SMART Grant Reauthorization Act of 2014 - 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.
Reauthorizes and appropriates funds through FY2020 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:
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.
Terminates the Secretary of Education's authority to award SMART Grants at the end of award year 2020-2021.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5566 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5566
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore National SMART
Grants for a certain number of award years.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 18, 2014
Mr. Carney 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 restore National SMART
Grants for a certain number of award years.
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 ``SMART Grant Reauthorization Act of
2014''.
SEC. 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 2015 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''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
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