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Human Trafficking Prevention Act [HB-4449]
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Human Trafficking Prevention Act - Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to require training for federal government personnel related to trafficking in persons to include at a minimum: (1) a distance learning course on trafficking-in-persons issues and the Department of State's obligations under the Act, targeted for embassy reporting officers, regional bureaus' trafficking-in-persons coordinators, and their superiors; (2) specific trafficking-in-persons briefings for all ambassadors and deputy chiefs of mission before they depart
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 07/24/2014
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve 529 plans. [HB-4333]
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax-exempt qualified tuition programs (529 plans), to: (1) make permanent the allowance for computer technology and equipment expenses and require that such technology and equipment be used primarily by the plan beneficiary (formerly, beneficiary and beneficiary's family); (2) allow contributors to a 529 plan or a plan beneficiary to direct plan investments, but not more frequently than four times per calendar year; (3) permit a recontribution to a 529 plan of amounts refunded to a student who withdraws
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Sponsored by: Rep. Keith J. Rothfus
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 03/27/2014
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E-BOOK Act of 2014 [HB-4259]
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Electronic Books Opening Opportunity for Knowledge Act of 2014 or the E-BOOK Act of 2014 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to up to 10 institutions of higher education (IHEs) to conduct pilot programs to reduce the cost of attendance for undergraduate students by expanding their access to digital course materials. Directs the Secretary to give a preference to applications that demonstrate a commitment to serving disadvantaged students. Requires grantees to make digital course
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew A. Cartwright
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 06/13/2014
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Student Veterans IT Upgrade Act [HB-4147]
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Student Veterans IT Upgrade Act - Directs the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in coordination with the Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity, to submit to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees a report on the VA's information technology system that is used in connection with the administration of educational benefits by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Requires such report to include: (1) the status of such system, (2) the system plan submitted to Congress, (3) an action plan describing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Takano
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 03/25/2014
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Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act [HB-4040]
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Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require states that classify children by disability to: (1) identify, locate, and evaluate children who have visual disabilities, or who are deaf or hard of hearing, who are, or may be, classified in another disability category; and (2) provide special education and related services to such children, including the services provided to children classified as blind or deaf or hard of hearing. Requires states to file a written addendum to their special
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Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 06/13/2014
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Adult Education and Economic Growth Act [HB-3697]
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Adult Education and Economic Growth Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1988 to revise requirements for statewide and local workforce investment systems to include adult education activities. Replaces statewide and local workforce investment systems with adult education and workforce investment systems. Revises member composition of: (1) state workforce investment boards to include the lead state agency officials with particular responsibility for implementing adult education and literacy activities; and (2) youth councils established by
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 01/22/2014
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Schools of the Future Act [HB-3692]
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Schools of the Future Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive three- to five-year grants to eligible partnerships to implement and evaluate the results of technology-based learning practices, strategies, tools, or courses at rural schools. Defines "eligible partnerships" as those composed of a school partner, a digital learning partner, and an evaluation partner. Describes a "school partner" as a: (1) local educational agency, (2) charter school network that does not include virtual schools, (3) consortium of public elementary
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Referred To The House Committee On Education And The Workforce. on 12/10/2013
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 [HB-3547]
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 - (Sec. 5) Makes appropriations for FY2014. (Sec. 6) Declares that each amount designated in this Act for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits the designations to Congress. (Sec. 7) Declares that if, for FY2014, new budget authority provided in appropriation Acts
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 01/17/2014
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Affordable College Textbook Act [HB-3538]
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Affordable College Textbook Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to support pilot programs that expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students. Requires the grants to be used for: professional development for IHE faculty and staff, including the search for and review of open textbooks; the creation or adaptation of open educational resources, especially open textbooks; the development or improvement of tools and informational resources that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Education And The Workforce. on 11/19/2013
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TEACH Act [HB-3505]
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Technology, Equality and Accessibility in College and Higher Education Act or the TEACH Act - Directs the Access Board to develop accessibility guidelines for electronic instructional materials and related information technologies in institutions of higher education (IHEs). Requires those guidelines to: (1) include performance criteria to ensure that electronic instructional materials and related information technologies are accessible to the blind and disabled; (2) be consistent with the standards for technical and functional performance criteria
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 01/22/2014
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Middle Class College Tuition Tax Credit Expansion Act [HB-3476]
