‘‘(D) how the eligible entity will meet its 
matching fund requirements under section 
499J(b); 
‘‘(E) if the eligible entity is a State, how 
such eligible entity will prioritize spending on 
the public institutions of higher education speci-
fied in paragraph (2)(B); and 
‘‘(F) the improvements the eligible entity 
anticipates in student outcomes, including im-
provements in transfer rates or completion 
rates, or both. 
‘‘(2) if the eligible entity is a State, an analysis 
that includes— 
‘‘(A) with respect to each public institution 
of higher education of the eligible entity— 
‘‘(i) the total per-student funding; 
‘‘(ii) the amount of per-student fund-
ing from State-appropriated funds; 
‘‘(iii) the student demographics (in-
cluding data on race, ethnicity, income, 
disability status, and remediation); and 
‘‘(iv) transfer and completion rates, 
including such rates among low-income 
students, students of color, students with 
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disabilities, and students in need of reme-
diation; and 
‘‘(B) an analysis of whether, of the public 
institutions of higher education of the eligible 
entity, the public institutions of higher edu-
cation that received less funding on a per-stu-
dent basis described in clause (i) or (ii), or 
both, of subparagraph (A), are serving dis-
proportionately high shares of low-income stu-
dents, students of color, students with disabil-
ities, or students in need of remediation. 
‘‘(b) APPROVAL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after receiving a plan under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(A) approve the plan; or 
‘‘(B) require revisions to such plan. 
‘‘(2) REVISIONS REQUIRED.—An eligible entity 
shall make such revisions as required by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(c) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall make each 
plan approved under subsection (b)(1)(A) and each plan 
revised under subsection (b)(2) available to the public on 
the website of the Department. 
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‘‘SEC. 499L. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) REPORT ON DEMONSTRATED PROGRESS.— 
For the third year in which an eligible entity partici-
pates in the program under this subpart, and every 
2 years thereafter, the eligible entity shall submit a 
report to the Secretary, in such manner and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may re-
quire, that includes— 
‘‘(A) the progress in meeting the annual 
implementation benchmarks included in the ap-
plication of such eligible entity under section 
499K(a)(1)(B); 
‘‘(B) the progress in improving the student 
outcomes identified by the entity under section 
499K(a)(1)(F); and 
‘‘(C) with respect to the 2 years after such 
report is submitted— 
‘‘(i) a plan for the use of funds under 
this subpart; and 
‘‘(ii) the amount of funds requested 
by the eligible entity under this subpart. 
‘‘(2) APPROVAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after receiving a plan under paragraph (1)(C)(i), the 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) approve the plan; or 
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‘‘(B) require revisions to such plan. 
‘‘(3) REVISIONS REQUIRED.—An eligible entity 
shall make such revisions as required by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (2)(B). 
‘‘(b) FAILURE TO MEET REQUIREMENTS.—If an eli-
gible entity does not meet the annual implementation 
benchmarks included in the application of such eligible en-
tity under section 499K(a)(1)(B), as required to be re-
ported under subsection (a)(1)(A), such eligible entity 
shall submit to the Secretary, at such time and in such 
manner as the Secretary may require— 
‘‘(1) a written explanation for the delay in 
meeting such requirements; and 
‘‘(2) a plan that will enable such eligible entity 
to meet such requirements not later than 1 year 
after the date on which the eligible entity submitted 
the written explanation under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall make each 
plan approved under subsection (a)(2)(A), each plan re-
vised under subsection (a)(3), and each plan submitted 
under subsection (b)(2) available to the public on the 
website of the Department. 
‘‘SEC. 499M. ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), an eligible entity shall use a grant under this subpart 
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only to carry out the plan approved or revised for such 
year under section 499K. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PUR-
POSES.—An eligible entity that receives a grant under this 
subpart may use not more than 5 percent of such grant 
for administrative purposes relating to the grant under 
this subpart. 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS.—No funds re-
ceived under this section shall be used to— 
‘‘(1) pay contractors for the provision of pre-en-
rollment recruitment activities through a revenue 
sharing agreement; or 
‘‘(2) fund endowments, athletics, sectarian in-
struction, or religious worship. 
