Empower Parents in College Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4253 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow a recipient of an institutional aid grant to use funds under such grant to establish, im- prove, or expand partnerships with child care providers. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow a recipient of an institutional aid grant to use funds under such grant to establish, improve, or expand partnerships with child care providers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Empower Parents in 4 College Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:58 Sep 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4253.IH H4253 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4253 IH SEC. 2. INSTITUTIONAL AID GRANT AUTHORIZED ACTIVI- 1 TIES. 2 Section 311(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 3 (20 U.S.C. 1057(c)) is amended— 4 (1) by redesignating paragraph (13) as para- 5 graph (14); and 6 (2) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol- 7 lowing: 8 ‘‘(13) Establishing, improving, or expanding 9 partnerships with child care providers.’’. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:58 Sep 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4253.IH H4253 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS