Intelligence Community Families Act

Intelligence Community Families Act

This bill makes officers or employees of the intelligence community (or their spouses and dependent children) who are domiciled or assigned to a duty station in a given state eligible for in-state tuition at public institutions of higher education in that state. Such individuals retain their eligibility for in-state tuition provided they maintain continuous enrollment even if their domicile or duty station changes.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6796 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6796

  To extend the provisions of the Foreign Service Families Act to the 
            intelligence community, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2023

 Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
  To extend the provisions of the Foreign Service Families Act to the 
            intelligence community, 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 ``Intelligence Community Families 
Act''.

SEC. 2. IN-STATE TUITION RATES FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF INTELLIGENCE 
              COMMUNITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 135(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1015d(d)), as amended by section 6206(a)(4) of the Foreign 
Service Families Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-81), is further amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) an officer or employee of an element of the 
        intelligence community (as such term is defined in section 3 of 
        the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) who serves 
        in a position of employment in such element for a period of 
        more than 30 days.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect at each public institution of higher education in a State 
that receives assistance under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) for the first period of enrollment at such 
institution that begins after July 1, 2024.
                                 <all>