Department Of Education
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AID Act Achieving Independence through Degrees Act [HB-3101]
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To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Federal Pell Grant amount, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter A. DeFazio
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition, Oversight, And Department Operations. on 06/24/2019
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Eagle Corps Act of 2019 [HB-2980]
[Immigration ]
[Student Loans ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishes the Entry Adjudication through General Legal Expertise Corps (EAGLE Corps) within the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the purpose of addressing inefficiencies in the administration of immigration laws. The EAGLE Corps shall provide legal services for the United States before the immigration courts and also provide administrative and support services. Each EAGLE Corps member may serve for up to 24 months. The bill directs the Department of Education to establish a loan repayment program for repaying certain education loans. DOJ may recruit
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Sponsored by: Rep. Peter T. King
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Citizenship. on 06/28/2019
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Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 [HB-2740]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Defense ]
[Energy ]
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[International ]
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Provides FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 4 of the 12 regular FY2020 appropriations bills: the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020; the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020; and the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020. The departments and agencies funded in the bill include the Department
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro
Motion To Proceed To Measure Considered In Senate. on 10/31/2019
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Protecting Education Privacy Act [HB-2724]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Children and Youth ]
Limits the release of students' personally identifiable information contained in education records. The bill includes local educational authorities among the officials designated as authorized representatives of an education agency with access to student records. Authorized representatives must be under the direct control of the agency. The bill prohibits (1) the use of students' personally identifiable information for the development of commercial products or services without the written consent of their parents, and (2) the Department of Education
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Cole
Introduced In House on 05/14/2019
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Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act of 2019 [HB-2574]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
Authorizes private civil causes of action for disparate impact violations (to the same extent as intentional violations) of federal regulations of general applicability that prohibit discrimination on the ground of race, color, or national origin in programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance. Anti-Semitism shall be considered to be discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin. Education programs that receive financial assistance authorized or extended by the Department of Education (ED) must designate at least
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/17/2020
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LOAN Act of 2019 Leveraging Opportunities for Americans Now Act of 2019 [S.1292]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for Federal student loan reform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/02/2019
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Innovation Zone Act [S.1221]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to create an innovation zone initiative, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Kaine
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/29/2019
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PSLF Technical Corrections Act of 2019 [S.1175]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Revises the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program under the Federal Direct Loan program. Under current law, the PSLF program forgives the balance of a borrower's student debt after the borrower makes 120 qualifying loan payments under specified repayment plans while employed in a public service job. The bill expands the program to include payments under graduated or extended plans as payments that qualify a borrower for loan forgiveness under the PSLF program. The bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to provide each borrower who
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Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/11/2019
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Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 [HB-2157]
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[Agriculture ]
[Defense ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
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[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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Provides $17.2 billion in FY2019 supplemental appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for expenses related to the consequences of recent wildfires, hurricanes, volcanos, earthquakes, typhoons, and other natural disasters. The funding provided by this bill is designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. The bill includes appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nita M. Lowey
Became Public Law No: 116-20. (txt | Pdf) on 06/06/2019
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Department of Education Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act [HB-2188]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizes the Department of Education to suspend, demote, or remove certain employees for poor performance or misconduct. It establishes requirements and procedures with respect to such adverse personnel actions, including the following: appeal rights, whistle-blower protections, grievances arising from an adverse personnel action, recoupment of relocation expenses, and recoupment of bonuses and awards.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lloyd Smucker
Introduced In House on 04/09/2019
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Campus Accountability and Safety Act [S.976]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to combat campus sexual assault, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/01/2019
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States’ Education Reclamation Act of 2019 [HB-1930]
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[Student Loans ]
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[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Abolishes the Department of Education (ED) and repeals any program for which it has administrative responsibility. The Department of the Treasury shall provide grants to states, for FY2019-FY2027, for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education purposes permitted by state law. The level of funding is set at the amount provided to states for federal elementary and secondary education programs and the amount provided for federal postsecondary education programs, respectively, for FY2012, minus the funding provided for education programs that
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Rouzer
Introduced In House on 03/27/2019
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PROTECT Students Act of 2019 Preventing Risky Operations from Threatening the Education and Career Trajectories of Students Act of 2019 [S.867]
[Student Loans ]
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[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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Provides additional oversight of postsecondary education programs, including for-profit institutions of higher education (IHEs), and addresses protections for students and student loan borrowers from fraudulent or predatory practices. The bill sets forth a variety of provisions concerning oversight of for-profit IHEs. Specifically, the bill decreases the cap on the amount of revenue for-profit IHEs may receive from federal sources, including funds from the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. In addition, it establishes
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/26/2019
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National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act [HB-1865]
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[Agriculture ]
[Energy ]
[Veterans ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
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Provides FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 8 of the 12 regular FY2020 appropriations bills: the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Legislative
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Became Public Law No: 116-94. (txt | Pdf) on 12/20/2019
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Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Border Security and Disaster Relief, 2019 [S.811]
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[Disaster Relief ]
[Agriculture ]
[Defense ]
[Environmental ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
Provides FY2019 supplemental appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for expenses related to natural disasters and border security. The funding provided by this bill is designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. The bill includes appropriations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Coast Guard, the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Appropriations. on 03/14/2019
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Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act [S.789]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Student Loans ]
[Poverty ]
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the financial aid process for homeless and foster care youth.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/13/2019
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Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act [HB-1724]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Student Loans ]
[Poverty ]
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the financial aid process for homeless and foster care youth.
Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin
Introduced In House on 03/13/2019
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DONATE Act Donations for Our Nation’s Advancement, Transformation, and Enhancement Act [S.761]
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[Grants ]
[Taxes ]
Allows executive departments to accept conditional gifts on behalf of such departments. Specifically, departments may accept cash donations made by U.S. citizens that come with instructions on how the money should be spent. Current law allows departments to accept donations but not where there are conditions on the money's use. A department may not accept a conditional gift that is conditioned upon carrying out any act or purpose that will require an expenditure of funds that exceeds the gift amount, unless the expenditure has been approved by Congress.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael B. Enzi
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/12/2019
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Debt-Free College Act of 2019 [S.672]
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[Student Loans ]
[Immigration ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requires the Department of Education to (1) award grants for state-federal partnerships with a goal of providing debt-free college for students at in-state public institutions of higher education, and (2) award grants to provide debt-free college for students at historically black colleges and universities and minority serving institutions, and (3) allow grants for financial aid for dreamer students (students who entered the United States before the age of 16 and who meet certain educational criteria). It also repeals the suspension of eligibility
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/06/2019
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Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2019 [S.681]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requires the National Center for Education Statistics to establish and maintain a new higher education data system. The Center must use the system to calculate student education, debt-related, and earning metrics (e.g., student graduation rates, transfer rates, rates of continuation to subsequent levels of education, dropout rates, loan debt amounts, loan repayment rates, and debt-to-earnings ratios) for each institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs. The metrics must be disaggregated and separately
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/06/2019