IV
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 364
Providing for the concurrence of the House with amendment in the Senate
amendments to the bill H.R. 1499.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 12, 2002
Mrs. MORELLA submitted the following resolution; which was considered under
suspension of the rules and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Providing for the concurrence of the House with amendment
in the Senate amendments to the bill H.R. 1499.
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution,
the House shall be considered to have taken from the
Speaker’s table the bill H.R. 1499 and amendments of the
Senate thereto, and to have (1) concurred in the amend-
ment of the Senate to the title, and (2) concurred in the
amendment of the Senate to the text with an amendment
as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted
by the Senate, insert the following:
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
College Access Improvement Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM.
Section 3(c)(2) of the District of Columbia College
Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2702(c)(2), D.C. Official
Code) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through
(C) and inserting the following:
‘‘(A)(i) in the case of an individual who be-
gins an undergraduate course of study within 3
calendar years (excluding any period of service
on active duty in the armed forces, or service
under the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et
seq.) or subtitle D of title I of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12571 et seq.)) of graduation from a secondary
school, or obtaining the recognized equivalent of
a secondary school diploma, was domiciled in
the District of Columbia for not less than the
12 consecutive months preceding the com-
mencement of the freshman year at an institu-
tion of higher education;
‘‘(ii) in the case of an individual who grad-
uated from a secondary school or received the
recognized equivalent of a secondary school di-
ploma before January 1, 1998, and is currently
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enrolled at an eligible institution as of the date
of enactment of the District of Columbia Col-
lege Access Improvement Act of 2002, was
domiciled in the District of Columbia for not
less than the 12 consecutive months preceding
the commencement of the freshman year at an
institution of higher education; or
‘‘(iii) in the case of any other individual
and an individual re-enrolling after more than
a 3–year break in the individual’s post-sec-
ondary education, has been domiciled in the
District of Columbia for at least 5 consecutive
years at the date of application;
‘‘(B)(i) graduated from a secondary school
or received the recognized equivalent of a sec-
ondary school diploma on or after January 1,
1998;
‘‘(ii) in the case of an individual who did
not graduate from a secondary school or receive
a recognized equivalent of a secondary school
diploma, is accepted for enrollment as a fresh-
man at an eligible institution on or after Janu-
ary 1, 2002; or
‘‘(iii) in the case of an individual who
graduated from a secondary school or received
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the recognized equivalent of a secondary school
diploma before January 1, 1998, is currently
enrolled at an eligible institution as of the date
of enactment of the District of Columbia Col-
lege Access Improvement Act of 2002;
‘‘(C) meets the citizenship and immigra-
tion status requirements described in section
484(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1091(a)(5));’’.
SEC. 3. PRIVATE SCHOOL PROGRAM.
Section 5(c)(1)(B) of the District of Columbia Col-
lege Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2704(c)(1)(B), D.C. Of-
ficial Code) is amended by striking ‘‘the main campus of
which is located in the State of Maryland or the Common-
wealth of Virginia’’.
SEC. 4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
Section 6 of the District of Columbia College Access
Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2705, D.C. Official Code) is
amended—
(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Mayor of the District
of Columbia may not use more than 7 percent of the
total amount of Federal funds appropriated for the
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program, retroactive to the date of enactment of this
Act (the District of Columbia College Access Act of
1999), for the administrative expenses of the pro-
gram.
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term
‘administrative expenses’ means any expenses that
are not directly used to pay the cost of tuition and
fees for eligible students to attend eligible institu-
tions.’’;
(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as
subsections (f) and (g);
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(e) LOCAL FUNDS.—It is the sense of Congress that
the District of Columbia may appropriate such local funds
as necessary for the programs under sections 3 and 5.’’;
and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) DEDICATED ACCOUNT FOR PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The District of Colum-
bia government shall establish a dedicated account
for the programs under sections 3 and 5 consisting
of the following amounts: