term education or intern10 ship abroad programs as part of their cur11 riculum, including countries of destination. 

12 ‘‘(B) Assess the demands for, and out13 comes of, international and foreign language 

14 education and their alignment, through studies, 

15 surveys, and conferences to— 

16 ‘‘(i) determine demands for increased 

17 or improved instruction in foreign lan18 guage, area or global studies, or other 

19 international fields, and the demand for 

20 employees with such skills and knowledge 

21 in the education, government, and private 

22 sectors (including business and other pro23 fessions); 

24 ‘‘(ii) assess the employment or utiliza25 tion of graduates of programs supported 


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1 under this title by educational, govern2 mental, and private sector organizations 

3 (including business and other professions); 

4 or 

5 ‘‘(iii) assess standardized outcomes 

6 and effectiveness and benchmarking of 

7 programs supported under this title. 

8 ‘‘(C) Develop and publish specialized mate9 rials for use in foreign language, area, global, 

10 or other international studies, including in 

11 international business or other professional edu12 cation or technical training, as appropriate. 

13 ‘‘(D) Conduct studies or surveys that iden14 tify and document systemic challenges and 

15 changes needed in higher education and elemen16 tary school and secondary school systems to 

17 make international and foreign language edu18 cation available to all students as part of the 

19 basic curriculum, including challenges in cur20 rent evaluation standards, entrance and gradua21 tion requirements, program accreditation, stu22 dent degree requirements, or teacher and fac23 ulty legal workplace barriers to education and 

24 research abroad. 


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1 ‘‘(E) With respect to underrepresented in2 stitutions of higher education (including minor3 ity-serving institutions or community colleges), 

4 carry out studies or surveys that identify and 

5 document— 

6 ‘‘(i) systemic challenges and changes 

7 and incentives and partnerships needed to 

8 comprehensively and sustainably inter9 nationalize educational programming; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) short- and long-term outcomes of 

11 successful internationalization strategies 

12 and funding models; 

13 ‘‘(F) Evaluate the extent to which pro14 grams assisted under this title reflect diverse 

15 perspectives and a wide range of views and gen16 erate debate on world regions and international 

17 affairs. 

18 ‘‘(e) INNOVATION GRANTS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—For any fiscal 

20 year for which the Secretary carries out activities to 

21 achieve the outcomes described in subsection (b)(1) 

22 through innovation grants under this subsection, the 

23 Secretary shall award such grants, on a competitive 

24 basis, to eligible entities. 


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1 ‘‘(2) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that 

2 receives an innovation grant under this subsection 

3 shall use the grant funds to fund projects consistent 

4 with the purposes described in subsection (a) that 

5 establish and conduct innovative strategies, or scale 

6 up proven strategies, and that achieve at least one 

7 of the outcomes described in subsection (b)(1), 

8 which may include one or more of the following: 

9 ‘‘(A) Innovative paradigms to improve 

10 communication, sharing, and delivery of re11 sources that further the purposes described in 

12 subsection (a) including the following: 

13 ‘‘(i) Networking structures and sys14 tems to more effectively match graduates 

15 with international and foreign language 

16 education skills with employment needs. 

17 ‘‘(ii) Sharing international specialist 

18 expertise across institutions of higher edu19 cation or in the workforce to pursue spe20 cialization or learning opportunities not 

21 available at any single institution of higher 

22 education, such as shared courses for 

23 studying less commonly taught languages, 

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1 ized research topics of national strategic 

2 interest. 

3 ‘‘(iii) Producing, collecting, orga4 nizing, preserving, and widely dissemi5 nating international and foreign language 

6 education expertise, resources, courses, and 

7 other information through the use of elec8 tronic technologies and other techniques. 

9 ‘‘(iv) Collaborative initiatives to iden10 tify, capture, and provide consistent access 

11 to, and creation of, digital global library 

12 resources that are beyond the capacity of 

13 any single eligible entity receiving a grant 

14 under this section or any single institution 

15 of higher education, including the profes16 sional development of library staff. 

17 ‘‘(v) Utilization of technology to cre18 ate open-source resources in international, 

19 area, global, and foreign language studies 

20 that are adaptable to multiple educational 

21 settings and promote interdisciplinary 

22 partnerships between technologists, cur23 riculum designers, international and for24 eign language education experts, language 

25 teachers, and librarians. 


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1 ‘‘(B) Innovative curriculum, teaching, and 

2 learning strategies, including the following: 

3 ‘‘(i) New initiatives for collaborations 

4 of disciplinary programs with foreign lan5 guage, area, global, and international stud6 ies, and education abroad programs that 

7 address the internationalization of such 

8 disciplinary studies with the purpose of 

9 producing globally competent graduates. 

