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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6264 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum 

stipend amounts provided under Upward Bound projects. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 7, 2023 

Mr. DAVIS of Illinois 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 increase 

the maximum stipend amounts provided under Upward 

Bound projects. 

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 ‘‘Dr. William W. Sul5 livan TRIO Upward Bound Student Stipend Support Act 

6 of 2023’’. 

7 SEC. 2. MAXIMUM STIPENDS. 

8 Section 402C(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

9 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–13(f)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘Youths participating’’; and in2 serting the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) MAXIMUM STIPENDS THROUGH FISCAL

4 YEAR 2024.—Subject to paragraph (2), youths par5 ticipating’’; 

6 (2) by striking ‘‘$60 per month’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘$60 per month (or, with respect to any project as8 sisted under this section for fiscal year 2024, $180 

9 per month)’’; 

10 (3) by striking ‘‘$300 per month’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘$300 per month (or, with respect to any project as12 sisted under this section for fiscal year 2024, $900 

13 per month)’’; 

14 (4) by striking ‘‘$40 per month’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘$40 per month (or, with respect to any project as16 sisted under this section for fiscal year 2024, $120 

17 per month)’’; 

18 (5) by inserting after the second sentence the 

19 following: ‘‘Veterans participating in a project as20 sisted under this section for fiscal year 2024 and 

21 specifically designed for veterans under subsection 

22 (d)(6) may be paid stipends not in excess of $300 

23 per month.’’; and 

24 (6) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM STIPENDS FOR FISCAL YEAR

2 2025 AND EACH SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEAR.— 

3 ‘‘(A) FISCAL YEAR 2025.—In determining 

4 maximum stipend amounts with respect to any 

5 project assisted under this section for fiscal 

6 year 2025, each of the dollar amounts ref7 erenced in paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2024 

8 shall be increased by a percentage equal to the 

9 estimated percentage change increase in the 

10 Consumer Price Index (as determined by the 

11 Secretary, using the definition in section 

12 478(f)), and rounding the result to the nearest 

13 $10. 

14 ‘‘(B) FISCAL YEAR 2026 AND EACH SUC15 CEEDING FISCAL YEAR.—In determining max16 imum stipend amounts with respect to any 

17 project assisted under this section for fiscal 

18 year 2026 and each succeeding fiscal year, each 

19 of the dollar amounts determined under this 

20 paragraph for the preceding fiscal year shall be 

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1 retary, using the definition in section 478(f)), 

2 and rounding the result to the nearest $10.’’. 

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