‘‘SEC. 499N. ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED. 
‘‘In this subpart, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a 
State or Indian tribe that is a recipient of a grant under 
subpart 1. 
‘‘SEC. 499O. APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appro-
priated to carry out this subpart (in addition to any other 
amounts appropriated to carry out this subpart and out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated), 
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$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and each succeeding 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated under sub-
section (a) shall remain available to the Secretary until 
expended.’’. 
TITLE III—PATHWAYS TO STU-
DENT SUCCESS FOR HISTORI-
CALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES, TRIBAL COL-
LEGES 
AND 
UNIVERSITIES, 
AND MINORITY-SERVING IN-
STITUTIONS 
SEC. 301. GRANTS TO HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES, TRIBAL COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES, AND MINORITY-SERVING IN-
STITUTIONS. 
Part J of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), as added and amended 
by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘Subpart 3—Grants to Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Univer-
sities, and Minority-Serving Institutions 
‘‘SEC. 499P. PATHWAYS TO STUDENT SUCCESS FOR HIS-
TORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVER-
SITIES. 
‘‘From amounts appropriated under section 499U(a) 
for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants to 
participating historically Black colleges or universities 
that meet the requirements of section 499S(a) to— 
‘‘(1) encourage students to enroll and success-
fully complete a bachelor’s degree at such colleges 
and universities; 
‘‘(2) provide incentives to community college 
students to transfer to such colleges and universities 
through strong transfer pathways to complete a 
bachelor’s degree program; and 
‘‘(3) support such colleges and universities to 
better serve new and existing students by engaging 
in reforms and innovations designed to improve com-
pletion rates and other student outcomes. 
‘‘SEC. 499Q. PATHWAYS TO STUDENT SUCCESS FOR TRIBAL 
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. 
‘‘From amounts appropriated under section 499U(a) 
for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants to 
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participating Tribal Colleges or Universities that meet the 
requirements of section 499S(a) to— 
‘‘(1) encourage students to enroll and success-
fully complete a bachelor’s degree at such Colleges 
and Universities; 
‘‘(2) provide incentives to community college 
students to transfer to such Colleges and Univer-
sities through strong transfer pathways to complete 
a bachelor’s degree program; and 
‘‘(3) support such Colleges and Universities to 
better serve new and existing students by engaging 
in reforms and innovations designed to improve com-
pletion rates and other student outcomes. 
‘‘SEC. 499R. PATHWAYS TO STUDENT SUCCESS FOR ALASKA 
NATIVE-SERVING 
INSTITUTIONS, 
ASIAN 
AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PACIFIC 
ISLANDER-SERVING 
INSTITUTIONS, 
HIS-
PANIC-SERVING 
INSTITUTIONS, 
NATIVE 
AMERICAN-SERVING 
NONTRIBAL 
INSTITU-
TIONS, NATIVE HAWAIIAN-SERVING INSTITU-
TIONS, AND PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTI-
TUTIONS. 
‘‘From amounts appropriated under section 499U(a) 
for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants to 
participating Alaska Native-serving institutions, Asian 
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American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving 
institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions, Native Amer-
ican-serving nontribal institutions, Native Hawaiian-serv-
ing institutions, and Predominantly Black institutions 
that meet the requirements of section 499S(a) to— 
‘‘(1) encourage students to enroll and success-
fully complete a bachelor’s degree at such institu-
tions; 
‘‘(2) provide incentives to community college 
students to transfer to such institutions through 
strong transfer pathways to complete a bachelor’s 
degree program; and 
‘‘(3) support such institutions to better serve 
new and existing students by engaging in reforms 
and innovations designed to improve completion 
rates and other student outcomes. 
‘‘SEC. 499S. GRANT TERMS. 
