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Union Calendar No. 184
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3076
[Report No. 108–307] 
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 
OCTOBER 8, 2003
Additional sponsor: Mr. UPTON 
OCTOBER 8, 2003 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 11, 2003] 
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. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Graduate Opportunities in Higher Education Act of 
2003’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly pro-
vided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is ex-
pressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section 
or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be 
made to a section or other provision of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 
SEC. 2. JAVITS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) 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 personal 
or family member illness, the institution of higher education 
may also permit the fellowship recipient to interrupt peri-
ods of study for the duration of the tour of duty (in the 
case of military service) or not more than 12 months (in 
any other case), but without payment of the stipend.’’. 
(b) 
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.’’. 
(c) 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) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph 
(1)(A) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) The Secretary shall (in 
addition to stipends paid to individuals under this 
subpart) pay to the institution of higher education, 
for each individual awarded a fellowship under this 
subpart at such institution, an institutional allow-
ance. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), such 
allowance shall be, for 2004–2005 and succeeding aca-
demic 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 Con-
sumer Price Index for the previous calendar year.’’. 
(d) 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 such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 suc-
ceeding fiscal years’’. 
SEC. 3. GRADUATE ASSISTANCE IN AREAS OF NATIONAL 
NEED. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF AREAS OF NATIONAL NEED; PRI-
ORITY.—Section 712 (20 U.S.C. 1135a) is amended—
(1) in the last sentence of subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and an assessment’’ and 
inserting ‘‘an assessment’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the period at the end 
the following: ‘‘, and the priority described in 
subsection (c) of this section’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall establish a pri-
ority for grants in order to prepare individuals for the pro-
fessoriate who will train highly-qualified elementary and 
secondary school teachers of math, science, and special edu-
cation, and teachers who provide instruction for limited 
English proficient individuals. Such grants shall offer pro-
gram assistance and graduate fellowships for—
‘‘(1) post-baccalaureate study related to teacher 
preparation and pedagogy in math and science for 
students who have completed a master’s degree or are 
pursuing a doctorate of philosophy in math and 
science; 
‘‘(2) post-baccalaureate study related to teacher 
preparation and pedagogy in special education and 
English language acquisition and academic pro-
ficiency for limited English proficient individuals; 
and 
‘‘(3) support of dissertation research in the fields 
of math, science, special education, or second lan-
guage pedagogy and second language acquisition.’’. 
(b) COLLABORATION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN APPLI-
CATIONS.—Section 713(b) (20 U.S.C. 1135b) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(9);