SMART Grant Reauthorization Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4221
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-12-10
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding

Foreign language and bilingual programs

Higher education

Science and engineering education

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-12-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>SMART Grant Reauthorization Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the program awarding Academic Competitiveness Grants to first- and second-year undergraduates who completed a rigorous high school curriculum and are eligible for Federal Pell Grants.</p> <p>It reauthorizes and appropriates funds through FY2022 for National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grants (SMART Grants) currently awarded to third, fourth, and fifth-year undergraduates who are eligible for Pell Grants and are pursuing: </p> <ul> <li> a major in the physical, life, or computer sciences, mathematics, technology, or engineering or a critical foreign language; or </li> <li> equivalent coursework in a qualifying liberal arts program that does not allow students to declare a major in a particular subject matter.</li> </ul> <p>The bill limits SMART Grant eligibility to students who are pursuing a major in the physical sciences or are pursuing equivalent coursework in a qualifying liberal arts program that does not allow students to declare a major in a particular subject matter.</p> <p>It terminates the Department of Education's authority to award SMART Grants at the end of award year 2020-2021.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4221 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 10, 2015 Mr. Carney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore National SMART Grants for a certain number of award years.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the SMART Grant Reauthorization Act of 2015 . 2. Restoration of SMART Grants Section 401A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070a–1 ) is amended— (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows: National SMART Grants ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking paragraph (1); and (B) by striking this section and all that follows through for the third and inserting this section for the third ; (3) in subsection (c)(3)— (A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B); (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (E) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; (C) in subparagraph (A)(i), as so redesignated— (i) by striking or at the end of subclause (I) and inserting and ; (ii) by striking major in and all that follows through the physical and inserting major in the physical ; and (iii) by striking subclause (II); and (D) in subparagraph (C)(i), as so redesignated— (i) by striking or at the end of subclause (I) and inserting and ; (ii) by striking major in and all that follows through the physical and inserting major in the physical ; and (iii) by striking subclause (II); (4) in subsection (d)(1)(A)— (A) by striking clauses (i) and (ii); (B) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; (C) in clause (i), as so redesignated, by striking subparagraph (C) or (D) and inserting subparagraph (A) or (B) ; and (D) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by striking (E) and inserting (C) ; (5) by amending subsection (e)(1) to read as follows: (1) Authorization and appropriation of funds There are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Education to carry out this section $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. ; (6) by striking subsection (f); (7) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f); and (8) in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by striking 2010–2011 and inserting 2020–2021 .