of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965) that the student attended in the 
United States; and 
‘‘(C)(i) has earned a high school diploma 
or a commensurate alternative award from a 
public or private high school or secondary 
school, has obtained a general education devel-
opment certificate recognized under State law, 
has obtained a high school equivalency diploma 
in the United States, or is scheduled to com-
plete the requirements for such a credential be-
fore the next academic year begins; 
‘‘(ii) has acquired a degree from an institu-
tion of higher education or has completed not 
less than 2 years, in good standing, in a pro-
gram for a bachelor’s degree or higher degree 
in the United States; 
‘‘(iii) has served in the uniformed services 
for not less than 4 years and, if discharged, re-
ceived an honorable discharge; or 
‘‘(iv) is a beneficiary of the Deferred Ac-
tion for Childhood Arrivals program pursuant 
to the memoranda issued by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security on June 15, 2012, or No-
vember 20, 2014. 
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‘‘(2) HARDSHIP
EXCEPTION.—The Secretary 
shall issue regulations that direct when a State shall 
waive the requirement of subparagraph (A) or (B), 
or both, of paragraph (1) to qualify as a Dreamer 
student under paragraph (1), if the individual— 
‘‘(A) 
demonstrates 
compelling 
cir-
cumstances for the inability to satisfy the re-
quirement of such subparagraph (A) or (B), or 
both; and 
‘‘(B) satisfies the requirement under sub-
paragraph (C) of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(b) GRANTS TO STATES.— 
‘‘(1) RESERVATION
FOR
ADMINISTRATION.— 
From the amounts appropriated to carry out this 
section for each fiscal year, the Secretary may re-
serve not more than 1 percent of such amounts to 
administer this section. 
‘‘(2) 
GRANTS
AUTHORIZED
TO
ELIGIBLE 
STATES.—From the amounts appropriated to carry 
out this section for each fiscal year and not reserved 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall award 
grants to eligible States to enable the States to carry 
out the activities described in this section. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.—A State is eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this section if the State— 
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‘‘(A) increases access and affordability to 
higher education for students by— 
‘‘(i) offering in-State tuition for 
Dreamer students; or 
‘‘(ii) expanding in-State financial aid 
to Dreamer students; and 
‘‘(B) submits an application to the Sec-
retary that contains an assurance that— 
‘‘(i) the State has made significant 
progress establishing a longitudinal data 
system that includes the elements de-
scribed in section 6201(e)(2)(D) of the 
America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. 
9871(e)(2)(D)); and 
‘‘(ii) notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the State will not discriminate, 
in awarding student financial assistance or 
determining who is eligible for in-State tui-
tion, against a Dreamer student if the stu-
dent would otherwise be eligible for in- 
State financial aid. 
‘‘(4) ALLOTMENTS.—The Secretary shall allot 
the amount appropriated to carry out this section 
for each fiscal year and not reserved under para-
graph (1) among the eligible States in proportion to 
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the number of Dreamer students enrolled at least 
half-time in postsecondary education who reside in 
the State for the most recent fiscal year for which 
satisfactory data are available, compared to the 
number of such students who reside in all eligible 
States for that fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds 
awarded under this section shall be used to supplement, 
and not supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise 
be used for activities authorized under this section. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
AND
APPROPRIATION
OF 
FUNDS.—There are authorized to be appropriated, and 
there are appropriated, to carry out this section— 
‘‘(1) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; 
‘‘(2) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
‘‘(3) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(4) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(5) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(6) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(7) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
‘‘(8) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(9) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 
‘‘(10) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.’’. 
(b) OFFSET.—Section 281 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1351) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘The fees’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The fees’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘: Provided, That nonimmigrant 
visas’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) UNITED NATIONS VISITORS.—Nonimmigrant 
visas’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘Subject to’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) FEE WAIVERS OR REDUCTIONS.—Subject to’’; 
and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) F–1 VISA FEE.—In addition to the fees author-
ized under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall collect a $150 fee from each nonimmigrant 
admitted under section 101(a)(15)(F)(i), which fee shall 
be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.’’. 
(c) RESTORATION OF STATE OPTION TO DETERMINE 
RESIDENCY FOR PURPOSES OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 505 of the Illegal Immi-
gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1623) is repealed. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal under para-
graph (1) shall take effect as if included in the origi-
nal enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
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and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division 
C of Public Law 104–208). 
(d) NATURALIZATION.—Section 328(a) (8 U.S.C. 
1439(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, without having been 
lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent resi-
dence, and’’ after ‘‘naturalized’’. 
Æ 
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