‘‘(a) INSTITUTIONAL ELIGIBILITY.—An institution 
shall meet the requirements of this subsection if the insti-
tution— 
‘‘(1) is a public or not-for-profit 4-year institu-
tion that has a student body of which not less than 
35 percent are low-income students; 
‘‘(2) commits to maintaining or adopting and 
implementing promising and evidence-based institu-
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tional reforms and innovative practices to improve 
the completion rates and other student outcomes, 
such as— 
‘‘(A) providing comprehensive academic, 
career, and student support services (including 
mentoring, advising, case management services, 
and career pathway navigation), especially for 
low-income, first-generation, and adult stu-
dents, and other students belonging to racial 
and other groups that are historically underrep-
resented in higher education; 
‘‘(B) providing direct support services, or 
assistance in applying for such services, such 
as— 
‘‘(i) childcare, transportation, and 
emergency financial assistance; 
‘‘(ii) assistance in obtaining health in-
surance coverage and accessing health care 
services, including behavioral and mental 
health services; 
‘‘(iii) affordable housing; 
‘‘(iv) nutrition assistance programs or 
free or discounted food; and 
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‘‘(v) means-tested Federal benefit pro-
grams, or similar State, tribal, or local 
benefit programs; 
‘‘(C) providing accelerated learning oppor-
tunities and degree pathways, such as dual en-
rollment and pathways to graduate and profes-
sional degree programs; 
‘‘(D) partnering with employers, industry, 
not-for-profit associations, and other groups to 
provide opportunities to advance learning out-
side the classroom, including— 
‘‘(i) work-based learning opportunities 
(such as internships or apprenticeships); or 
‘‘(ii) programs designed to improve 
inter-cultural development and personal 
growth (such as foreign exchange and 
study abroad programs); or 
‘‘(E) strengthening remedial education, es-
pecially for low-income, first-generation, and 
adult students, and other students belonging to 
racial and other groups that are historically 
underrepresented in higher education, including 
through the use of multiple measures (such as 
a student’s college entrance examination score, 
grade point average, high school course list, or 
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a placement examination) to identify students 
in need of remedial education; 
‘‘(3) sets performance goals for improving stu-
dent outcomes for the duration of the grant; and 
‘‘(4) in the case of an institution receiving a 
grant for transfer students, has a formal, statewide 
articulation agreement with community colleges in 
the State in which such institution operates that 
guarantees— 
‘‘(A) that a student who earns postsec-
ondary credit at any community college in such 
State shall be able to fully transfer such credit 
toward meeting related degree or certificate re-
quirements at such institution; and 
‘‘(B) that associate degrees awarded by 
community colleges in the State are fully trans-
ferable to, and credited as, the first 2 years of 
related baccalaureate programs at such institu-
tion. 
‘‘(b) GRANT AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL AMOUNT.—For the first year that 
an eligible institution participates in the grant pro-
gram under this subpart and subject to paragraph 
(3), such eligible institution shall receive a grant in 
an amount based on the product of— 
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‘‘(A) the actual cost of tuition and fees at 
the eligible institution in such year (referred to 
in this subpart as the per-student rebate); and 
‘‘(B) the number of eligible students en-
rolled in the eligible institution for the pre-
ceding year. 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT INCREASES.—For each suc-
ceeding year after the first year of the grant pro-
gram under this subpart, each participating eligible 
institution shall receive a grant in the amount deter-
mined under paragraph (1) for such year, except 
that in no case shall the amount of the per-student 
rebate for an eligible institution increase by more 
than 3 percent as compared to the amount of such 
rebate for the preceding year. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) MAXIMUM PER-STUDENT REBATE.— 
No eligible institution participating in the grant 
program under this subpart shall receive a per- 
student rebate amount for any year that is 
greater than the national average of annual tui-
tion and fees at public 4-year institutions of 
higher education for such year, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(B) FIRST-YEAR
TUITION
AND
FEES.— 
During the first year of participation in the 
grant program under this subpart, no eligible 
institution may increase tuition and fees at a 
rate greater than any annual increase at the eli-
gible institution in the previous 5 years. 
