§ 1015d. In-State tuition rates for members of qualifying Federal service

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 2008

   Higher Education Act of 1965

   Pub. L. 89–329 title I § 135 · 79 Stat. 1219

   Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1015d

   Pub. L. 89–329, title I, § 135, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title I, § 114, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3111

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 89–329, title I, § 135, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title I, § 114, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3111

2. 2021

   Foreign Service Families Act of 2021

   Pub. L. 117–81 § 6206(a)(1) · 135 Stat. 1541

   Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 1015d

   Pub. L. 117–81, § 6206(a)(1), substituted “qualifying Federal service” for “the armed forces on active duty, spouses, and dependent children” in section catchline

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 117–81, § 6206(a)(1), substituted “qualifying Federal service” for “the armed forces on active duty, spouses, and dependent children” in section catchline.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in the section heading, by striking “the armed forces on active duty, spouses, and dependent children” and inserting “qualifying federal service”;

3. 2021

   Foreign Service Families Act of 2021

   Pub. L. 117–81 § 6206(a)(2) · 135 Stat. 1541

   Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 1015d(a)

   Pub. L. 117–81, § 6206(a)(2), substituted “member of a qualifying Federal service” for “member of the armed forces who is on active duty for a period of more than 30 days and”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–81, § 6206(a)(2), substituted “member of a qualifying Federal service” for “member of the armed forces who is on active duty for a period of more than 30 days and”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in subsection (a), by striking “member of the armed forces who is on active duty for a period of more than 30 days and” and inserting “member of a qualifying Federal service”;

4. 2021

   Foreign Service Families Act of 2021

   Pub. L. 117–81 § 6206(a)(3) · 135 Stat. 1541

   Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 1015d(b)

   Pub. L. 117–81, § 6206(a)(3), substituted “member of a qualifying Federal service” for “member of the armed forces”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–81, § 6206(a)(3), substituted “member of a qualifying Federal service” for “member of the armed forces”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) in subsection (b), by striking “member of the armed forces” and inserting “member of a qualifying Federal service”; and

5. 2021

   Foreign Service Families Act of 2021

   Pub. L. 117–81 § 6206(a)(4) · 135 Stat. 1541

   1. Added · 20 U.S.C. § 1015d(d)

      Pub. L. 117–81, § 6206(a)(4), added subsec. (d)

   2. Struck · 20 U.S.C. § 1015d(d)

      Pub. L. 117–81, § 6206(a)(4), struck out former subsec. (d). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “In this section, the terms ‘armed forces’ and ‘active duty for a period of more than 30 days’ have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 10.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117–81, § 6206(a)(4), added subsec. (d) and struck out former subsec. (d). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “In this section, the terms ‘armed forces’ and ‘active duty for a period of more than 30 days’ have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 10.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (4) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: “(d) Definitions.— In this section, the term ‘member of a qualifying Federal service’ means— “(1) a member of the armed forces (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) who is on active duty for a period of more than 30 days (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code); or “(2) a member of the Foreign Service (as defined in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903)) who is on active duty for a period of more than 30 days.” .

6. 2023

   Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

   Pub. L. 118–31 div. G title III § 7316(a) · 137 Stat. 136

   Added · 20 U.S.C. § 1015d(d)(3)

   Pub. L. 118–31 added par. (3)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 118–31 added par. (3).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Section 135(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015d(d)), as amended by section 6206(a)(4) of the Foreign Service Families Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–81), 135 Stat. 2392. is further amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking “or” after the semicolon; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) an officer or employee of an element of the intelligence community (as such term is defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) who serves in a position of employment in such element for a period of more than 30 days.” .

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title III, § 7316(b), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 1033, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect at each public institution of higher education in a State that receives assistance under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) for the first period of enrollment at such institution that begins after July 1, 2024.”

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