[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4681 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4681

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide greater support to 
           students with dependents, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2016

 Ms. Duckworth (for herself and Ms. Clark of Massachusetts) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                           and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide greater support to 
           students with dependents, 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 ``Child Care Access Means Parents in 
School Reauthorization Act'' or the ``CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO CCAMPIS.

    Section 419N of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070e) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by amending subparagraph (B) 
                to read as follows:
                    ``(B) Contents.--To ensure that the reports 
                submitted under paragraph (1) collect relevant data on 
                the program under this section and its impact, the 
                Secretary shall determine the contents of such reports 
                after consultation with relevant stakeholders.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Publication of reports.--Not later than 1 year after 
        the first report is submitted under paragraph (1), as amended 
        by the CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act, and annually thereafter, 
        the Secretary shall publish the reports submitted under 
        paragraph (1) for the preceding year on the public website of 
        the Department.''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $67,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 
and each succeeding fiscal year.''.

SEC. 3. REPORT BY OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Education (acting through the Office of Postsecondary 
Education) shall report to Congress on the plans of the Department of 
Education to better serve postsecondary students with dependents.
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