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stitutional, and other grants and loans
for postsecondary education; and
‘‘(II) present information on fi-
nancial assistance for postsecondary
education that is not provided under
this title in a manner that is clearly
distinct from information on student
financial assistance under this title.
‘‘(D) COORDINATION.—A State receiving a
grant payment under this subsection shall at-
tempt to coordinate the activities carried out
with the payment with any existing activities
that are similar to such activities, and with any
other entities that support the existing activities
in the State.
‘‘(9) REPORT.—A State receiving a payment
under this subsection shall prepare and submit an
annual report to the Secretary on the program under
this subsection and on the implementation of the ac-
tivities and services described in paragraph (7). The
report shall include—
‘‘(A) each activity or service that was pro-
vided to students and families over the course of
the year;
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‘‘(B) the cost of providing each activity or
service;
‘‘(C) the number, and percentage, if feasible
and applicable, of students who received each ac-
tivity or service; and
‘‘(D) the total contributions from private
organizations included in the State’s non-Fed-
eral share for the fiscal year.
‘‘(10) SUNSET.—The authority provided to carry
out this subsection shall expire on September 30,
2009.
‘‘(d) FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this
subsection, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a non-
profit or for-profit organization, or a consortium of
such organizations, with a demonstrated record of ef-
fectiveness in providing financial literacy services to
students at the secondary and postsecondary level.
‘‘(2) PROGRAM
ESTABLISHED.—From amounts
appropriated under paragraph (6), the Secretary
shall award grants to eligible entities to enable the el-
igible entities to increase the financial literacy of stu-
dents who are enrolled or will enroll in an institution
of higher education, including providing instruction
to students on topics such as the understanding of
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loan terms and conditions, the calculation of interest
rates, refinancing of debt, debt management, and fu-
ture savings for education, health care and long-term
care, and retirement.
‘‘(3) GRANT
PERIOD; 
RENEWABILITY.—Each
grant under this subsection shall be awarded for one
5-year period, and may not be renewed.
‘‘(4) MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.—Each eligible
entity that receives a grant under this subsection shall
provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount (which
may be provided in cash or in kind) to carry out the
activities supported by the grant equal to 100 percent
of the amount received under the grant.
‘‘(5) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity desiring
a grant under this subsection shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner,
and containing such information as the Secretary
may reasonably require. Such application shall in-
clude the following:
‘‘(A) A detailed description of the eligible
entity’s plans for providing financial literacy
activities and the students and schools the grant
will target.
‘‘(B) The eligible entity’s plan for using the
matching grant funds, including how the funds
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will be used to provide financial literacy pro-
grams to students.
‘‘(C) A plan to ensure the viability of the
work of the eligible entity beyond the grant pe-
riod.
‘‘(D) A detailed description of the activities
that carry out this subsection and that are con-
ducted by the eligible entity at the time of the
application, and how the matching grant funds
will assist the eligible entity with expanding and
enhancing such activities.
‘‘(E) A description of the strategies that will
be used to target activities under the grant to
students in secondary school and enrolled in in-
stitutions of higher education who are histori-
cally underrepresented in institutions of higher
education and who may benefit from the activi-
ties of the eligible entity.
‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION
AND
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated, and there
are appropriated, $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years 2008 and 2009 to carry out this subsection.
‘‘(e) SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATION AND COLLEGE
ENROLLMENT PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
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‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CY.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible
local educational agency’ means a local edu-
cational agency with a secondary school
graduation rate of 70 percent or less—
‘‘(I) in the aggregate; or
‘‘(II) applicable to 2 or more sub-
groups of secondary school students
served by the local educational agency
that are described in clause (ii).
‘‘(ii) SUBGROUPS.—A subgroup re-
ferred to in clause (i)(II) is—
‘‘(I) a subgroup of economically
disadvantaged students; or
‘‘(II) a subgroup of students from
a major racial or ethnic group.
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible
entity’ means a consortium of a nonprofit orga-
nization and an institution of higher education
with a demonstrated record of effectiveness in
raising secondary school graduation rates and
postsecondary enrollment rates.
‘‘(2) PROGRAM
ESTABLISHED.—From amounts
appropriated under paragraph (7), the Secretary
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shall award grants to eligible entities to enable the el-
igible entities to carry out activities that—
‘‘(A) create models of excellence for academi-
cally rigorous secondary schools, including early
college secondary schools;
‘‘(B) increase secondary school graduation
rates;
‘‘(C) raise the rate of students who enroll in
an institution of higher education;
‘‘(D) improve instruction and access to sup-
ports for struggling secondary school students;
‘‘(E) create, implement, and utilize early
warning systems to help identify students at risk
of dropping out of secondary school; and
‘‘(F) improve communication between par-
ents, students, and schools concerning require-
ments for secondary school graduation, postsec-
ondary education enrollment, and financial as-
sistance available for attending postsecondary
education.
‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that re-
ceives a grant under this subsection shall use the
funds—
‘‘(A) to implement a college-preparatory
curriculum for all students in a secondary school
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served by the eligible local educational agency
that is, at a minimum, aligned with a rigorous
secondary school program of study;
‘‘(B) to implement accelerated academic
catch-up programs, for students who enter sec-
ondary school not meeting the proficient levels of
student academic achievement on the State aca-
demic assessments for mathematics, reading or
language 
arts, 
or 
science 
under 
section
1111(b)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, that enable such students
to meet the proficient levels of achievement and
remain on track to graduate from secondary
school on time with a regular secondary school
diploma;
‘‘(C) to implement an early warning system
to quickly identify students at risk of dropping
out of secondary school, including systems that
track student absenteeism; and
‘‘(D) to implement a comprehensive postsec-
ondary education guidance program that—
‘‘(i) will ensure that all students are
regularly notified throughout the students’
time in secondary school of secondary school
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graduation requirements and postsecondary
education entrance requirements; and
‘‘(ii) provides guidance and assistance
to students in applying to an institution of
higher education and in applying for Fed-
eral financial assistance and other State,
local, and private financial assistance and
scholarships.
‘‘(4) GRANT
PERIOD; 
RENEWABILITY.—Each
grant under this subsection shall be awarded for one
5-year period, and may not be renewed.
‘‘(5) MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.—Each eligible
entity that receives a grant under this subsection shall
provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount (which
may be provided in cash or in-kind) to carry out the
activities supported by the grant equal to 100 percent
of the amount received under the grant.
‘‘(6) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity desiring
a grant under this subsection shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner,
and containing such information as the Secretary
may reasonably require.
‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION
AND
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated, and there
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are appropriated, $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years 2008 and 2009 to carry out this subsection.’’.
SEC. 702. INNOCENT CHILD PROTECTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any author-
ity, military or civil, of the United States, a State, or any
district, possession, commonwealth or other territory under
the authority of the United States, to carry out a sentence
of death on a woman while she carries a child in utero.
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘child in
utero’’ means a member of the species homo sapiens, at any
stage of development, who is carried in the womb.
TITLE VIII—OTHER MATTERS
SEC. 801. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE DETAINEES AT GUAN-
TANAMO BAY, CUBA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings:
(1) During the War on Terror, senior members
of al Qaeda have been captured by the United States
military and intelligence personnel and their allies.
(2) Many such senior members of al Qaeda have
since been transferred to the detention facility at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
(3) These senior al Qaeda members detained at
Guantanamo Bay include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,
who was the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks
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of September 11, 2001, which killed approximately
3,000 innocent people.
(4) These senior al Qaeda members detained at
Guantanamo Bay also include Majid Khan, who was
tasked to develop plans to poison water reservoirs in-
side the United States, was responsible for conducting
a study on the feasibility of a potential gas station
bombing campaign inside the United States, and was
integral in recommending Iyman Farris, who plotted
to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge, to be an operative for
al Qaeda inside the United States.
(5) These senior al Qaeda members detained at
Guantanamo Bay also include Abd al-Rahim al-
Nashiri, who was an al Qaeda operations chief for the
Arabian Peninsula and who, at the request of Osama
bin Laden, orchestrated the attack on the U.S.S. Cole,
which killed 17 United States sailors.
(6) These senior al Qaeda members detained at
Guantanamo Bay also include Ahmed Khalfan
Ghailani, who played a major role in the East Afri-
can Embassy Bombings, which killed more than 250
people.
(7) The Department of Defense has estimated
that of the approximately 415 detainees who have
been released or transferred from the detention facility
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at Guantanamo Bay, at least 29 have subsequently
taken up arms against the United States and its al-
lies.
(8) Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda,
said in his 1998 fatwa against the United States,
that ‘‘[t]he ruling to kill the Americans and their al-
lies—civilians and military—is an individual duty
for every Muslim who can do it in any country in
which it is possible to do it’’.
(9) In the same fatwa, bin Laden said, ‘‘[w]e—
with God’s help—call on every Muslim who believes
in God and wishes to be rewarded to comply with
God’s order to kill the Americans and plunder their
money wherever and whenever they find it’’.
(10) It is safer for American citizens if captured
members of al Qaeda and other terrorist organiza-
tions are not housed on American soil where they
could more easily carry out their mission to kill inno-
cent civilians.
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate
that detainees housed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including
senior members of al Qaeda, should not be released into
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American society, nor should they be transferred stateside
into facilities in American communities and neighborhoods.
Attest:
Secretary.