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Middle Class College Tuition Tax Credit Expansion Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a new American Opportunity Tax Credit that: (1) allows an increased income tax credit for the qualified tuition and related expenses of a student who is carrying at least one half of a normal course load, (2) increases the income threshold for reductions in the credit amount based upon modified adjusted gross income, (3) allows a lifetime dollar limitation on such credit of $25,000 for all
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Israel
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 11/13/2013
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21st Century Readiness Act [HB-347]
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21st Century Readiness Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to support 21st century readiness initiatives that fuse core academic subject knowledge and higher-order thinking skills (such as critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation) to ensure that students are prepared for postsecondary education and careers, upon graduation from secondary school. Amends title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the ESEA to require the Secretary of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 04/23/2013
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Investing in Innovation for Education Act of 2013 [HB-3433]
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Investing in Innovation for Education Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), educational service agencies, and nonprofit organizations that partner with an LEA or consortium of schools to support school innovations. Requires at least 25% of the grant funds to be awarded for projects in rural areas. Requires each grant applicant to demonstrate that it has partnered with at least one private entity that will provide
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Sponsored by: Rep. David N. Cicilline
Referred To The House Committee On Education And The Workforce. on 10/30/2013
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Flexibility to Innovate for College Affordability Act [HB-3412]
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Flexibility to Innovate for College Affordability Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish the Higher Education Regulatory Reform Task Force to prepare a report, that is to be submitted to Congress and made available on a publicly accessible website, on federal regulatory requirements for institutions of higher education (IHEs). Requires the report to contain: (1) a list of rules that are determined to be outmoded, duplicative, ineffective, or excessively burdensome; (2) an analysis of how the costs of such rules outweigh their benefits;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Peter Welch
Referred To The Committee On Education And The Workforce, And In Addition To The Committee On Rules, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 10/30/2013
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Technology-Enabled Education Innovation Partnership Act [HB-3325]
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Technology-Enabled Education Innovation Partnership Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive, renewable grants to eligible partnerships to design, implement, refine, and scale technology-enabled education innovation programs. Defines an "eligible partnership" as a partnership composed of at least one state or local educational agency (LEA) and at least one institution of higher education or nonprofit research organization working with the state or LEA as a research and evaluation partner. Requires at least 75% of the students
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 01/22/2014
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Computer Science in STEM Act of 2013 [HB-2982]
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Computer Science in STEM Act of 2013 - Amends the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 to include computer science in that Act's definition of "STEM" as the academic and professional disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Directs the Secretary of Education to award states: (1) two-year formula grants to develop comprehensive plans to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education, and (2) competitive five-year matching grants to implement the improvements proposed in their comprehensive plans. Requires
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 09/24/2013
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No Child Left Inside Act of 2013 [HB-2702]
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No Child Left Inside Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to eligible partnerships to support the implementation of state environmental literacy plans that include environmental education standards and teacher training. Includes in the eligible partnerships a local educational agency (LEA) and at least one institution of higher education, another LEA, an elementary or secondary school, or a government
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Education And The Workforce. on 07/16/2013
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Family Engagement in Education Act of 2013 [HB-2662]
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Family Engagement in Education Act of 2013 - Amends title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize states to reserve school improvement funds to: award a grant to a statewide nonprofit organization to establish a Statewide Family Engagement Center that provides comprehensive training, technical assistance, and capacity building to local educational agencies (LEAs), organizations that support family-school partnerships, and other organizations that carry
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 09/13/2013
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Ready-to-Compete Act [HB-2653]
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Ready-to-Compete Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to public telecommunications entities to coordinate the development, production, and distribution of innovative multiplatform educational programming and services for young children and youth and their parents, educators, and caregivers. Requires grantees to award subcontracts or enter into agreements with public television stations and producers or distributors of educational programming for the operation of Ready-to-Learn
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Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 09/13/2013
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Agricultural Act of 2014 [HB-2642]
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Agricultural Act of 2014 - Title I: Commodities - Subtitle A: Repeals and Reforms - Part I: Repeals - (Sec. 1101) Repeals: (1) direct payments under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008; and (2) countercyclical payments and the average crop revenue election program (ACRE) under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. Continues countercyclical payments and ACRE, however, for crop year 2013. Part II: Commodity Policy - (Sec. 1111) Includes peanuts as a covered commodity. (Sec. 1112) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) (the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Frank D. Lucas
Signed By President. on 02/07/2014