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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1499

To amend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 to permit 
  individuals who graduated from a secondary school prior to 1998 and 
individuals who enroll in an institution of higher education more than 
3 years after graduating from a secondary school to participate in the 
  tuition assistance programs under such Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2001

 Mr. Norton (for herself, Mrs. Morella, and Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 to permit 
  individuals who graduated from a secondary school prior to 1998 and 
individuals who enroll in an institution of higher education more than 
3 years after graduating from a secondary school to participate in the 
  tuition assistance programs under such Act, 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 ``District of Columbia College Access 
Act Technical Corrections Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. REVISIONS TO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR TUITION ASSISTANCE 
              UNDER DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS ACT.

    (a) Permitting Certain Individuals to Participate in Tuition 
Assistance Program.--
            (1) Individuals graduating from secondary school prior to 
        1998.--Section 3(c)(2)(B) of the District of Columbia College 
        Access Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-98; 113 Stat. 1325) is 
        amended by striking ``on or after January 1, 1998''.
            (2) Individuals enrolling more than 3 years after 
        graduating from secondary school.--Section 3(c)(2) of such Act 
        (Public Law 106-98; 113 Stat. 1325) is amended by striking 
        subparagraph (C).
    (b) Prohibiting Participation of Foreign Nationals.--Section 
3(c)(2) of such Act (Public Law 106-98; 113 Stat. 1325), as amended by 
subsection (a)(2), is amended by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
following:
                    ``(C) meets the citizenship and immigration status 
                requirements described in section 484(a)(5) of the 
                Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(a)(5));''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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