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Jul 10, 2007

Summary of Amendments Submitted to H.R. 2669 - College Cost Reduction Act of 2007

Summary of Amendments Submitted to the Rules Committee for
H.R. 2669 - College Cost Reduction Act of 2007
Listed in Alphabetical Order

July 10, 2007 4:37 PM

 

Bilbray (CA)

#12

The amendment requires that schools participate in the basic pilot program described in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 in order to receive funding under the bill.


Bishop, Rob (UT)

#21

Current law provides that students eligible for Academic Competitiveness Grants must come from a program of study established by a state or local educational agency.  The amendment would provide, instead, that students could come from programs of study that prepare them for college and work beyond the basic graduation requirements and that are recognized by the designated state official, or with respect to private or home schools, by the designated school official for such schools.


Boyd (FL)

#27

(WITHDRAWN)  The amendment strikes Section 115 of the bill, "Reduction of Lender Insurance Percentage."


Castle (DE)

#15

This amendment would convert the mandatory spending programs into discretionary programs.  These programs include: loan forgiveness; Perkins loan program; Incentives for Low Tuition; Cooperative Education; Centers of Excellence; Investment in Minority-Serving Institutions; College Access Challenge Grants; and Funds for Upward Bound.  The mandatory funds saved through this conversation would go to increase Pell by $100 in the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 academic years and by an additional $50 from 2010-2011 through 2017-2018.


Cuellar (TX)

#10

The amendment would ensure that before a student loan auction pilot is implemented, the study group reaches agreement that it is practicable; in the best interest of both the taxpayers and the student loan borrowers; and would not limit availability of student loan funds.  Additionally, if and when such a pilot program is implemented, the amendment would require a report to Congress on the outcome of the pilot. The amendment would strike a provision permitting the Education Secretary to implement a program-wide auction system.


Ehlers (MI)

#17

The amendment allows the Department of Education (ED) to carry out an evaluation of the Upward Bound program.  In addition, it allows ED to continue to select students that are at high academic risk for failure but would not allow for selection of students based on their grade level.


Ehlers (MI)

#18

This amendment allows the Department of Education to go forward with its current plan to require an evaluation of the Upward Bound program.


Foxx (NC)

#13

The amendment strikes the prohibition on the implementation of the Department's absolute priority in the Upward Bound program.


Foxx (NC)

#16

This amendment removes government employees from the definition of “public sector.”  The effect of this amendment will be that government workers cannot take advantage of the new income-contingent repayment plan that forgives a public sector employee’s loan after 10 years.


Hastings (FL)

#1

(WITHDRAWN)  This amendment adds a new section to Title IV of H.R. 2669 to create a grant program for community colleges to provide educational opportunities to former gang members.  The pilot program also encourages community engagement in the participants’ transitional period from the juvenile detention center to a productive learning environment where they can obtain the skills and credentials necessary to obtain employment.


Hensarling (TX)

#7

The amendment would strike loan forgiveness for nurses, foreign language specialists, librarians, public sector employees, and other professions; Perkins Loan; grants to institutions for low tuition; Cooperative Education Rewards to institutions; TEACH grants; Centers of Excellence; HBCU and Minority Serving Institutions; College Access Challenge Grants; and Upward Bound from the bill.  In addition, the amendment would strike the mandatory funding for the Pell grant program, leaving intact the discretionary increases for the Pell program.


Hensarling (TX)

#8

The amendment would set the authorized maximum award for the Pell Grant at the current level, $5,800, through FY2013.  The amendment would also strike the new mandatory funding for the Pell program provided for in the underlying bill.


Johnson, Eddie Bernice (TX)

#5

The amendment expands the permissible services of Upward Bound to include programs and activities which are specifically designed for students of limited English proficiency, homeless youth, students who are in foster care, students who are in the criminal justice system, and students who are pregnant or parenting youth.


Keller (FL)

#19

(WITHDRAWN)  This amendment would adjust the manner in which the tuition increase is calculated from being calculated based on net price (sticker price minus grant aid) to just sticker price.  It would also provide an exemption for low cost schools so that they can increase their tuition at the same rate as a higher cost school and still receive the benefit.


Kennedy, Patrick (RI)/Ros-Lehtinen (FL)

#6

The amendment makes child and adolescent mental health professionals eligible for loan forgiveness for high need professions under Sec. 421 of the College Access and Opportunity Act of 2005.


King, Steve (IA)

#11

The amendment requires that schools participate in the basic pilot program described in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 in order to receive funding under the bill.


Kline (MN)

#14

This amendment adds two limitations to the interest rate reductions.  Borrowers making over $65,000 (or $135,000 if married) are no longer able to take advantage of the reduced interest rates in this bill.  Members of the military are exempt from this income limit and can take advantage of the reduced rates.  The income limitation is the same as the limits in place under current law for borrowers to be able to take advantage of the student loan interest tax deduction.


McKeon (CA)

#25

Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute.  (REVISED)  The amendment reduces subsidies in the loan programs and invests the majority of the savings in the Pell Grant program by providing increases of $350 in 2008 and $100 each year thereafter.  It also provides a plan for improved consumer information and public accountability with respect to college costs.


Miller, George (CA)

#9

Manager's Amendment.  (REVISED)  The Manager's amendment makes various technical changes to the College Cost Reduction Act, as well as changes the increases in the Income Protection Allowance; moves Guaranty Agency Account Maintenance fees to an originated-volume basis, but at a decreased level, and creates a new fee for Guaranty Agencies; adds school counselors to the loan-forgiveness program, and allows non-profit employees to receive loan forgiveness after 10 years of service; makes changes in Title II, Reducing the Cost of College, including eliminating the provision on State Maintenance of Effort; and ensures that all applicants with a score above 70 in the 2007 Upward Bound competition are funded.


Price, Tom (GA)

#22

This amendment strikes the new Teach Grants Program that gives entitlement funds to institutions of higher education in order to award Teach Grants, and the Centers of Excellence provision that gives entitlement funds to institutions of higher education for teacher preparation programs.


Price, Tom (GA)

#24

This amendment strikes the new College Access Challenge Grant Program that gives entitlement funds to philanthropic organizations.


Ryan, Paul (WI)

#26

(REVISED)  The amendment establishes a Point of Order in the House against reconciliation bills that create gross new direct spending in excess of 20% of the reconciliation instruction.


Souder (IN)

#20

This amendment strikes the Section 133 creation of “income-based repayment,” a new repayment plan that would reduce a borrower’s monthly loan repayment to no more than 15 percent of the borrower’s discretionary income.  It also authorizes an additional $840 million for Federal Pell Grants.


Walberg (MI)

#3

(WITHDRAWN)  The amendment strikes Section 201 of the legislation, "State Commitment to Affordable College Education," which requires States to maintain funding for public institutions of higher education. 


Walberg (MI)

#4

(WITHDRAWN)  The bill allows section 201, "State Commitment to Affordable College Education,"  to be waived in the case of an unforeseen decline in the financial resources of the State educational agency.  The amendment allows for waivers instead in the case of an unforeseen decline in the financial resources of the State, and defines "unforeseen decline" as a negative growth of the State GDP over a five-year cycle.


Walberg (MI)

#23

(WITHDRAWN)  The bill funds all Upward Bound projects that received assistance in FY06 but not in FY07 (other than new applicants) with a grant score above 70.  The amendment would provide, instead, for funding to FY07 competition applicants that did not receive awards in FY07.

Wu (OR)

#2

(WITHDRAWN)  The bill provides funds for, among other groups, Asian American and Pacific Islander students from subgroups with low levels of college degree attainment. The amendment would strike "from subgroups with low levels of college degree attainment."