‘‘(4) STUDENTS ENROLLED LESS THAN FULL- 
TIME.—The Secretary shall develop and implement a 
formula for making adjustments to grant amounts 
under this subpart based on the number of eligible 
students at each eligible institution enrolled less 
than full-time and the associated tuition and fees 
charged to such students in proportion to the degree 
to which each such student is not attending on a 
full-time basis. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—An eligible institution that de-
sires a grant under this subpart shall submit an applica-
tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under this 
subpart to a participating eligible institution shall be used 
to waive or significantly reduce tuition and fees for eligible 
students by an amount not to exceed the annual per-stu-
dent rebate amount. Such funds under this subpart may 
only be used to waive or reduce tuition and fees for the 
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first 60 credits for which an eligible student is enrolled 
in the participating eligible institution. 
‘‘(e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 
available under section 499U to carry out this subpart 
shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other Fed-
eral, State, tribal, and local funds that would otherwise 
be expended to carry out activities under this subpart. 
‘‘SEC. 499T. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subpart: 
‘‘(1) ALASKA NATIVE-SERVING INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘Alaska Native-serving institution’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 317(b). 
‘‘(2) ASIAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN 
PACIFIC
ISLANDER-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘Asian American and Native American Pacific 
Islander-serving institution’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 371(c). 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—The term ‘eligible stu-
dent’ means a student, regardless of age, who— 
‘‘(i) is enrolled in an eligible program 
(as defined in section 481(b)) at a partici-
pating eligible institution, on at least a 
half-time basis; 
‘‘(ii) is a low-income student; 
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‘‘(iii) has been enrolled at such par-
ticipating eligible institution under this 
subpart for not more than 60 credits; and 
‘‘(iv) has not been enrolled (whether 
full-time or less than full-time) for more 
than 6 semesters (or the equivalent) for 
which the student received a benefit under 
this subpart. 
‘‘(4) 
HISPANIC-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 502. 
‘‘(5) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘historically Black college or 
university’ means a part B institution described in 
section 322(2). 
‘‘(6) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—The term ‘low- 
income student’ shall include— 
‘‘(A) any student eligible for a Federal Pell 
Grant under section 401; and 
‘‘(B) any student who meets the financial 
eligibility criteria for receiving a Federal Pell 
Grant under section 401, but who is ineligible 
to receive a Federal Pell Grant. 
‘‘(7) NATIVE
AMERICAN-SERVING
NONTRIBAL 
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘Native American-serving 
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nontribal institution’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 371(c). 
‘‘(8) 
NATIVE
HAWAIIAN-SERVING
INSTITU-
TION.—The term ‘Native Hawaiian-serving institu-
tion’ has the meaning given such term in section 
317(b). 
‘‘(9) PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘Predominantly Black institution’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 371(c). 
‘‘(10) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘Tribal College or University’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 316(b)(3). 
‘‘SEC. 499U. APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION
AND APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 
HBCU, TCU, AND MSI GRANTS.—For the purpose of 
carrying out this subpart there are authorized to be appro-
priated, and there are appropriated— 
‘‘(1) $98,100,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(2) $321,040,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(3) $1,912,010,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(4) $1,988,710,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
‘‘(5) $2,068,960,000 for fiscal year 2026; 
‘‘(6) $2,151,010,000 for fiscal year 2027; 
‘‘(7) $2,184,900,000 for fiscal year 2028; 
‘‘(8) $2,329,370,000 for fiscal year 2029; 
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‘‘(9) $2,423,910,000 for fiscal year 2030; and 
‘‘(10) $2,521,990,000 for fiscal year 2031 and 
each succeeding fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated under sub-
section (a) for a fiscal year are to remain available to the 
Secretary through the two fiscal years following such fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(c) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.—If the amount appro-
priated under subsection (a) for a fiscal year is not suffi-
cient to award each institution participating in the grant 
programs under sections 499P, 499Q, and 499R a grant 
under this subpart equal to 100 percent of the grant 
amount determined under section 499S(b), the Secretary 
may ratably reduce the amount of each such grant or take 
other actions necessary to ensure an equitable distribution 
of such amount appropriated under subsection (a).’’. 
Æ 
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