Arts-Humanities Foundation Bill - Due for House Action on Sept.13

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September 3, 1965 bulletin summarizes Senate action on a higher education measure that authorizes major spending and advances it to a House-Senate conference after differences are reconciled. It details Senate committee approvals and key changes, including amendments affecting fraternal and religious organizations, graduate-study loan repayment deferrals, interest-rate ceilings, and adjustments to NDEA-related loan coverage. It also records the House’s earlier passage of a medical school bill by a large margin and lists its main grant and scholarship authorizations, followed by House-adopted scholarship conditions.

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Senate Passes Its Version Of Higher Education Bill; It Now Goes to Conference

Senate committee approvals and key changes

Floor amendments adopted

Voting results and dissenters

Medical School Bill Passes House by Vote of 340 to 47; It Goes to Senate Committee

House authorizations in HR 3141

The House adopted amendments

Higher EducationandNational Affairs House,by Vote of 340-47,PassesMeasure to Aid Medical Schools * * * # Arts-Humanities Foundation BillDue for House Action on Sept.13 American Council on Education·1785 Massachusetts Avenue,N.W.,Washington 36,D.C. September 3,1965 Volume XIV,Number 28 By a vote of 79 to 3 on September 2,the Senate passed its versionof HR 9567,a higher education bill which authorizes expendituresof some $668 million in the first year and a total of $4.7 billionover five years.The measure now goes to a conference to recon- Senate Passes Its VersionOf Higher Education Bill;It Now Goes to Conference cile differences between House and Senate versions;however,a meeting of the conferees isnot expected before the week of September 13. The Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee approved the bill on August 31 and re-ported it the next day (Senate Report 673)making only two significant changes in the measureas it was cleared by the Senate Subcommittee on Education(see Bulletin,Vol.XIV,No.27).The full committee limited the additional authorization for construction grants under theHigher Education Facilities Act to the current fiscal year,adding $100 million to the author-ization for undergraduate facility grants and $60 million to the authorization for graduatefacility grants.The committee added teachers of industrial arts to the section of the Na-tional Defense Education Act which authorizes institutes to train elementary and secondaryteachers.The subcommittee previously had added teachers of economics and civics to thatsection. During debate on the Senate floor,amendments were adopted which would: o Prohibit Federal direction,supervision or control over the membership practices orinternal operations of any fraternal organization,any fraternity or sorority,or any religiousorganization at any institution of higher education,whose facilities are not owned by the in-stitution of higher education and whose activities are financed from funds derived from pri-vate sources."(The language contained in the House bill does not include the phrase relatingto the ownership of facilities and the private financing.) ● Permit the deferral of repayments of principal under the guaranteed loan program whilethe borrower is pursuing graduate studies and for up to three years while the borrower is inthe Armed Forces of the United States or in the Peace Corps.Interest would continue toaccrue and be payable during that period. ● Establish a ceiling of 3 percent on the interest rate for loans for the construction ofacademic facilities under the Higher Education Facilities Act. ● Allow an institution to add to its Federal share of NDEA loan funds up to 25 percent ofits allotted funds under the scholarship section of the bill. ● Include direct loans made to students by state agencies in the coverage of the Federallyguaranteed,reduced-interest loan section. Senator Abraham A.Ribicoff(D-Conn.)announced at the start of the Senate debate thathe would not offer his tax credit proposal as an amendment to the higher education bill.However,he declared that he would act to bring the tax credit bill,S12,to the floor in thenext session of Congress.He said he was "still fully convinced of the basic need of taxcredits for higher education expenses." Three other amendments were offered and then withdrawn.One would have created asingle large loan program in lieu of the NDEA program,the proposed scholarships,andguaranteed reduced-interest loans,with repayment based on annual installments equal to25 percent of the "higher education investment profit!which the borrower realized as theresult of the loan--this to be determined by the difference between his income and the aver-age income of individuals who did not go to college.Another withdrawn amendment wouldhave provided a tax deduction for higher education expenses.The third withdrawn amend-ment would have increased the amounts which could be borrowed under the guarantee

FAQs

What does the Senate bill authorize and what happens next?

The Senate passed its version of HR 9567, authorizing expenditures in the first year and across five years. The measure goes to a conference to reconcile differences between House and Senate versions.

Which major loan-related changes are mentioned in the Senate floor amendments?

The amendments include deferring principal repayments during graduate studies and for additional service-related periods, continuing interest accrual. They also set a 3 percent ceiling on certain construction-loan interest rates and adjust coverage for federally guaranteed reduced-interest loans.

What does HR 3141 passed by the House provide for medical schools?

HR 3141 authorizes operating grants, construction grants, student loan funds, and scholarships for health professions education. It includes grants to improve schools of medicine and related fields, scholarships up to $2,500 per year, extensions of construction grants, and extensions/expansions of the student loan program.

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