United States · Law · S
S. 1965 (99th)
Higher Education Amendments of 1986
Introduced
17 December 1985
Last action
17 October 1986 · President
Status
Became Public Law No: 99-498.
Sponsors
Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT], Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI], Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT], Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY], Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI], Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL], Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD], Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK], Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL], Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS], Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV], Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN], Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD], Sen. Abdnor, James [R-SD], Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH], Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV], Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN], Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA], Sen. Evans, Daniel J. [R-WA], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME], Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ], Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC], Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA], Sen. Andrews, Mark [R-ND], Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE], Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL], Sen. Stennis, John C. [D-MS], Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY], Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA], Sen. Mattingly, Mack [R-GA], Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE], Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL]
Subjects
Education
Source updated
21 April 2025
Summary
Higher Education Amendments of 1985 - Revises and reauthorizes through FY 1991 specified programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). Title I: Student Assistance - Part A: Grants to Students - Subpart I: Pell Grants - Extends the Pell Grant program. Revises program eligibility requirements. Revises maximum grant limits and cost of attendance formulas and rules. Sets forth a separate new family contribution schedule for Pell Grants. Sets forth a procedure with respect to award errors and overpayments. Subpart 2: Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants - Authorizes appropriations for the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program. Revises program provisions relating to: (1) the maximum amount of such grants; (2) priority for needy students; and (3) apportionment. Subpart 3: State Student Incentive Grants - Authorizes appropriations for the State Student Incentive Grants Program. Sets forth a Federal share limitation under such program. Subpart 4: Student Support Service Programs - Authorizes appropriations for Student Support Service Programs. Revises program provisions, including provisions for veterans and for outreach and staff development. Subpart 5: Special Programs for Students Whose Families are Engaged in Migrant and Seasonal Farmwork - Authorizes appropriations for the program referred to under this subpart. Part B: Guaranteed Loans - Extends and revises the Guaranteed Student Loan Program (including the Federally-Insured Student Loan Program). Part C: Work Study Programs - Extends and revises work study programs (including work study for community service learning on behalf of low-income individuals and families). Part D: Direct Loans - Extends and revises the Direct Student Loan Program (including loan priority for needy students and interest rates on loans made after July 1, 1986). Part E: General Student Aid Provisions - Revises various provisions relating to HEA title IV (Student Assistance) programs generally. Title II: Institutional and Program Assistance - Part A: Continuing Postsecondary Education Program and Planning - Repeals title I (Continuing Postsecondary Education Program and Planning) under HEA. Provides for a National Advisory Council on Continuing Education. Part B: Libraries - Reauthorizes HEA provisions relating to libraries. Revises provisions relating to college library resources. Authorizes a study of the effectiveness of the needs criteria for the College Library Resource Program. Strengthens research library resources. Repeals specified provisions relating to libraries. Part C: Institutional Aid - Reauthorizes provisions relating to institutional aid. Part D: Teacher Training and Development - Subpart I: Teacher Training Programs for Higher Educational Personnel - Repeals part B (Teacher Training Programs) of Title V (Teacher Corps and Teacher Training Programs) of HEA. Subpart 2: Training for School Teachers To Teach Handicapped Children - Repeals part C (Training for Elementary and Secondary School Teachers to Teach Handicapped Children in Areas with a shortage) of title V of HEA. Subpart 3: Coordination - Repeals part D (Coordination of Education Professional Development) of title V of HEA. Subpart 4: Carl D. Perkins Scholarship Program - Authorizes specified appropriations for the Carl D. Perkins Scholarship Program for FY 1987 through 1991. Subpart 5: National Talented Teacher Fellowship Program - Authorizes specified appropriations for the National Talented Teacher Program for FY 1987 through 1991. Part E: International Education - Reauthorizes provisions related to international and foreign language study (including provisions on language and area centers, foreign language resource centers, summer institutes, and research). Authorizes specified appropriations for the provision of international education for FY 1987 through 1991. Part F: Construction and Renovation - (Reserved.) Part G: Cooperative Education - Authorizes specified appropriations for cooperative education for FY 1987 through 1991. Authorizes grants (and contracts for demonstration projects) for cooperative education programs. Part H: Graduate and Professional Programs - Subpart I: Grants to Institutions of Higher Education - Repeals part A (Grants to Institutions of Higher Education) of title IX (Graduate Programs) of HEA. Subpart 2: Fellowships for Graduate and Professional Study - Increases the maximum institutional and individual grant amounts for graduate and professional study under HEA for institutions and individuals. Establishes a minimum institutional payment. Authorizes specified appropriations for fellowships for graduate and professional study for FY 1987 through 1991. Subpart 3: National Graduate Fellows Program - Extends and limits the authorization of appropriations for the National Graduate Fellows Program through FY 1991. Requires that awardees under such program be known as Jacob J. Javits Fellows. Subpart 4: Training in the Legal Profession - Authorizes specified appropriations for HEA legal training programs for FY 1987 through 1991. Subpart 5: Law School Clinical Experience Programs - Authorizes specified appropriations for Law School Clinical Experience Programs under HEA for FY 1987 through 1991. Part I: Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education - Authorizes specified appropriations for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education for FY 1987 through 1991. Establishes a program of grants to and contract with higher education institutions and other agencies and organizations for innovative projects for community services and student financial independence. Authorizes specified appropriations for such program for FY 1987 through 1991. Establishes a Community College Unit in the Office of Postsecondary Education. Authorizes specified appropriations for the Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program for FY 1987 through 1991. Part J: Urban University Program - Repeals title XI (Urban Grant University Program) of HEA. Title III: Regional Education Laboratories and Research and Development Centers - Amends a specified provision of the General Education Provisions Act to reauthorize appropriations for regional educational laboratories and research and development centers through 1991.
