107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H.R. 1499

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO

SENATE AMENDMENTS

In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

March 12, 2002.

Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the

Senate to the title and agree to the amendment of the Senate

to the text to the bill (H.R. 1499) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend

the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 to permit individuals who graduated from a secondary school prior

to 1998 and individuals who enroll in an institution of higher

education more than 3 years after graduating from a secondary school to participate in the tuition assistance programs under such Act, and for other purposes’’, with the following

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENTS:

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the

amendment of the Senate, insert the following:

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia

3 College Access Improvement Act of 2002’’.

4 SEC. 2. PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM.

5 Section 3(c)(2) of the District of Columbia College Ac6 cess Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2702(c)(2), D.C. Official Code) is

7 amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (C) and

8 inserting the following:
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1 ‘‘(A)(i) in the case of an individual who be2 gins an undergraduate course of study within 3

3 calendar years (excluding any period of service

4 on active duty in the armed forces, or service

5 under the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et

6 seq.) or subtitle D of title I of the National and

7 Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

8 12571 et seq.)) of graduation from a secondary

9 school, or obtaining the recognized equivalent of

10 a secondary school diploma, was domiciled in

11 the District of Columbia for not less than the 12

12 consecutive months preceding the commencement

13 of the freshman year at an institution of higher

14 education;

15 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an individual who grad16 uated from a secondary school or received the

17 recognized equivalent of a secondary school di18 ploma before January 1, 1998, and is currently

19 enrolled at an eligible institution as of the date

20 of enactment of the District of Columbia College

21 Access Improvement Act of 2002, was domiciled

22 in the District of Columbia for not less than the

23 12 consecutive months preceding the commence24 ment of the freshman year at an institution of

25 higher education; or
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1 ‘‘(iii) in the case of any other individual

2 and an individual re-enrolling after more than

3 a 3–year break in the individual’s post-sec4 ondary education, has been domiciled in the Dis5 trict of Columbia for at least 5 consecutive years

6 at the date of application;

7 ‘‘(B)(i) graduated from a secondary school

8 or received the recognized equivalent of a sec9 ondary school diploma on or after January 1,

10 1998;

11 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an individual who did

12 not graduate from a secondary school or receive

13 a recognized equivalent of a secondary school di14 ploma, is accepted for enrollment as a freshman

15 at an eligible institution on or after January 1,

16 2002; or

17 ‘‘(iii) in the case of an individual who

18 graduated from a secondary school or received

19 the recognized equivalent of a secondary school

20 diploma before January 1, 1998, is currently en21 rolled at an eligible institution as of the date of

22 enactment of the District of Columbia College

23 Access Improvement Act of 2002;

24 ‘‘(C) meets the citizenship and immigration

25 status requirements described in section
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1 484(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965

2 (20 U.S.C. 1091(a)(5));’’.

3 SEC. 3. PRIVATE SCHOOL PROGRAM.

4 Section 5(c)(1)(B) of the District of Columbia College

5 Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2704(c)(1)(B), D.C. Official

6 Code) is amended by striking ‘‘the main campus of which

7 is located in the State of Maryland or the Commonwealth

8 of Virginia’’.

9 SEC. 4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

10 Section 6 of the District of Columbia College Access

11 Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2705, D.C. Official Code) is amended—

12 (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the

13 following:

14 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Mayor of the District of

16 Columbia may not use more than 7 percent of the

17 total amount of Federal funds appropriated for the

18 program, retroactive to the date of enactment of this

19 Act (the District of Columbia College Access Act of

20 1999), for the administrative expenses of the program.

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

22 ‘administrative expenses’ means any expenses that are

23 not directly used to pay the cost of tuition and fees

24 for eligible students to attend eligible institutions.’’;
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1 (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as

2 subsections (f) and (g);

3 (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol4 lowing:

5 ‘‘(e) LOCAL FUNDS.—It is the sense of Congress that

6 the District of Columbia may appropriate such local funds

7 as necessary for the programs under sections 3 and 5.’’; and

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

9 ‘‘(h) DEDICATED ACCOUNT FOR PROGRAMS.—

10 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The District of Colum11 bia government shall establish a dedicated account for

12 the programs under sections 3 and 5 consisting of the

13 following amounts:

14 ‘‘(A) The Federal funds appropriated to

15 carry out such programs under this Act or any

16 other Act.

17 ‘‘(B) Any District of Columbia funds ap18 propriated by the District of Columbia to carry

19 out such programs.

20 ‘‘(C) Any unobligated balances in amounts

21 made available for such programs in previous

22 fiscal years.

23 ‘‘(D) Interest earned on balances of the

24 dedicated account.
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1 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the dedicated

2 account shall be used solely to carry out the programs

3 under sections 3 and 5.’’.

4 SEC. 5. CONTINUATION OF CURRENT AGGREGATE LEVEL

5 OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The District of Columbia College

7 Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2701 et seq., D.C. Official Code)

8 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

9 ‘‘SEC. 7. LIMIT ON AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL

10 FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL AND PRIVATE

11 SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

12 ‘‘The aggregate amount authorized to be appropriated

13 to the District of Columbia for the programs under sections

14 3 and 5 for any fiscal year may not exceed—

15 ‘‘(1) $17,000,000, in the case of the aggregate

16 amount for fiscal year 2003;

17 ‘‘(2) $17,000,000, in the case of the aggregate

18 amount for fiscal year 2004; or

19 ‘‘(3) $17,000,000, in the case of the aggregate

20 amount for fiscal year 2005.’’.

21 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

22 (1) PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM.—Section 3(i) of

23 such Act (sec. 38–2702(i), D.C. Official Code) is

24 amended by striking ‘‘and such sums’’ and inserting

25 ‘‘and (subject to section 7) such sums’’.
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1 (2) PRIVATE SCHOOL PROGRAM.—Section 5(f) of

2 such Act (sec. 38–2704(f), D.C. Official Code) is

3 amended by striking ‘‘and such sums’’ and inserting

4 ‘‘and (subject to section 7) such sums’’.

Attest:

Clerk.