To amend the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to waive certain eligibility requirements.

Bill: 113-hr-2069
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-21
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Department of the Interior

Education programs funding

Higher education

Indian social and development programs

Minority education
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to waive, for up to seven years, Tribally Controlled Colleges or Universities Grant program eligibility requirements for tribally controlled colleges or universities that: (1) have received assistance under that program for ten consecutive years, (2) are located on Indian land in a county whose Indian population did not decrease by more than 1% between the two most recent decennial censuses, and (3) the Secretary determines will use the waiver to support higher education opportunities appropriate to Indian needs. (The requirements that may be waived deal with school governance, adherence to Indian needs, student body composition, and accreditation.)</p> <p>Deems an application for such a waiver to be approved if the Secretary does not act upon it within 30 days of its receipt.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2069 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2013 Mr. Benishek introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to waive certain eligibility requirements.

1. Amendment to the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 Section 103 of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 ( 25 U.S.C. 1804 ) is amended— (1) by striking To be eligible and inserting (a) To be eligible ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections: (b) The Secretary may waive the eligibility requirements set forth in subsection (a) for a period of not more than 7 years upon request by a tribally controlled college or university— (1) that has received assistance under this title for 10 consecutive years; (2) that is located on Indian lands; (3) that is located in a county that has an Indian population that did not decrease by more than one percent during the interval between the two most recent decennial censuses of population under section 141 of the title 13, United States Code; and (4) for which the Secretary has determined that such a waiver will support higher education opportunities appropriate to the needs of Indians. (c) The Secretary shall approve or deny an application for a waiver under subsection (b) within 30 days of receipt of such an application or such application shall be deemed to be approved. .