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Timeline
17 December 1985
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
17 December 1985
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
19 March 1986
Reported
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
13 May 1986
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 646.
Source: Calendars
13 May 1986
Reported
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Stafford for Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 99-296. Additional views filed.
Source: Committee
13 May 1986
Reported
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Stafford for Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 99-296. Additional views filed.
Source: Committee
2 June 1986
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Source: Floor
3 June 1986
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
3 June 1986
Vote
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 93-1. Record Vote No: 110.
Source: Floor
17 June 1986
Floor
House Incorporated H.R.2246 in This Measure as an Amendment.
Source: Floor
17 June 1986
Passed
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
17 June 1986
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
17 June 1986
Floor
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Floor
24 June 1986
Floor
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Source: Floor
14 July 1986
Passed
Senate disagreed to the House amendment by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
14 July 1986
Passed
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate disagreed to the House amendment by Voice Vote.
Source: NotUsed
14 July 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Senate requests a conference. Appoints conferees. Hatch; Stafford; Quayle; Weicker; Wallop; Thurmond; Kennedy; Pell; Dodd; Matsunaga; Simon.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
24 July 1986
Passed
House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Hawkins, Ford (MI), Gaydos, Biaggi, Williams, Owens, Hayes, Perkins, Bruce, Solarz, Dymally, Eckart (OH), Penny.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
24 July 1986
ResolvingDifferences
House Insisted on its Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
24 July 1986
NotUsed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Insisted on its Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: NotUsed
29 July 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
29 July 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
30 July 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
30 July 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
31 July 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
31 July 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
6 August 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
6 August 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
7 August 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
7 August 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
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8 August 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
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8 August 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
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12 August 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
12 August 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
13 August 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
13 August 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 August 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 August 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
15 August 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
15 August 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 September 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 September 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
11 September 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
11 September 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
12 September 1986
Passed
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
12 September 1986
Passed
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 September 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference papers, Senate report and managers' statement held at the desk.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 September 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference Report 99-861 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 September 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report filed: Conference Report 99-861 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
23 September 1986
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.557 Reported to House.
Source: Floor
23 September 1986
Floor
Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Waiving All Points of Order Against the Conference Report.
Source: Floor
24 September 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference papers, message on House action held at the desk.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
24 September 1986
Vote
Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 385 - 25 (Record Vote No: 409).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
24 September 1986
Vote
House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 385 - 25 (Record Vote No: 409).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
24 September 1986
Floor
Considered by House Pursuant to the Provisions of H.Res. 557.
Source: Floor
24 September 1986
Passed
Rule Passed House.
Source: Floor
25 September 1986
Passed
Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
25 September 1986
Passed
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
7 October 1986
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
7 October 1986
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
7 October 1986
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
17 October 1986
Became law
Became Public Law No: 99-498.
Source: President
17 October 1986
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
17 October 1986
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
Votes
Versions
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Documents
6 official files
Public Law (PDF)
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Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 18 October 1986
Conference report filed in House
summary · EN · 22 September 1986
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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 17 June 1986
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Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 3 June 1986
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Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 13 May 1986
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 17 December 1985
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Sponsors
- Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Abdnor, James [R-SD] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Evans, Daniel J. [R-WA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Andrews, Mark [R-ND] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Stennis, John C. [D-MS] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Mattingly, Mack [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
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- related to → Higher Education Amendments of 1985
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- related to → A resolution waiving certain points of order against the conference report on the bill (S. 1965) to reauthorize and revise the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes, and against the consideration of such conference report.
- amends ← A substitute amendment, replacing the Senate text with the texts of HR 3700 and HR 2246.
- amends ← To authorize the Student Loan Marketing Association to undertake the financing or refinancing of the construction, reconstruction, renovation, or purchase of educational and training facilities and housing for students and faculties (including the underlying real property), and related equipment, instrumentation, and furnishings.
- amends ← To make modifications to improve the bill, to strike provisions enacted in the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.
- amends ← To provide for income contingent direct loan demonstration project.
- amends ← To require multistate guarantors with respect to loans insured by such multistate guarantors for students who are residents of a State for which the multistate guarantor is not the State designated guaranty agency to report such loans to the guarantor that is so designated.
- amends ← To strike a provision dealing with student support services.
- amends ← To reauthorize veterans' cost of instruction payments.
- amends ← To provide special counseling for borrowers.
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