Title: Coronavirus College Access and Completion Emergency Relief Act
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Coronavirus College Access and Completion Emergency Relief Act
This bill provides additional appropriations to the Department of Education for TRIO programs. (These outreach and student services programs identify and provide services to students from disadvantaged backgrounds.)
The bill provides the funding to (1) expand program capacity to serve more low-income, first-generation students, students with disabilities, veterans, unemployed adults, and other qualified individuals; and (2) provide such students with technology support.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8422 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8422

 To provide additional appropriations for TRIO programs, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2020

 Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma (for herself, Mr. Young, Ms. Kuster of 
  New Hampshire, Ms. Dean, Mr. Keating, Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto 
 Rico, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Moore, Mrs. Axne, and 
Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide additional appropriations for TRIO programs, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coronavirus College Access and 
Completion Emergency Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRIO PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Amounts appropriated.--There is appropriated to the 
        Secretary of Education, out of amounts in the Treasury not 
        otherwise appropriated, $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, for 
        grants and contracts under chapter 1 of subpart 2 of part A of 
        title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-
        11 et seq.), for the purpose of expanding program capacity to 
        serve more low-income, first-generation students, students with 
        disabilities, veterans, unemployed adults, and other qualified 
        individuals and to provide such students technology support.
            (2) Allocation of funds.--From the amounts appropriated 
        under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Education shall allot--
                    (A) $250,000,000 for grants to each recipient 
                receiving funding under such chapter for fiscal year 
                2020 to expand program capacity to serve more qualified 
                individuals, of which--
                            (i) $32,000,000 shall be for Educational 
                        Opportunity Centers programs under section 402F 
                        of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                        1070a-16);
                            (ii) $54,000,000 shall be for Talent Search 
                        programs under section 402B of the Higher 
                        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-12); and
                            (iii) the remainder of such funds shall be 
                        for all programs under chapter 1 of subpart 2 
                        of part A of title IV of the Higher Education 
                        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 et seq.); and
                    (B) notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
                $200,000,000 for grants to each recipient receiving 
                funding under such chapter for fiscal year 2020 to 
                allow those recipients to provide technology support to 
                students, which may include support for broadband 
                access and computer hardware and software.
    (b) Applicability of Terms and Conditions.--Except as specified in 
subsection (a)(2)(B), the terms and conditions that apply to grants 
under chapter 1 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 et seq.) shall apply to 
grants made with funds made available under subsection (a).
    (c) General Provisions.--Any amount appropriated under this section 
is in addition to other amounts appropriated or made available for the 
applicable purpose.
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