10 ‘‘(ii) Innovative collaborations between 

11 established centers of international and 

12 foreign language education excellence and 

13 underrepresented institutions and popu14 lations seeking to further their goals for 

15 strengthening international, area, global, 

16 and foreign language studies, including at 

17 minority-serving institutions or community 

18 colleges. 

19 ‘‘(iii) Teaching and learning collabora20 tions among foreign language, area, global, 

21 or other international studies with diaspora 

22 communities, including heritage students. 

23 ‘‘(iv) New approaches and methods to 

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1 regions or countries, such as project- and 

2 team-based learning. 

3 ‘‘(C) Innovative assessment and outcome 

4 tools and techniques that further the purposes 

5 described in subsection (a), including the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(i) International and foreign lan8 guage education assessment techniques 

9 that are coupled with outcome-focused 

10 training modules, such as certificates or 

11 badges, immersion learning, or e-portfolio 

12 systems. 

13 ‘‘(ii) Effective and easily accessible 

14 methods of assessing professionally useful 

15 levels of proficiency in foreign languages or 

16 competencies in area, culture, and global 

17 knowledge or other international fields in 

18 programs under this title, which may in19 clude use of open access online and other 

20 cost-effective tools for students and edu21 cators at all educational levels and in the 

22 workplace. 

23 ‘‘(f) APPLICATION.—Each eligible entity desiring a 

24 grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an 

25 application at such time, in such manner, and containing 


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1 such information as the Secretary shall require, includ2 ing— 

3 ‘‘(1) a description of each proposed project the 

4 eligible entity plans to carry out under this section 

5 and how such project meets the purposes described 

6 in subsection (a); 

7 ‘‘(2) if applicable, a demonstration of why the 

8 entity needs a waiver or reduction of the matching 

9 requirement under subsection (g); and 

10 ‘‘(3) an assurance that each such proposed 

11 project will be self-sustainable after the project is 

12 completed. 

13 ‘‘(g) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 

15 total cost for carrying out a project supported by a 

16 grant under this section shall be no more than 66.66 

17 percent. 

18 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

19 The non-Federal share of such cost may be provided 

20 either in-kind or in cash, from institutional and non21 institutional funds, including contributions from 

22 State or private sector corporations, nonprofits, or 

23 foundations. 


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1 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary may waive 

2 or reduce the share required under paragraph (1) 

3 for eligible entities that— 

4 ‘‘(A) are minority-serving institutions or 

5 are community colleges; or 

6 ‘‘(B) have submitted a grant application as 

7 required by subsection (f) that demonstrates a 

8 need for such a waiver or reduction. 

9 ‘‘(h) DATABASE AND REPORTING.—The Secretary 

10 shall directly, or through grants or contracts with an eligi11 ble grant recipient— 

12 ‘‘(1) establish, curate, maintain, and update at 

13 least every grant cycle a web-based site which shall 

14 showcase the results of this section and serve as a 

15 user-friendly repository of the information, re16 sources, and best practices generated through activi17 ties conducted under this section; and 

18 ‘‘(2) prepare, publish, and disseminate to Con19 gress and the public at least once every 5 years, a 

20 report that summarizes key findings and policy 

21 issues from the activities conducted under this sec22 tion, especially as such activities relate to inter23 national and foreign language education and out24 comes.’’. 


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1 (c) DISCONTINUATION OF FOREIGN INFORMATION

2 ACCESS PROGRAM.—Part A of title VI of the Higher Edu3 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1121 et seq.) is further 

4 amended by striking sections 606 and 610, and redesig5 nating sections 607, 608, and 609 as sections 606, 607, 

6 and 608, respectively. 

7 SEC. 3. GLOBAL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL EDU8 CATION PROGRAMS. 

9 (a) FINDINGS; PURPOSE.—Section 611 of the Higher 

10 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1130) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

13 follows: 

14 ‘‘(1) the future welfare of the United States will 

15 depend substantially on increasing international and 

16 global skills in business, educational, and other pro17 fessional communities and creating an awareness 

18 among the American public of the internationaliza19 tion of our economy and numerous other profes20 sional areas important to the national interest in the 

21 21st century;’’; 

22 (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

23 follows: 

24 ‘‘(2) concerted efforts are necessary to engage 

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1 nical training programs, language, area, and global 

2 study programs, professional international affairs 

3 education programs, public and private sector orga4 nizations, and United States business in a mutually 

5 productive relationship which benefits the Nation’s 

6 future economic and security interests;’’; 

7 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and the 

8 international’’ and inserting ‘‘and other profes9 sional fields and the international and global’’; 

10 and 

11 (D) in paragraph (4)— 

12 (i) by inserting ‘‘, as well as other 

13 professional organizations’’ after ‘‘depart14 ments of commerce’’; and 

15 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or other professions’’ 

16 after ‘‘business’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘and economic enter20 prise’’ and inserting ‘‘, economic enter21 prise, and security’’; and 

22 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and other profes23 sional’’ before ‘‘personnel’’; and 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘to pros2 per in an international’’ and inserting ‘‘and 

3 other professional fields to prosper in a global’’. 

