I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3472 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure college for all. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2019 
Ms. JAYAPAL (for herself, Ms. OMAR, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. 
GABBARD, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. MENG, Ms. 
MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. POCAN, and Mr. 
WELCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure 
college for all. 
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 ‘‘College for All Act 
of 2019’’. 
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TITLE I—FEDERAL-STATE PART-
NERSHIP TO ELIMINATE TUI-
TION AND REQUIRED FEES 
SEC. 101. FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP TO ELIMINATE 
TUITION AND REQUIRED FEES. 
The Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE 
IX—FEDERAL-STATE 
PARTNERSHIP TO ELIMINATE 
TUITION 
AND 
REQUIRED 
FEES 
‘‘SEC. 901. GRANT PROGRAM TO ELIMINATE TUITION AND 
REQUIRED FEES AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS 
OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRIBAL COL-
LEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AWARD YEAR.—The term ‘award year’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 481(a). 
‘‘(2) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘com-
munity college’ means— 
‘‘(A) a public institution of higher edu-
cation at which the credential that is predomi-
nantly awarded to students is at the sub-bacca-
laureate level; or 
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‘‘(B) a public postsecondary vocational in-
stitution, as defined under section 102(c). 
‘‘(3) COST OF ATTENDANCE.—The term ‘cost of 
attendance’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 472. 
‘‘(4) DUAL
OR
CONCURRENT
ENROLLMENT 
PROGRAM.—The term ‘dual or concurrent enrollment 
program’ has the meaning given the term in section 
8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965. 
‘‘(5) EARLY
COLLEGE
HIGH
SCHOOL.—The 
term ‘early college high school’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE INDIAN ENTITY.—The term ‘eli-
gible Indian entity’ means the entity responsible for 
the governance, operation, or control of a Tribal Col-
lege or University. 
‘‘(7) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.—The term ‘eligible 
student’ means an individual, regardless of age, who 
has not obtained a baccalaureate degree or higher 
degree and is enrolled, or plans to enroll, in a com-
munity college or public 4-year institution of higher 
education in the State in which the individual is a 
resident or in a Tribal College or University. 
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‘‘(8) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT ELIGIBLE STU-
DENTS.—The term ‘full-time equivalent eligible stu-
dents’, when used with respect to an institution of 
higher education, has the meaning given the term 
‘full-time equivalent students’, except that the cal-
culation shall be made based on the number of eligi-
ble students enrolled at such institution. 
‘‘(9) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS.—The 
term ‘full-time equivalent students’ means the sum 
of the number of students enrolled full time at an 
institution, plus the full-time equivalent of the num-
ber of students enrolled part time (determined on 
the basis of the quotient of the sum of the credit 
hours of all part-time students divided by 12) at 
such institution. 
‘‘(10) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101. 
‘‘(11) PUBLIC 4-YEAR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION.—The term ‘public 4-year institution of 
higher education’ means an institution of higher 
education that is not a community college and is op-
erated by a State, subdivision of a State, or govern-
ment agency within a State and operated wholly or 
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predominately from or through the use of govern-
mental funds or property. 
‘‘(12) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘Tribal College or University’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 316(b)(3) and includes 2- 
year and 4-year institutions. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—From amounts 
appropriated under subsection (g), the Secretary 
shall award grants, from allotments under sub-
section (c), to States and eligible Indian entities hav-
ing applications approved under subsection (e), to 
enable the States and eligible Indian entities to 
eliminate tuition and required fees for all eligible 
students at community colleges, public 4-year insti-
tutions of higher education in the State, or Tribal 
Colleges and Universities of the eligible Indian enti-
ty. 
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), each State or eligible Indian 
entity that receives a grant under this section 
shall provide a non-Federal share of funds for 
an award year from non-Federal sources in an 
amount that is equal to 33 percent of the 
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amount required to eliminate tuition and re-
quired fees— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a State, at commu-
nity colleges and public 4-year institutions 
of higher education in the State for all eli-
gible students for the award year; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an eligible Indian 
entity, at Tribal Colleges and Universities 
of the eligible Indian entity for all eligible 
students for the award year. 
‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE REQUIREMENT 
FOR CERTAIN ELIGIBLE INDIAN ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an 
eligible Indian entity that receives a grant 
under this section for an award year for 
which not less than 75 percent of the stu-
dents enrolled in the Tribal Colleges and 
Universities of the eligible Indian entity 
are low-income students, such eligible In-
dian entity shall provide a non-Federal 
share of funds from non-Federal sources in 
an amount that is equal to not more than 
5 percent of the amount necessary to elimi-
nate tuition and required fees at Tribal 
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Colleges and Universities of the eligible In-
dian entity for the award year. 
‘‘(ii) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—In this 
subparagraph, the term ‘low-income stu-
dent’ has the meaning given such term by 
the Secretary, except that such term shall 
not exclude any student eligible for a Fed-
eral Pell Grant under section 401. 
‘‘(iii) DATA.—In calculating the num-
ber of enrolled students and low-income 
students for purposes of clause (i), the 
Secretary shall use— 
‘‘(I) for the first award year of 
the program under this section, the 
number of students enrolled in award 
year 2017–2018; and 
‘‘(II) for each subsequent award 
year, the projected student enrollment 
numbers for the award year for which 
the allotment is made. 
‘‘(3) NO IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—No in-kind 
contribution shall count toward the non-Federal 
share requirement under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(c) DETERMINATION OF ALLOTMENT.— 
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‘‘(1) FIRST AWARD YEAR OF PROGRAM.—The 
Secretary shall allot, to each eligible State or eligible 
Indian entity that submits an application under this 
section for a grant under subsection (b)(1) for the 
first award year of the program under this section, 
an amount that is equal to 67 percent (or not less 
than 95 percent in the case of an eligible Indian en-
tity described in subsection (b)(2)(B)) of the total 
revenue received— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a State, from all eligi-
ble students at community colleges and at pub-
lic 4-year institutions of higher education in the 
State in the form of tuition and required fees 
for— 
‘‘(i) with respect to a State that did 
not eliminate tuition and required fees as 
described in subsection (d)(2) for the pre-
ceding award year, award year 2017–2018; 
or 
‘‘(ii) with respect to a State that has 
eliminated tuition and required fees as de-
scribed in such subsection, the last award 
year that the State charged tuition and re-
quired fees; and 
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‘‘(B) in the case of an eligible Indian enti-
ty, from all eligible students at Tribal Colleges 
and Universities of the eligible Indian entity, in 
the form of tuition and required fees for— 
‘‘(i) with respect to an eligible Indian 
entity that did not eliminate tuition and 
required fees as described in subsection 
(d)(2) for the preceding award year, award 
year 2017–2018; or 
‘‘(ii) with respect to an eligible Indian 
entity that has eliminated tuition and re-
quired fees as described in such subsection, 
the last award year for which the eligible 
Indian entity charged tuition and required 
fees. 
