In the Senate of the United States,
July 20 (legislative day, July 19), 2007.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2669) entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for reconcili-
ation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 2008.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Higher Education Access Act of 2007’’.
(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.).
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TITLE I—GRANTS TO STUDENTS
IN ATTENDANCE AT INSTITU-
TIONS 
OF 
HIGHER 
EDU-
CATION
SEC. 101. TUITION SENSITIVITY.
(a) 
AMENDMENT.—Section 
401(b) 
(20 
U.S.C.
1070a(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
(b) 
AUTHORIZATION
AND
APPROPRIATION
OF
FUNDS.—There is authorized to be appropriated, and there
is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not oth-
erwise appropriated, for the Department of Education to
carry out the amendment made by subsection (a),
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
SEC. 102. PROMISE GRANTS.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subpart 1 of part A of title IV (20
U.S.C. 1070a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘SEC. 401B. PROMISE GRANTS.
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated
under subsection (e) for a fiscal year and subject to
subsection (b), the Secretary shall award grants to
students in the same manner as the Secretary awards
Federal Pell Grants to students under section 401, ex-
cept that—
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‘‘(A) at the beginning of each award year,
the Secretary shall establish a maximum and
minimum award level based on amounts made
available under subsection (e);
‘‘(B) the Secretary shall only award grants
under this section to students eligible for a Fed-
eral Pell Grant for the award year; and
‘‘(C) when determining eligibility for the
awards under this section, the Secretary shall
consider only those students who submitted a
Free Application for Federal Student Aid or
other common reporting form under section 483
as of July 1 of the award year for which the de-
termination is made.
‘‘(2) STUDENTS WITH THE GREATEST NEED.—
The Secretary shall ensure grants are awarded under
this section to students with the greatest need as de-
termined in accordance with section 471.
‘‘(b) COST OF ATTENDANCE LIMITATION.—A grant
awarded under this section for an award year shall be
awarded in an amount that does not exceed—
‘‘(1) the student’s cost of attendance for the
award year; less
‘‘(2) an amount equal to the sum of—
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‘‘(A) the expected family contribution for
the student for the award year; and
‘‘(B) any Federal Pell Grant award re-
ceived by the student for the award year.
‘‘(c) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Grants awarded
from funds made available under subsection (e) shall be
used to supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State,
or institutional grant funds.
‘‘(d) USE OF EXCESS FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) FIFTEEN PERCENT OR LESS.—If, at the end
of a fiscal year, the funds available for making grant
payments under this section exceed the amount nec-
essary to make the grant payments required under
this section to eligible students by 15 percent or less,
then all of the excess funds shall remain available for
making grant payments under this section during the
next succeeding fiscal year.
‘‘(2) MORE THAN FIFTEEN PERCENT.—If, at the
end of a fiscal year, the funds available for making
grant payments under this section exceed the amount
necessary to make the grant payments required under
this section to eligible students by more than 15 per-
cent, then all of such funds shall remain available for
making such grant payments but grant payments