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Union Calendar No. 524 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5529 

[Report No. 114–676] 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize additional grant 

activities for Hispanic-serving institutions. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 20, 2016 

Mr. HECK of Nevada (for himself, Mr. HINOJOSA, and Mr. RUIZ) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 

the Workforce 

JULY 11, 2016 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. 

THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. 

FUDGE, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. POCAN, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, 

Mr. KLINE, and Mrs. DAVIS of California 

JULY 11, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 20, 2016] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize 

additional grant activities for Hispanic-serving institutions. 


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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 ‘‘Accessing Higher Edu5 cation Opportunities Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZED GRANT ACTIVITIES. 

7 Subsection (b) of section 503 of the Higher Education 

8 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101b(b)) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (16) 

10 as paragraphs (9) through (18), respectively; and 

11 (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(7) Student support programs, which may in14 clude counseling, mentoring, and other support serv15 ices, designed to facilitate the successful advancement 

16 of students from four-year institutions to 

17 postbaccalaureate doctoral degree granting programs 

18 that prepare students for health care occupations as 

19 such occupations are described in the most recent edi20 tion of the Occupational Outlook Handbook published 

21 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

22 ‘‘(8) Developing or expanding access to dual or 

23 concurrent enrollment programs and early college 

24 high school programs.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. FUNDING. 

2 (a) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

3 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A of 

4 title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101 

5 et seq.), as amended by this Act, $107,795,000 for fiscal 

6 year 2016. 

7 (b) ADDITIONAL EXTENSIONS NOT PERMITTED.—Sec8 tion 422 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 

9 U.S.C. 1226a) shall not apply to further extend the dura10 tion of the authority under subsection (a). 


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Union Calendar No. 524 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5529 

[Report No. 114–676] 

A BILL 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to auserving institutions. thorize additional grant activities for HispanicJULY 11, 2016 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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