College Cost Reduction and Access Act Technical Amendments of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4153
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2007-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Aid to dependent children
Armed Forces and National Security
Black colleges
Cash welfare block grants
Collection of accounts
Earned income tax credit
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Families
Federal aid to education
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Guardian and ward
Higher education
Income tax
Married people
Minority education
National Guard
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Orphans
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Tax credits
Tax returns
Taxation
Taxation of foreign income
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: 
College Cost Reduction and Access Act Technical Amendments of 2007 - Makes technical changes to amendments the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (the Act) made to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA).
 
Ensures that mandatory Pell grant funding made available for any fiscal year by such Act remains available for the succeeding fiscal year (thus, for the full Pell grant award year).
 
Specifies the untaxed income and benefits which the Act excluded from the list of untaxed income and benefits considered in federal student need analyses (thereby, specifically excluding them from such analyses).
 
Clarifies that students who were orphans, wards of the court, or in foster care when they were 13 or older are independent for federal student aid purposes.
 
Provides that, for married borrowers who file separate tax returns, income-based loan repayments under the HEA shall be determined solely on the basis of their individual student loan debt and adjusted gross income.
 
Ensures that National Guard members who serve full-time are eligible for the student loan deferment the Act provides to other military personnel for 13 months after the conclusion of active duty service.
 
Moves the Act's funding program for minority-serving institutions from title IV (Student Assistance) to title III (Institutional Aid) of the HEA.

action_date: 2007-11-13
text: 
College Cost Reduction and Access Act Technical Amendments of 2007 - Makes technical changes to amendments the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (the Act) made to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA).
 
Ensures that mandatory Pell grant funding made available for any fiscal year by such Act remains available for the succeeding fiscal year (thus, for the full Pell grant award year).
 
Specifies the untaxed income and benefits which the Act excluded from the list of untaxed income and benefits considered in federal student need analyses (thereby, specifically excluding them from such analyses).
 
Clarifies that students who were orphans, wards of the court, or in foster care when they were 13 or older are independent for federal student aid purposes.
 
Provides that, for married borrowers who file separate tax returns, income-based loan repayments under the HEA shall be determined solely on the basis of their individual student loan debt and adjusted gross income.
 
Ensures that National Guard members who serve full-time are eligible for the student loan deferment the Act provides to other military personnel for 13 months after the conclusion of active duty service.
 
Moves the Act's funding program for minority-serving institutions from title IV (Student Assistance) to title III (Institutional Aid) of the HEA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H13819-13820)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H13819-13820)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4153.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Mr. Bishop (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H13819-13820)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Introduced in House