I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2270 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require assurances by 
recipients of assistance under section 402B or 402C of that Act with 
respect to activities for homeless children and youths and foster care 
children and youth, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2019 
Mr. MITCHELL (for himself, Mr. BACON, and Mr. CARBAJAL) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require 
assurances by recipients of assistance under section 
402B or 402C of that Act with respect to activities 
for homeless children and youths and foster care children 
and youth, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Removing Barriers to 
Foster Youth Success in College Act’’. 
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ing homeless children and youths and foster care 
children and youth.’’. 
SEC. 3. UPWARD BOUND. 
Section 402C(e) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a–13(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) require an assurance that the entity car-
rying out the project has reviewed and revised poli-
cies and practices as needed to remove barriers to 
the participation and retention in the project of 
homeless children and youths (as such term is de-
fined in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a)), including 
unaccompanied youths, and foster care children and 
youth; 
‘‘(7) require that such entity submit, as part of 
the application, a description of the activities that 
will be undertaken to reach out to homeless children 
and youths and foster care children and youth re-
garding the project; and 
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‘‘(8) require an assurance that such entity will 
prepare and submit the report required under sec-
tion 402H(e) at the conclusion of the project regard-
ing homeless children and youths and foster care 
children and youth.’’. 
SEC. 4. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS. 
Section 402H of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a–18) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(e) REPORTS REGARDING HOMELESS CHILDREN 
AND
YOUTHS
AND
FOSTER
CARE
CHILDREN
AND 
YOUTH.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each entity carrying out a 
project under section 402B or 402C shall, at the 
conclusion of the project, prepare and submit a re-
port to the Secretary that includes— 
‘‘(A) data on the number of homeless chil-
dren and youths (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a)) and foster 
care children and youth served through the 
project; and 
‘‘(B) a description of any strategies or pro-
gram enhancements that were used in the 
project and that were effective in meeting the 
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needs of homeless children and youths and fos-
ter care children and youth. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
annually shall submit to the Congress a report sum-
marizing the information provided in the reports 
submitted under paragraph (1).’’. 
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