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Version 36 · Passed House amended · May 24, 1999
District of Columbia College Access Act - Establishes the District of Columbia College Access Scholarship Program and the District of Columbia College Access Fund, out of which the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall award such scholarships.Sets forth administrative procedures for the Program. Requires the Mayor to award a scholarship of not more than $10,000 per academic year for attendance at an eligible public institution of higher education located outside the District to each applicant who is a qualified high school graduate and has resided in the District for at least the 12 consecutive months preceding the academic year for which the scholarship is sought. Sets the amount of each scholarship at the difference between the institution's non-resident and State resident tuition (or county resident tuition, if less than State), with a ratable reduction if the amount available from the Fund for any academic year is not sufficient to pay the scholarship. Requires such scholarships to provide tuition assistance grants in a uniform amount up to $3,000 per academic year (subject to similar ratable reductions) for attendance at eligible private institutions located in the District, Maryland, or Virginia.Allows the Mayor to enter into a contract with a nongovernmental agency to administer the Program and the Fund.Authorizes appropriation to: (1) the Fund for FY 2000 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years; and (2) the University of the District of Columbia for the same period.
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Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] · R–VA
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Became Public Law No: 106-98.
Became Public Law No: 106-98.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H11170-11176)
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote.(consideration: CR H11170-11176)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on agreeing to the Senate amendment to H.R. 974.
Mr. Davis (VA) moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Amendment SP 2317 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Amendment SP 2317 proposed by Senator Specter for Senator Thompson.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S12851-12853; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S12851-12853)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 275.
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Thompson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 106-154. Additional views filed.
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Thompson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 106-154. Additional views filed.
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management. Hearings held.
Referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3465-3466)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3465-3466)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 974.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3465-3469)
Mr. Davis (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 88.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than May 24, 1999.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 106-158, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 106-158, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on District of Columbia.
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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