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Union Calendar No. 128 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2669 
[Report No. 110–210] 
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2007 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself and Mr. HINOJOSA) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor 
JUNE 25, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HARE, Ms. CLARKE, Ms. WOOLSEY, 
Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. 
YARMUTH, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. WU, Mr. 
ELLISON, Ms. CARSON, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. LEWIS of 
Georgia, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. STARK, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MALONEY of 
New York, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. ESHOO, and Ms. KIL-
PATRICK of Michigan 
JUNE 25, 2007 
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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[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 12, 2007] 
A BILL 
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited to as the 
‘‘College Cost Reduction Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. References; effective date. 
TITLE I—INVESTING IN STUDENT AID 
PART A—INCREASING THE PURCHASING POWER OF PELL GRANTS 
Sec. 101. Mandatory Pell Grant Increases. 
Sec. 102. Support for working students. 
Sec. 103. Simplified needs test and automatic zero improvements. 
Sec. 104. Definitions. 
PART B—MAKING STUDENT LOANS MORE AFFORDABLE 
Sec. 111. Interest rate reductions. 
Sec. 112. Increases in loan limits. 
Sec. 113. Reduction of lender special allowance payments. 
Sec. 114. Elimination of exceptional performer status for lenders. 
Sec. 115. Reduction of lender insurance percentage. 
Sec. 116. Guaranty agency collection retention. 
Sec. 117. Unit costs for account maintenance fees. 
Sec. 118. Increased loan fees from lenders. 
Sec. 119. Student loan information. 
Sec. 120. Market-based determination of lender returns. 
PART C—REWARDING SERVICE IN REPAYMENT 
Sec. 131. Loan forgiveness for service in areas of national need. 
‘‘Sec. 428K. Loan forgiveness for service in areas of national need. 
Sec. 132. Income-contingent repayment for public sector employees. 
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Sec. 133. Income-based repayment. 
‘‘Sec. 493C. Income-based repayment. 
Sec. 134. Definition of economic hardship. 
Sec. 135. Deferrals. 
Sec. 136. Maximum repayment period. 
Sec. 137. Deferral of loan repayment following active duty. 
‘‘Sec. 484C. Deferral of loan repayment following active duty. 
Sec. 138. Sense of the Congress; report. 
PART D—SUSTAINING THE PERKINS LOAN PROGRAM 
Sec. 141. Federal Perkins Loans. 
TITLE II—REDUCING THE COST OF COLLEGE 
Sec. 201. State commitment to affordable college education. 
‘‘Sec. 132. State commitment to affordable college education. 
Sec. 202. Consumer information and public accountability in higher education. 
‘‘Sec. 131. Consumer information and public accountability in higher edu-
cation. 
Sec. 203. Incentives and rewards for low tuition. 
‘‘Sec. 401B. Incentives and rewards for low tuition. 
Sec. 204. Cooperative education rewards for institutions that restrain tuition in-
creases. 
‘‘TITLE VIII—COOPERATIVE EDUCATION REWARDS FOR 
INSTITUTIONS THAT RESTRAIN TUITION INCREASES 
‘‘Sec. 801. Definition of cooperative education. 
‘‘Sec. 802. Authorization of appropriations; reservations. 
‘‘Sec. 803. Grants for cooperative education. 
‘‘Sec. 804. Demonstration and innovation projects; training and resource 
centers; and research. 
TITLE III—ENSURING A HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHER IN EVERY 
CLASSROOM 
PART A—TEACH GRANTS 
Sec. 301. TEACH Grants. 
‘‘SUBPART 9—TEACH GRANTS 
‘‘Sec. 420L. Program established. 
‘‘Sec. 420M. Eligibility; applications. 
‘‘Sec. 420N. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 420O. Program period and funding. 
PART B—CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE 
Sec. 311. Centers of excellence. 
‘‘PART C—CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE 
‘‘Sec. 231. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 232. Centers of excellence. 
‘‘Sec. 233. Appropriations. 
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TITLE IV—LEVERAGING FUNDS TO INCREASE COLLEGE ACCESS 
PART A—STRENGTHENING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 
AND MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS 
Sec. 401. Investment in Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minor-
ity-Serving Institution. 
‘‘PART I—STRENGTHENING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS 
‘‘Sec. 499A. Investment in Historically Black Colleges and Universities and 
Other Minority-Serving Institution. 
PART B—COLLEGE ACCESS CHALLENGE GRANTS 
Sec. 411. College Access Challenge grants. 
PART C—UPWARD BOUND 
Sec. 412. Upward Bound. 
TITLE V—ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 501. Independent evaluation of distance education programs. 
Sec. 502. Encouraging colleges and universities to ‘‘go green’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES; EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly pro-
vided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is ex-
pressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section 
or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be 
made to a section or other provision of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as otherwise expressly 
provided therein, the amendments made by this Act shall 
be effective on October 1, 2007. 
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TITLE I—INVESTING IN 
STUDENT AID 
PART A—INCREASING THE PURCHASING POWER 
OF PELL GRANTS 
SEC. 101. MANDATORY PELL GRANT INCREASES. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 401(a) (20 
U.S.C. 1070a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2004’’ 
and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2013’’. 
(b) FUNDING FOR INCREASES.—Section 401(b) (20 
U.S.C. 1070a(b)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated, and there are appropriated, to 
carry out subparagraph (B) of this paragraph 
(in addition to any other amounts appropriated 
to carry out this section and out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated) the 
following amounts: 
‘‘(i) $840,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(ii) $870,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(iii) $1,340,000,000 for fiscal year 
2010; 
‘‘(iv) $2,280,000,000 for fiscal year 
2011; 
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‘‘(v) $2,350,000,000 for fiscal year 
2012; 
‘‘(vi) $2,400,000,000 for fiscal year 
2013; 
‘‘(vii) $2,450,000,000 for fiscal year 
2014; 
‘‘(viii) $2,510,000,000 for fiscal year 
2015; 
‘‘(ix) $2,550,000,000 for fiscal year 
2016; and 
‘‘(x) $2,570,000,000 for fiscal year 
2017. 
‘‘(B) 
INCREASE
IN
FEDERAL
PELL 
GRANTS.—The amounts made available pursuant 
to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall be 
used to increase the amount of the maximum 
Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible 
during an award year, as specified in the last 
enacted appropriation Act applicable to that 
award year, by— 
‘‘(i) $200 for each of the award years 
2008–2009 and 2009–2010; 
‘‘(ii) $300 for award year 2010–2011; 
and 
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