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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1568 

To establish the Henry Ford Scholarship program to provide scholarships 

to high-achieving students to pursue undergraduate degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and health-related fields. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 19, 2007 

Mr. KNOLLENBERG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To establish the Henry Ford Scholarship program to provide 

scholarships to high-achieving students to pursue undergraduate degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, 

and health-related fields. 

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 ‘‘Henry Ford Scholar5 ship Program Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. HENRY FORD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 

7 (a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary is au8 thorized to establish a program, in accordance with the 


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1 requirements of this Act, to award scholarships to high2 achieving students who graduate from secondary school 

3 after May 1, 2007, to pursue undergraduate degrees in 

4 mathematics, science, engineering, and health-related 

5 fields at institutions of higher education. 

6 (b) HENRY FORD SCHOLARS.—Individuals awarded 

7 scholarships under this Act shall be known as ‘‘Henry 

8 Ford Scholars’’. 

9 SEC. 3. SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS. 

10 (a) SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT.— 

11 (1) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The maximum 

12 amount of a scholarship that an eligible student may 

13 receive under this section shall be $5,000 for an aca14 demic year, and shall be $20,000 in the aggregate. 

15 (2) ADJUSTMENT FOR INSUFFICIENT APPRO16 PRIATIONS.—If funds available to carry out this Act 

17 for an academic year are insufficient to fully fund all 

18 scholarships awarded by the Secretary under this 

19 Act for such academic year, the amount of the schol20 arship paid to each student under this Act shall be 

21 reduced proportionately. 

22 (b) PERIOD OF AWARD.—Scholarships under this 

23 section shall be awarded for a period of one academic year, 

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1 ing the first 4 years of study at any institution of higher 

2 education. 

3 (c) RELATION TO OTHER ASSISTANCE.—Scholar4 ships provided under this Act shall not be considered for 

5 the purpose of awarding Federal grant assistance under 

6 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C 

7 1070 et seq.), except that in no case shall the total amount 

8 of student financial assistance awarded to a student under 

9 this Act and such title exceed such student’s total cost 

10 of attendance. 

11 (d) CONVERSION TO LOAN.— 

12 (1) FAILURE TO OBTAIN UNDERGRADUATE DE13 GREE IN MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, OR

14 A HEALTH-RELATED FIELD.—Any individual who re15 ceives a scholarship award under this Act who fails 

16 to obtain a bachelor’s degree with a major in mathe17 matics, science, engineering, or a health-related field 

18 from an institution of higher education within a pe19 riod prescribed by the Secretary by regulations 

20 issued pursuant to this Act, shall be required to 

21 repay a pro rata amount of the scholarship award 

22 received, plus interest (but in no event at an interest 

23 rate higher than the rate applicable to loans in the 

24 applicable period under part B of title IV of the 

25 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et 


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1 seq.)) and, where applicable, reasonable collection 

2 fees, on a schedule and at a rate of interest to be 

3 prescribed by the Secretary by such regulations. 

4 (2) FORGIVENESS IF DECEASED OR DIS5 ABLED.—An individual shall be excused from repay6 ment of any scholarship award required under para7 graph (1) if the individual dies or becomes perma8 nently and totally disabled (as determined in accord9 ance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary). 

10 SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY. 

11 (a) INITIAL STUDENT ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible 

12 for a scholarship under this Act, a student shall— 

13 (1) be a citizen, national, or permanent resident 

14 of the United States; 

15 (2) have a total adjusted gross income that— 

16 (A) based on the income of the parents of 

17 the student (and excluding any income of the 

18 dependent student), is less than $200,000, in 

19 the case of a student who is a dependent stu20 dent; 

21 (B) based on the income of the student, is 

22 less than $100,000, in the case of a student 

23 who is an independent student and is not mar24 ried; or 


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1 (C) based on the income of the student 

2 and the student’s spouse, is less than $200,000, 

3 in the case of a student who is an independent 

4 student and is married; 

5 (3) be a graduate of a public or private sec6 ondary school, or have the equivalent of a certificate 

7 of graduation as recognized by the State in which 

8 the student resides; 

9 (4) be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a 

10 program of undergraduate instruction leading to a 

11 bachelor’s degree with a major in mathematics, 

12 science, engineering, or a health-related field at an 

13 institution of higher education; and 

14 (5) have obtained a cumulative grade point av15 erage of at least 3.5 (or the equivalent as deter16 mined under regulations prescribed by the Sec17 retary)— 

18 (A) at the end of the secondary school pro19 gram of study, in the case of a student enrolled 

20 or accepted for enrollment in the first academic 

21 year of undergraduate education; or 

22 (B) at the end of the most recently com23 pleted academic year of undergraduate edu24 cation, in the case of a student enrolled or ac25 cepted for enrollment in the second, third, or 


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1 fourth academic year of undergraduate edu2 cation. 

3 (b) CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY.—In order for a stu4 dent to continue to be eligible to receive a scholarship 

5 under this Act for a subsequent year of undergraduate 

6 education, the student shall maintain eligibility under sub7 section (a), including fulfilling the grade point average re8 quirement under paragraph (5)(B) of such subsection. 

9 SEC. 5. SELECTION. 

10 (a) APPLICATION.—Each eligible student desiring a 

11 scholarship under this Act shall submit an application to 

12 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con13 taining such information as the Secretary may reasonably 

14 require. 

15 (b) AWARD BASIS.—Subject to subsection (c), schol16 arships under this section shall be awarded on a first17 come, first-served basis and subject to the availability of 

18 appropriations. 

19 (c) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give priority in 

20 awarding scholarships under this section for an academic 

21 year to eligible students who received a scholarship award 

22 under this section for the preceding academic year. 


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1 SEC. 6. REGULATIONS. 

2 The Secretary is authorized to prescribe such regula3 tions as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 

4 this Act. 

5 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 

6 For the purposes of this Act: 

7 (1) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

8 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

9 meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the 

10 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

11 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

12 the Secretary of Education. 

13 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

15 this Act such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 

16 2008, and for each succeeding fiscal year. 

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