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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2270 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require assurances by 

recipients of assistance under section 402B or 402C of that Act with 

respect to activities for homeless children and youths and foster care 

children and youth, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2019 

Mr. MITCHELL (for himself, Mr. BACON, and Mr. CARBAJAL) introduced the 

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

A BILL 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require 

assurances by recipients of assistance under section 

402B or 402C of that Act with respect to activities 

for homeless children and youths and foster care children 

and youth, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Removing Barriers to 

5 Foster Youth Success in College Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TALENT SEARCH. 

2 Section 402B(d) of the Higher Education Act of 

3 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–12(d)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

5 the semicolon; 

6 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 

7 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

9 ‘‘(5) require an assurance that the entity car10 rying out the project has reviewed and revised poli11 cies and practices as needed to remove barriers to 

12 the participation and retention in the project of 

13 homeless children and youths (as such term is de14 fined in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Home15 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a)), including 

16 unaccompanied youths, and foster care children and 

17 youth; 

18 ‘‘(6) require that such entity submit, as part of 

19 the application for the project, a description of the 

20 activities that will be undertaken to reach out to 

21 homeless children and youths and foster care chil22 dren and youth as part of the project; and 

23 ‘‘(7) require an assurance that such entity will 

24 prepare and submit the report required under sec25 tion 402H(e) at the conclusion of the project regardVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:13 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2270.IH H2270

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1 ing homeless children and youths and foster care 

2 children and youth.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. UPWARD BOUND. 

4 Section 402C(e) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

5 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–13(e)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

7 the semicolon; 

8 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

11 ‘‘(6) require an assurance that the entity car12 rying out the project has reviewed and revised poli13 cies and practices as needed to remove barriers to 

14 the participation and retention in the project of 

15 homeless children and youths (as such term is de16 fined in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Home17 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a)), including 

18 unaccompanied youths, and foster care children and 

19 youth; 

20 ‘‘(7) require that such entity submit, as part of 

21 the application, a description of the activities that 

22 will be undertaken to reach out to homeless children 

23 and youths and foster care children and youth re24 garding the project; and 


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1 ‘‘(8) require an assurance that such entity will 

2 prepare and submit the report required under sec3 tion 402H(e) at the conclusion of the project regard4 ing homeless children and youths and foster care 

5 children and youth.’’. 

6 SEC. 4. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS. 

7 Section 402H of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

8 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–18) is amended by adding at the end 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(e) REPORTS REGARDING HOMELESS CHILDREN

11 AND YOUTHS AND FOSTER CARE CHILDREN AND

12 YOUTH.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each entity carrying out a 

14 project under section 402B or 402C shall, at the 

15 conclusion of the project, prepare and submit a re16 port to the Secretary that includes— 

17 ‘‘(A) data on the number of homeless chil18 dren and youths (as such term is defined in sec19 tion 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As20 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a)) and foster 

21 care children and youth served through the 

22 project; and 

23 ‘‘(B) a description of any strategies or pro24 gram enhancements that were used in the 

25 project and that were effective in meeting the 


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1 needs of homeless children and youths and fos2 ter care children and youth. 

3 ‘‘(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 

4 annually shall submit to the Congress a report sum5 marizing the information provided in the reports 

6 submitted under paragraph (1).’’. 

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