I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6263 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide basic and emergency 
supplemental living assistance grants under the student support services 
program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 7, 2023 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide 
basic and emergency supplemental living assistance 
grants under the student support services program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Earl N. Williams, Sr., 
First Chance Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL LIVING ASSISTANCE IN THE STU-
DENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM. 
Section 402D of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a–14) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) basic and emergency supplemental living 
assistance grants in accordance with subsection 
(f).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) BASIC AND EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL LIV-
ING ASSISTANCE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the activi-
ties required under subsection (b)(7) with a grant 
received under this section, the recipient of such 
grant shall provide basic and emergency supple-
mental living assistance grants to assist students 
who are current participants in the student support 
services program offered by the institution (in this 
subsection referred to as ‘eligible students’)— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a basic supplemental 
living assistance grant, in covering reasonable, 
anticipated expenses necessary for the comple-
tion of an academic year of the students’ first 
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year, as determined under this subpara-
graph, increased by a percentage equal to 
the estimated percentage change increase 
in the Consumer Price Index (as deter-
mined by the Secretary, using the defini-
tion in section 478(f)); and 
‘‘(C) the anticipated and unanticipated ex-
penses referred to in paragraph (1) that such 
grants will cover based on the needs of eligible 
students, which— 
‘‘(i) may vary by factors including 
academic year, housing, parental status, lo-
cation in urban or rural area, or other cir-
cumstances; and 
‘‘(ii) for an individual student, may 
cover— 
‘‘(I) any component of the cost of 
attendance for the student; 
‘‘(II) an allowance for actual or 
expected expenses incurred for de-
pendent care that exceeds such ex-
penses determined for the student 
under section 472(a)(9); 
‘‘(III) an allowance for actual or 
expected expenses for transportation 
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that exceeds such expenses deter-
mined for the student under section 
472; and 
‘‘(IV) personal items or expenses 
not otherwise covered by the cost of 
attendance for the student. 
‘‘(3) PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL FUNDS.—The re-
cipient may use not more than 2 percent of the 
funds awarded under this section for grants under 
this subsection. 
‘‘(4) DETERMINATION OF NEED.—A grant pro-
vided to a student under this subsection shall not be 
considered in determining that student’s need for 
grant or work assistance under this title, except that 
in no case shall the total amount of student financial 
assistance awarded to a student under this title ex-
ceed that student’s cost of attendance by more than 
$500. 
‘‘(5) CONSULTATION.—In making grants to 
students under this subsection, an institution shall 
ensure that adequate consultation takes place be-
tween the student support service program office 
and the institution’s financial aid office. 
‘‘(6) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds re-
ceived by a grant recipient that are used under this 
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subsection shall be used to supplement, and not sup-
plant, non-Federal funds expended for student sup-
port services programs. 
‘‘(7) FUNDS.—For a fiscal year for which the 
funds allocated for projects authorized under this 
section from the amounts appropriated pursuant to 
the authority of section 402A(g) exceeds the funds 
allocated for such purpose for fiscal year 2024, not 
more than 2 percent of such excess funds may be 
made available for grants under this subsection. 
‘‘(8) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘cost of attendance’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 472.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect 
as if included in the FAFSA Simplification Act (title VII 
of division FF of Public Law 116–260) and subject to the 
effective date of section 701(b) of such Act, as amended 
by section 102(a) of the FAFSA Simplification Act Tech-
nical Corrections Act (division R of Public Law 117–103) 
(including the authorization provided under section 
102(c)(1)(A) of such Act). 
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