4 (b) PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR

5 GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS.—Section 613 of the Higher 

6 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1130a) is amended to 

7 read as follows: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 613. PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION 

9 FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS. 

10 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 

11 support innovative strategies that provide undergraduate 

12 and graduate students with the global professional com13 petencies, perspectives, and skills needed to strengthen 

14 and enrich global engagement and competitiveness in a 

15 wide variety of professional and technical fields important 

16 to the national interest in the 21st century. 

17 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall 

18 make grants to, or enter into contracts with eligible enti19 ties to pay the Federal share of the cost of programs de20 signed to— 

21 ‘‘(1) establish an interdisciplinary global focus 

22 in the undergraduate and graduate curricula of busi23 ness, science, technology, engineering, and other pro24 fessional education and technical training programs 


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1 to be determined by the Secretary based on national 

2 needs; 

3 ‘‘(2) produce graduates with proficiencies in 

4 both the global aspects of their professional edu5 cation or technical training fields and international, 

6 cross-cultural, and foreign language skills; and 

7 ‘‘(3) provide appropriate services to or partner8 ships with the corporate, government, and nonprofit 

9 communities in order to expand knowledge and ca10 pacity for global engagement and competitiveness 

11 and provide internship or employment opportunities 

12 for students and graduates with international skills. 

13 ‘‘(c) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 

14 that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant 

15 to carry out the following: 

16 ‘‘(1) With respect to undergraduate or graduate 

17 professional education and technical training cur18 ricula, incorporating— 

19 ‘‘(A) foreign language programs that lead 

20 to proficiency, including immersion opportuni21 ties; 

22 ‘‘(B) international, area, or global studies 

23 programs; 

24 ‘‘(C) education, internships, or other inno25 vative or technological linkages abroad; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) global business, economic, and trade 

2 studies, where appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(2) Innovating and improving international, 

4 global, and foreign language education curricula to 

5 serve the needs of business and other professional 

6 and non-profit communities, including development 

7 of new programs for nontraditional, mid-career, or 

8 part-time students. 

9 ‘‘(3) Establishing education or internship 

10 abroad programs, domestic globally focused intern11 ships, or other innovative approaches to enable un12 dergraduate or graduate students in professional 

13 education or technical training to develop foreign 

14 language skills and knowledge of foreign cultures, 

15 societies, and global dimensions of their professional 

16 fields. 

17 ‘‘(4) Developing collaborations between institu18 tions of higher education and corporations or non19 profit organizations in order to strengthen engage20 ment and competitiveness in global business, trade, 

21 or other global professional activities. 

22 ‘‘(d) DISCRETIONARY ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 

23 that receives a grant under this section may use the grant 

24 to carry out the following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) Developing specialized teaching materials 

2 and courses, including foreign language and area or 

3 global studies materials, and innovative technological 

4 delivery systems appropriate for professionally ori5 ented students. 

6 ‘‘(2) Establishing student fellowships or other 

7 innovative support opportunities, including for 

8 underrepresented populations, first generation col9 lege students (defined in section 402A), and heritage 

10 learners, for education and training in global profes11 sional development activities. 

12 ‘‘(3) Developing opportunities or fellowships for 

13 faculty or junior faculty of professional education or 

14 technical training (including the faculty of minority15 serving institutions or community colleges) to ac16 quire or strengthen international and global skills 

17 and perspectives. 

18 ‘‘(4) Creating institutes that take place over 

19 academic breaks, like the summer, including through 

20 technological means, and cover foreign language, 

21 world area, global, or other international studies in 

22 learning areas of global business, science, tech23 nology, engineering, or other professional education 

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1 ‘‘(5) Internationalizing curricula at minority2 serving institutions or community colleges to further 

3 the purposes of this section. 

4 ‘‘(6) Establishing international linkages or part5 nerships with institutions of higher education, cor6 porations, or organizations that contribute to the ob7 jectives of this section. 

8 ‘‘(7) Developing programs to inform the public 

9 of increasing global interdependence in professional 

10 education and technical training fields. 

11 ‘‘(8) Establishing trade education programs 

12 through agreements with regional, national, global, 

13 bilateral, or multilateral trade centers, councils, or 

14 associations. 

