Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act
This bill expands the allowable uses of grants for Hispanic-serving institutions. Specifically, grants may be used for (1) support programs that facilitate student advancement to doctoral degree programs in health care occupations; and (2) the development of, or expanded access to, dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college high school programs.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize additional grant 
             activities for Hispanic-serving institutions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Accessing Higher Education 
Opportunities Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZED GRANT ACTIVITIES.

    Subsection (b) of section 503 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1101b(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (16) as 
        paragraphs (9) through (18), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) Student support programs (which may include 
        counseling, mentoring, and other support services) designed to 
        facilitate the successful advancement of students from four-
        year institutions to postbaccalaureate doctoral degree granting 
        programs that prepare students for health care occupations as 
        such occupations are described in the most recent edition of 
        the Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the Bureau of 
        Labor Statistics.
            ``(8) Developing or expanding access to dual or concurrent 
        enrollment programs and early college high school programs.''.

SEC. 3. FUNDING.

    (a) Authorizations of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out part A of title V of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), as amended by this Act, $107,795,000 
for the first fiscal year starting after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
    (b) Additional Extensions Not Permitted.--Section 422 of the 
General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1226a) shall not apply to 
further extend the duration of the authority under subsection (a).
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Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize additional grant activities for Hispanic-serving institutions.
Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act
Rep. Ruiz, Raul