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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4504
To make technical amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 19, 2000
Mr. MCKEON (for himself, Mr. GOODLING, Mr. CLAY, and Mr. MARTINEZ)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To make technical amendments to the Higher Education
Act of 1965.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE; EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Higher Education Technical Amendments of 2000’’.
(b) REFERENCE.—Except as otherwise expressly pro-
vided in this Act, 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 con-
sidered to be made to a section or other provision of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as otherwise provided
in this Act, the amendments made by this Act shall take
effect as if enacted as part of the Higher Education
Amendments of 1998 (Public Law 105–244).
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE I.—
(1) Section 101(a)(1) (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)(1)) is
amended by inserting before the semicolon at the
end the following: ‘‘, or students who meet the re-
quirements of section 484(d)(3)’’.
(2) Section 102(a)(2) (20 U.S.C. 1002(a)(2)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) INSTITUTIONS
OUTSIDE
THE
UNITED
STATES.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For the purpose of
qualifying as an institution under paragraph
(1)(C), the Secretary shall establish criteria by
regulation for the approval of institutions out-
side the United States and for the determina-
tion that such institutions are comparable to an
institution of higher education as defined in
section 101 (except that a graduate medical
school, or a veterinary school, located outside
the United States shall not be required to meet
the requirements of section 101(a)(4)). Such
criteria shall include a requirement that a stu-
dent attending such school outside the United
States is ineligible for loans made, insured, or
guaranteed under part B unless—
‘‘(i) in the case of a graduate medical
school located outside the United States—
‘‘(I)(aa) at least 60 percent of
those enrolled in, and at least 60 per-
cent of the graduates of, the graduate
medical school outside the United
States were not persons described in
section 484(a)(5) in the year pre-
ceding the year for which a student is
seeking a loan under part B of title
IV; and
‘‘(bb) at least 60 percent of the
individuals who were students or
graduates of the graduate medical
school outside the United States (both
nationals of the United States and
others) taking the examinations ad-
ministered by the Educational Com-
mission for Foreign Medical Grad-
uates received a passing score in the
year preceding the year for which a
student is seeking a loan under part
B of title IV; or
‘‘(II) the institution has a clinical
training program that was approved
by a State as of January 1, 1992; or
‘‘(ii) in the case of a veterinary school
located outside the United States that does
not meet the requirements of section
101(a)(4)—
‘‘(I) the institution was certified
by the Secretary as eligible to partici-
pate in the loan program under part
B of title IV before October 1, 1999;
and
‘‘(II) the institution’s students
complete their clinical training at an
approved veterinary school located in
the United States.’’.
(3) 
Section 
102(a)(3)(A) 
(20 
U.S.C.
1002(a)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘section
521(4)(C) of the Carl Perkins Vocational and Ap-
plied Technology Education Act’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the
following new subsection:
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE.—
‘‘(1) USE FOR STUDENT AID.—A recipient of a
grant that undertakes any of the permissible services
identified in subsection (b) may, in addition, use
such funds to provide grant aid to students if the re-
cipient demonstrates in its application, to the satis-
faction of the Secretary, that the size of the grants
it will provide to students is appropriate and likely
to have a significant impact on retention at that in-
stitution. A recipient of a grant shall make awards
under this paragraph after consultation with the ap-
propriate financial aid personnel at the institution.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
STUDENTS.—For purposes of
receiving grant aid under this subsection, eligible
students must be current participants in the student
support services program offered by the institution
and be—
‘‘(A) students who are in their first 2 years
of postsecondary education and who are receiv-
ing Federal Pell Grants under subpart 1; or
‘‘(B) students who have completed their
first 2 years of postsecondary education and
who are receiving Federal Pell Grants under