I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3780 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require a State to charge 
in-State tuition rates to active-duty members of the Armed Forces domi-
ciled or stationed on active duty in that State and to the dependents 
of such members. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 9, 2007 
Mr. EDWARDS (for himself, Mr. BOYD of Florida, Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Mr. 
BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. HINOJOSA, 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, and Mr. MCHUGH) 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 
a State to charge in-State tuition rates to active-duty 
members of the Armed Forces domiciled or stationed 
on active duty in that State and to the dependents of 
such members. 
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 ‘‘Military Child College 
Affordability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. IN-STATE TUITION RATES FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES ON ACTIVE DUTY AND DE-
PENDENTS. 
Part B of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 123. IN-STATE TUITION RATES FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES ON ACTIVE DUTY AND DE-
PENDENTS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—A member of the armed forces 
on active duty for a period of more than 30 days whose 
domicile or permanent duty station is in a State, and the 
dependents of such a member, may not be charged tuition 
for attendance at a public institution of higher education 
in that State at a rate that is greater than the rate 
charged for residents of that State. 
‘‘(b) CONTINUATION.—If a member of the armed 
forces, or a dependent of a member, pays tuition at a pub-
lic institution of higher education in a State at a rate de-
termined by reason of subsection (a), the provisions of 
subsection (a) shall continue to apply to such member or 
dependent while continuously enrolled at that institution, 
notwithstanding a subsequent change in the permanent 
duty station of the member to a location outside the State. 
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take ef-
fect at each public institution of higher education in a 
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State at the beginning of the first period of enrollment 
at that institution that begins more than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of the Military Child College Afford-
ability Act. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 103 of this Act. 
‘‘(2) 
MILITARY
DEFINITIONS.—The 
terms 
‘armed forces’ and ‘active duty for a period of more 
than 30 days’ have the meanings given those terms 
in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.’’. 
Æ 
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