,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdgj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #be1 #bjai,mr4 
,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois 7for     
himself and ,ms4 ,underwood7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,education and     
,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,higher
 ,education ,act of #aife to provide    
basic and emergency supplemental living 
assistance grants under the student     
support services program4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,earl ,n4 ,williams1 ,sr41 ,first       
,chance ,act4  #b4 ,supplemental living 
assistance in the student support       
services program ,section #djb;,d of the
 ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj  
,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;a-#ad7 is amended--     
7#a7 in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in        
paragraph 7#e71 by striking and at the  
end2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#f71 by        
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#g7 basic and  

emergency supplemental living assistance
 grants in accordance with subsection   
7f74  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end  
the following3  7f7 ,basic and emergency
 supplemental living assistance grants  
7#a7 ,in general ,in carrying out the   
activities required under subsection    
7b77#g7 with a grant received under this
 section1 the recipient of such grant   
shall provide basic and emergency       
supplemental living assistance grants to
 assist students who are current        
participants in the student support     
services program offered by the         
institution 7in this subsection referred
 to as eligible students7-- 7,a7 in the 
case of a basic supplemental living     
assistance grant1 in covering           
reasonable1 anticipated expenses        
necessary for the completion of an      
academic year of the students' first    
undergraduate baccalaureate course of   
study2 and  7,b7 in the case of an      
emergency supplemental living assistance
 grant1 in covering reasonable1         

unanticipated expenses necessary for the
 students to persist in college during  
such academic year4  7#b7 ,amount of    
grants ,the recipient may determine--   
7,a7 the appropriate division of the    
funds between basic and emergency       
supplemental assistance grants1 except  
that funds shall be provided for both   
basic and emergency grants2  7,b7 the   
amount of each such grant and the total 
grant funds that an eligible student may
 receive1 except that a student may not 
receive more than a total of #ejj in    
emergency supplemental assistance grants
 per academic year2 and  7,c7 the       
anticipated and unanticipated expenses  
referred to in paragraph 7#a7 that such 
grants will cover based on the needs of 
eligible students1 which-- 7i7 may vary 
by factors including academic year1     
housing1 parental status1 location in   
urban or rural area1 or other           
circumstances2 and  7ii7 for an         
individual student1 may cover-- 7,i7 any
 component of the cost of attendance for

 the student2  7,,ii7 an allowance for  
actual or expected expenses incurred for
 dependent care that exceeds such       
expenses determined for the student     
under section #dgb7h72  7,,iii7 an      
allowance for actual or expected        
expenses for transportation that exceeds
 such expenses determined for the       
student under section #dgb2 and  7,,iv7 
personal items or expenses not otherwise
 covered by the cost of attendance for  
the student4  7#c7 ,percentage of total 
funds ,the recipient may use not more   
than #b percent of the funds awarded    
under this section for grants under this
 subsection4  7#d7 ,determination of    
need ,a grant provided to a student     
under this subsection shall not be      
considered in determining that student's
 need for grant or work assistance under
 this title1 except that in no case     
shall the total amount of student       
financial assistance awarded to a       
student under this title exceed that    
student's cost of attendance by more    

than #ejj4  7#e7 ,consultation ,in      
making grants to students under this    
subsection1 an institution shall ensure 
that adequate consultation takes place  
between the student support service     
program office and the institution's    
financial aid office4  7#f7 ,supplement1
 not supplant ,funds received by a grant
 recipient that are used under this     
subsection shall be used to supplement1 
and not supplant1 non-,federal funds    
expended for student support services   
programs4  7#g7 ,funds ,for a fiscal    
year for which the funds allocated for  
projects authorized under this section  
from the amounts appropriated pursuant  
to the authority of section #djb;,a7g7  
exceeds the funds allocated for such    
purpose for fiscal year #bjai1 not more 
than #b percent of such excess funds may
 be made available for grants under this
 subsection4  7#h7 ,definition ,in this 
subsection1 the term cost of attendance 
has the meaning given the term in       
section #dgb4  4