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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[H.R. 5529 Reported in House (RH)]

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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]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize additional grant 
             activities for Hispanic-serving institutions.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Accessing Higher Education 
Opportunities Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZED GRANT ACTIVITIES.

    Subsection (b) of section 503 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1101b(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (16) as 
        paragraphs (9) through (18), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) Student support programs, which may include 
        counseling, mentoring, and other support services, designed to 
        facilitate the successful advancement of students from four-
        year institutions to postbaccalaureate doctoral degree granting 
        programs that prepare students for health care occupations as 
        such occupations are described in the most recent edition of 
        the Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the Bureau of 
        Labor Statistics.
            ``(8) Developing or expanding access to dual or concurrent 
        enrollment programs and early college high school programs.''.

SEC. 3. FUNDING.

    (a) Authorizations of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out part A of title V of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), as amended by this Act, $107,795,000 
for fiscal year 2016.
    (b) Additional Extensions Not Permitted.--Section 422 of the 
General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1226a) shall not apply to 
further extend the duration of the authority under subsection (a).
                                                 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 authorize additional grant 
             activities for Hispanic-serving institutions.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             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
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