,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjfi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ba1 #bjac ,mr4 
,benishek introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,education and the ,workforce  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,tribally         
,controlled ,colleges and ,universities 
,assistance ,act of #aigh to authorize  
the ,secretary of the ,interior to waive
 certain eligibility requirements4  #a4 
,amendment to the ,tribally ,controlled 
,colleges and ,universities ,assistance 
,act of #aigh ,section #ajc of the      
,tribally ,controlled ,colleges and     
,universities ,assistance ,act of #aigh 
7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjd7 is amended--  7#a7
 by striking ,to be eligible and        
inserting 7a7 ,to be eligible2 and  7#b7
 by adding at the end the following new 
subsections3  7b7 ,the ,secretary may   
waive the eligibility requirements set  
forth in subsection 7a7 for a period of 
not more than #g years upon request by a
 tribally controlled college or         

university--  7#a7 that has received    
assistance under this title for #aj     
consecutive years2  7#b7 that is located
 on ,indian lands2  7#c7 that is located
 in a county that has an ,indian        
population that did not decrease by more
 than one percent during the interval   
between the two most recent decennial   
censuses of population under section    
#ada of the title #ac1 ,united ,states  
,code2 and  7#d7 for which the          
,secretary has determined that such a   
waiver will support higher education    
opportunities appropriate to the needs  
of ,indians4  7c7 ,the ,secretary shall 
approve or deny an application for a    
waiver under subsection 7b7 within #cj  
days of receipt of such an application  
or such application shall be deemed to  
be approved4  4