‘‘(2) FIRST
AWARD
YEAR
ALLOTMENT
FOR 
STATES AND ELIGIBLE INDIAN ENTITIES APPLYING 
AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
allot to each eligible State or eligible Indian en-
tity that submits its first application for a 
grant under subsection (b)(1) for the second or 
a subsequent year of the program under this 
section, an amount equal to— 
‘‘(i) the product of— 
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‘‘(I) the allotment the eligible 
State or eligible Indian entity would 
have received in the first award year 
of the program under this section if 
the State or eligible Indian entity had 
submitted an application for such 
year; 
‘‘(II) 
the 
projected 
full-time 
equivalent eligible students figure for 
all community colleges and public 4- 
year institutions of higher education 
of the eligible State, or all Tribal Col-
leges and Universities of the eligible 
Indian entity, for the award year for 
which the allotment is made; and 
‘‘(III) the amount of additional 
expenditures per full-time equivalent 
eligible student by the eligible State or 
eligible Indian entity that will be nec-
essary to eliminate tuition and re-
quired fees for each such student for 
the award year for which the allot-
ment is made; divided by 
‘‘(ii) the product of— 
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‘‘(I) the full-time equivalent eligi-
ble students figure for all community 
colleges and public 4-year institutions 
of higher education of the eligible 
State, or all Tribal Colleges and Uni-
versities of the eligible Indian entity, 
for the first award year of the pro-
gram for which the eligible State or 
eligible Indian entity was eligible to 
submit an application under this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(II) the amount of expenditures 
per full-time equivalent eligible stu-
dent by the eligible State or eligible 
Indian entity that would have been 
necessary to eliminate tuition and re-
quired fees for each such student for 
the first award year of the program 
for which the eligible State or eligible 
Indian entity was eligible to submit an 
application under this section. 
‘‘(B) PROJECTED
ENROLLMENT.—If the 
projected full-time equivalent eligible students 
figure of the State or eligible Indian entity 
under subparagraph (A) is more than 25 per-
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cent larger than the full-time equivalent eligible 
students figure for the preceding year, the Sec-
retary may challenge such enrollment projection 
and offer an alternative enrollment projection 
which shall be used in the formula under sub-
paragraph (A) for determining the allotment. 
‘‘(3) SUBSEQUENT AWARD YEARS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
allot to an eligible State or eligible Indian entity 
submitting an application for a grant under 
subsection (b)(1) for a second or subsequent 
year after receiving a grant under paragraph 
(1) or (2), an amount equal to— 
‘‘(i) the product of— 
‘‘(I) the allotment received for 
the first award year for which the eli-
gible State or eligible Indian entity 
submitted an application; 
‘‘(II) 
the 
projected 
full-time 
equivalent eligible students figure for 
all community colleges and public 4- 
year institutions of higher education 
of the eligible State, or all Tribal Col-
leges and Universities of the eligible 
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Indian entity, for the award year for 
which the allotment is made; and 
‘‘(III) the amount of additional 
expenditures per full-time equivalent 
eligible student by the eligible State or 
eligible Indian entity that will be nec-
essary to eliminate tuition and re-
quired fees for each such student for 
the award year for which the allot-
ment is made; divided by 
‘‘(ii) the product of— 
‘‘(I) the full-time equivalent eligi-
ble student figure for all community 
colleges and public 4-year institutions 
of higher education of the eligible 
State, or all Tribal Colleges and Uni-
versities of the eligible Indian entity, 
for the first award year that the State 
or eligible Indian entity participates 
under paragraph (1) or (2), as the 
case may be; and 
‘‘(II) the amount of expenditures 
per full-time equivalent eligible stu-
dent by the eligible State or eligible 
Indian entity that was necessary to 
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eliminate tuition and required fees for 
each such student for the first award 
year that the State or eligible Indian 
entity participates under paragraph 
(1) or (2), as the case may be. 
‘‘(B) PROJECTED
ENROLLMENT.—If the 
projected full-time equivalent eligible students 
figure of the State or eligible Indian entity 
under subparagraph (A) is more than 25 per-
cent larger than the full-time equivalent eligible 
students figure for the preceding year, the Sec-
retary may challenge such enrollment projection 
and offer an alternative enrollment projection 
which shall be used in the formula under sub-
paragraph (A) for determining the allotment. 
‘‘(4) ACTUAL ENROLLMENT FIGURES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—By not later than No-
vember 1 of the second award year for which a 
State or eligible Indian entity receives an allot-
ment under this section, and each succeeding 
November 1, such State or eligible Indian entity 
shall report to the Secretary its actual full-time 
equivalent eligible students figure for the pre-
ceding award year. 
