I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3076
To amend title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure graduate 
opportunities in postsecondary education, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2003
Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. 
TIBERI, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, and Mr. COLE) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
to ensure graduate opportunities in postsecondary edu-
cation, 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; REFERENCES; TABLE OF CON-
TENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Graduate Opportunities in Higher Education Act of 
2003’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly 
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal
is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, 
a section or other provision, the reference shall be consid-
ered to be made to a section or other provision of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 
SEC. 2. JAVITS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) PRIORITY.—Section 701(a) (20 U.S.C. 1134(a)) 
is amended by inserting after the second sentence the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary shall provide a pri-
ority for the purpose of awarding fellowships under this 
section to students who are in enrolled in graduate courses 
of study in advanced linguistics and in courses that pre-
pare teachers to teach students with limited English pro-
ficiency.’’. 
(b) INTERRUPTIONS OF STUDY.—Section 701(c) (20 
U.S.C. 1134(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘In the case of other exceptional cir-
cumstances, such as active duty military service or per-
sonal or family member illness, the institution of higher 
education may also permit the fellowship recipient to in-
terrupt periods of study for not more than 12 months, 
but without payment of the stipend.’’. 
(c) 
ALLOCATION
OF
FELLOWSHIPS.—Section 
702(a)(1) (20 U.S.C. 1134a(a)(1)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘from di-
verse geographic regions’’ after ‘‘higher education’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘The Secretary shall also assure that at least 
one representative appointed to the Board represents 
an institution that is eligible for a grant under title 
III or V of this Act.’’. 
(d) STIPENDS.—Section 703 (20 U.S.C. 1134b(a)) is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘1999–2000’’ and inserting 
‘‘2004–2005’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘shall be set’’ and inserting 
‘‘may be set’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘Foundation graduate fel-
lowships’’ and inserting ‘‘Foundation Graduate 
Research Fellowship Program’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) INSTITUTIONAL PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall (in ad-
dition to stipends paid to individuals under this sub-
part) pay to the institution of higher education, for 
each individual awarded a fellowship under this sub-
part at such institution, an institutional allowance. 
Except as provided in paragraph (2), such allowance 
shall be, for 2004–2005 and succeeding academic 
years, the same amount as the institutional payment 
made for 2003–2004 adjusted for 2004–2005 and 
annually thereafter in accordance with inflation as 
determined by the Department of Labor’s Consumer 
Price Index for the previous calendar year. 
‘‘(2) REDUCTION.—The institutional allowance 
paid under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the 
amount the institution charges and collects from a 
fellowship recipient for tuition and other expenses as 
part of the recipient’s instructional program.’’. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
705 (20 U.S.C. 1134d) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
1999 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
4 succeeding fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2004 
and sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding 
fiscal years’’.
SEC. 3. GRADUATE ASSISTANCE IN AREAS OF NATIONAL 
NEED. 
(a) PRIORITY.—Section 711(a) (20 U.S.C. 1135(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall establish 
a priority for grants to institutions of higher edu-
cation in order to prepare math, science and special 
education faculty who can train highly qualified 
math, science and special education elementary and 
secondary school teachers. Such grants shall offer 
program assistance and graduate fellowships for—
‘‘(A) post-baccalaureate study related to 
teacher preparation in math, science, or special 
education; and 
‘‘(B) support of dissertation research in 
math, science, or special education.’’. 
(b) DESIGNATION OF AREAS OF NATIONAL NEED.—
The last sentence of section 712(b) (20 U.S.C. 1135a(b)) 
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and an assessment’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘an assessment’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end of 
the following: ‘‘and the priority described in section 
711 (a)(3)’’. 
(c) STIPENDS.—Section 714(b) (20 U.S.C. 1135c(b)) 
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1999–2000’’ and inserting 
‘‘2004–2005’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘shall be set’’ and inserting 
‘‘may be set’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘Foundation graduate fellow-
ships’’ and inserting ‘‘Foundation Graduate Re-
search Fellowship Program’’. 
(d) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 715(a)(1) 
(20 U.S.C. 1135d(a)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1999–2000’’ and inserting 
‘‘2004–2005’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘1998–1999’’ and inserting 
‘‘2003–2004’’. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
716 (20 U.S.C. 1135e) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
1999 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
4 succeeding fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2004 
and sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding 
fiscal years’’. 
(f) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 714(c) (20 
U.S.C. 1135c(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘section 716(a)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 715(a)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘section 714(b)(2)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 713(b)(2)’’.