15 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—Each eligible entity desiring a 

16 grant under this section shall submit an application to the 

17 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and including 

18 such information as the Secretary may reasonably require, 

19 including assurances that— 

20 ‘‘(1) each proposed project have reasonable and 

21 demonstrable plans for sustainability and replicabili22 ty upon completion of the project; 

23 ‘‘(2) the institution of higher education will use 

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1 ment and not supplant activities conducted by insti2 tutions of higher education described in (b); 

3 ‘‘(3) in the case of eligible entities that are con4 sortia of institutions of higher education, or partner5 ship described in subsection (g)(1)(C), a copy of 

6 their partnership agreement that demonstrates com7 pliance with subsection (b) will be provided to the 

8 Secretary; 

9 ‘‘(4) the activities funded by the grant will re10 flect diverse perspectives and a wide range of views 

11 of world regions and international affairs where ap12 plicable; and 

13 ‘‘(5) if applicable, a demonstration of why the 

14 eligible entity needs a waiver or reduction of the 

15 matching requirement under subsection (f). 

16 ‘‘(f) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 

18 total cost for carrying out a program supported by 

19 a grant under this section shall be not more than 50 

20 percent. 

21 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

22 The non-Federal share of such cost may be provided 

23 either in-kind or in cash, from institutional and non24 institutional funds, including contributions from 


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1 State and private sector corporations, nonprofits, or 

2 foundations. 

3 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary may waive 

4 or reduce the share required under paragraph (1) 

5 for eligible entities that— 

6 ‘‘(A) are minority-serving institutions or 

7 are community colleges; or 

8 ‘‘(B) have submitted a grant application as 

9 required by subsection (e) that demonstrates a 

10 need for such a waiver or reduction. 

11 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en13 tity’ means— 

14 ‘‘(A) an institution of higher education; 

15 ‘‘(B) a consortia of such institutions; or 

16 ‘‘(C) a partnership between— 

17 ‘‘(i) an institution of higher education 

18 or a consortia of such institutions; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) at least one corporate or non20 profit entity. 

21 ‘‘(2) PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND TECH22 NICAL TRAINING.—The term ‘professional education 

23 and technical training’ means a program at an insti24 tution of higher education that offers undergraduate, 

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1 fessional or technical field that is determined by the 

2 Secretary as meeting a national need for global or 

3 international competency (which may include busi4 ness, science, technology, engineering, law, health, 

5 energy, environment, agriculture, transportation, or 

6 education). 

7 ‘‘(h) FUNDING RULE.—Notwithstanding any other 

8 provision of this title, funds made available to the Sec9 retary for a fiscal year may not be obligated or expended 

10 to carry out this section unless the funds appropriated for 

11 such fiscal year to carry out this title exceeds 

12 $65,103,000.’’. 

13 (c) DISCONTINUATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZA14 TIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Part B of the Higher Edu15 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1130 et seq.) is further 

16 amended by striking section 614. 

17 SEC. 4. REPEAL OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR INSTITUTE 

18 FOR INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY. 

19 Part C of title VI of the Higher Education Act of 

20 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) is repealed. 

21 SEC. 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

22 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 631(a) of the Higher 

23 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1132(a)) is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

25 end; 


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1 (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at 

2 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(11) the term ‘community college’ has the 

5 meaning given the term ‘junior or community col6 lege’ in section 312(f); and 

7 ‘‘(12) the term ‘minority-serving institution’ 

8 means an institution of higher education that is eli9 gible to receive a grant under part A or B of title 

10 III or title V.’’. 

11 (b) MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS.—Part D of 

12 title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

13 1132 et seq.) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking section 637; 

15 (2) by redesignating section 638 as section 637; 

16 and 

17 (3) by inserting after section 637, as so redesig18 nated, the following: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 638. PRIORITY TO MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 

20 ‘‘(a) PRIORITY.—In seeking applications and award21 ing grants under this title, the Secretary, may give priority 

22 to— 

23 ‘‘(1) minority-serving institutions; or 

24 ‘‘(2) institutions of higher education that apply 

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1 tained collaborative activities with one or more mi2 nority-serving institutions. 

3 ‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 

4 provide technical assistance to minority-serving institu5 tions to ensure maximum distribution of grants to eligible 

6 minority-serving institutions and among each category of 

7 such institutions.’’. 

8 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Part D 

9 of title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

10 1132 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end 

11 the following new section: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 639. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), there 

14 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 

15 $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each of the 5 suc16 ceeding fiscal years. 

17 ‘‘(b) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount authorized to 

19 be appropriated under subsection (a) for fiscal year 

20 2020 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years shall 

21 be deemed increased by a percentage equal to the 

22 annual adjustment percentage. 

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

24 ‘annual adjustment percentage’ as applied to a fiscal 

25 year, means the estimated percentage change in the 


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1 Consumer Price Index (as determined by the Sec2 retary, using the definition in section 478(f)) for the 

3 most recent calendar year ending prior to the begin4 ning of that fiscal year.’’. 

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