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‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENTS.—If the actual full- 
time equivalent eligible students figure for the 
preceding award year reported under subpara-
graph (A)— 
‘‘(i) exceeds the projected enrollment 
that was used for determining the allot-
ment for the preceding award year, not-
withstanding any other provision of this 
section, the allotment for the award year in 
which the November 1 date falls for the 
State or eligible Indian entity shall be in-
creased to reflect such actual enrollment, 
which figure shall be increased by the 
State Gross Domestic Product Price Index, 
or the Gross Domestic Product Price Index 
of the State in which the eligible Indian 
entity operates; or 
‘‘(ii) is below the projected enrollment 
that was used for determining the allot-
ment for the preceding award year, not-
withstanding any other provision of this 
section, the allotment for the award year in 
which the November 1 date falls for the 
State or eligible Indian entity shall be de-
creased to reflect such actual enrollment, 
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which figure shall be increased by the aver-
age interest rate on 5-year United States 
Treasury securities issued during the pre-
ceding award year. 
‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—If a State or eligi-
ble Indian entity provides additional funds toward 
reducing the cost of attendance and improving in-
struction at institutions of higher education beyond 
the cost of eliminating tuition and required fees as 
described in subsection (d)(2) for any award year 
that is more than the non-Federal share requirement 
under subsection (b)(2) and the maintenance of ex-
penditures requirement under paragraphs (3) and 
(4) of subsection (d), the Secretary shall provide to 
the State or eligible Indian entity an amount equal 
to such additional funding provided by the State or 
eligible Indian entity, which amount provided by the 
Secretary may be used for the activities described in 
subsection (f)(2). 
‘‘(d) STATE AND ELIGIBLE INDIAN ENTITY ELIGI-
BILITY REQUIREMENTS.—In order to be eligible to receive 
an allotment under this section for an award year, a State 
or eligible Indian entity shall comply with the following: 
‘‘(1) Ensure that public institutions of higher 
education in the State or Tribal Colleges and Uni-
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versities of the eligible Indian entity maintain ex-
penditures on instruction per full-time equivalent 
student at levels that are equal to or exceed the ex-
penditures on instruction per full-time equivalent 
student for award year 2017–2018. 
‘‘(2) Ensure that tuition and required fees are 
eliminated— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a State, for eligible stu-
dents at all community colleges and in all public 
4-year institutions of higher education in the 
State; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of an eligible Indian enti-
ty, for eligible students in all Tribal Colleges 
and Universities of the eligible Indian entity. 
‘‘(3) Maintain State operating expenditures per 
full-time equivalent student for public institutions of 
higher education in the State, or operating expendi-
tures per full-time equivalent student for Tribal Col-
leges and Universities of the eligible Indian entity, 
excluding the amount of funds provided under this 
section, at a level that is equal to or exceeds the 
level of such support for award year 2017–2018. 
‘‘(4) Maintain State expenditures on need-based 
financial aid programs for enrollment in public insti-
tutions of higher education in the State or expendi-
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tures on need-based financial aid programs for en-
rollment in Tribal Colleges and Universities of the 
eligible Indian entity at a level that is equal to or 
exceeds the level of such support for award year 
2017–2018. 
‘‘(5) Ensure public institutions of higher edu-
cation in the State or Tribal Colleges and Univer-
sities of the eligible Indian entity maintain funding 
for institutional need-based student financial aid in 
an amount that is equal to or exceeds the level of 
such support for award year 2017–2018. 
‘‘(6) Provide an assurance that not later than 
5 years after the first award year for which the 
grant is awarded, not less than 75 percent of in-
struction at public institutions of higher education in 
the State or Tribal Colleges and Universities of the 
eligible Indian entity is provided by tenured or ten-
ure-track faculty. 
‘‘(7) Require that public institutions of higher 
education in the State or Tribal Colleges and Uni-
versities of the eligible Indian entity provide, for 
each student enrolled at the institution who receives 
the maximum Federal Pell Grant award under sub-
part 1 of part A of title IV, institutional student fi-
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