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Commending the University of Virginia men's basketball team for winning the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Championship. [HR-320]
[Sports ]
[Education ]
This resolution congratulates the University of Virginia men's basketball team for their performance in the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
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Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 2019 [HB-2321]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To require a standard financial aid offer form, and for other purposes.
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Protecting America's First Responders Act [S.1208]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with respect to payments to certain public safety officers who have become permanently and totally disabled as a result of personal injuries sustained in the line of duty, and for other purposes.
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A resolution commending and congratulating the Lady Bears of Baylor University on winning the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women's basketball championship. [SR-163]
[Sports ]
This resolution congratulates the Lady Bears of Baylor University on winning the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women's basketball championship and completing a successful season.
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Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019 [S.1153]
[Student Loans ]
[Crime ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Education ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishes criminal penalties for unauthorized access of certain student loan information and expands the requirements for student loan exit counseling. Specifically, the bill makes it a crime to knowingly use an access device (e.g., account number) that was issued to another person or was fraudulently obtained to access Department of Education (ED) information technology systems for commercial advantage or private financial gain. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. Further, the bill expands
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Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act of 2019 [S.1198]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Student Loans ]
[International ]
Establishes the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program. Under the program, grants may be awarded for providing and expanding study abroad opportunities for undergraduate students.
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Higher Education Mental Health Act of 2019 [S.1204]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to establish an Advisory Commission on Serving and Supporting Students with Mental Health Disabilities in Institutions of Higher Education, and for other purposes.
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NEST Act Native Educator Support and Training Act [S.1161]
[Education ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Student Loans ]
Establishes scholarships, loan forgiveness plans, and training programs for students and educators who commit to teaching in Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools or other specified schools serving Indian students. The bill establishes three scholarship programs: (1) the Indian Student Educator Scholarship Program for students seeking degrees, (2) the Indian Educator Scholarship Program for Indian students seeking degrees, and (3) the Indian Educator Graduate Fellowship Program for Indian students seeking graduate degrees. Recipients of the scholarships
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REST Act Rural Educator Support and Training Act [S.1157]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishes several new grant programs for students who are training at institutions of higher education to become educators in rural schools and provides additional federal student loan forgiveness for rural educators. Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) must award undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships to students who are studying to become educators in rural schools and who agree to serve such schools for three or more years. ED may also award grants to eligible educational agencies for the purpose of (1) reimbursing eligible
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Expanding Disability Access to Higher Education Act [S.1176]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Student Loans ]
[Human Services ]
Establishes and revises programs to increase access to higher education for students with disabilities and increase their graduation rates. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award additional funds under existing TRIO programs (i.e., programs designed to identify and support disadvantaged students) to increase the number of individuals with disabilities served by such programs; award grants to institutions of higher education to establish offices of accessibility on their campuses to support students and staff with
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Digital Equity Act of 2019 [S.1167]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Economic Development ]
Requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to establish grant programs for (1) promoting digital equity, (2) supporting digital inclusion activities, and (3) building capacity for state-led efforts to increase adoption of broadband by their residents. Specifically, the bill establishes the State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program to make distributions to states based on their populations, demographics, and availability and adoption of broadband. The bill also establishes the Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program
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Equal Campus Access Act of 2019 [S.1168]
[Education ]
[Religion ]
[Funding ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibits funding for any public institution of higher education (IHE) that denies to religious student organizations any right, benefit, or privilege that is otherwise afforded to other student organizations at the IHE because of the religious beliefs, practices, speech, leadership standards, or standards of conduct of the religious student organization.
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Domenic and Ed’s Law [S.1219]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
Revises the Federal Family Education Loan Program. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to discharge the liability on loans that parents incurred on behalf of a student who (1) has become permanently and totally disabled, or (2) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity due to a physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or has lasted or is expected to last continuously for at least 60 months. Under current law, ED is required to discharge the loans to parents if the student dies.
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the individual tax provisions of the tax reform law, and for other purposes. [S.1162]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Student Loans ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
[Military ]
Makes permanent several tax provisions that were enacted in 2017 and are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025. The bill makes permanent provisions that reduce individual tax rates, modify the taxation of the unearned income of children, allow a deduction for qualified business income of pass-through entities, increase the standard deduction, increase and modify the child tax credit, increase the limitation for certain charitable contributions, allow additional contributions to ABLE accounts (tax-favored accounts designed to enable individuals
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What You Can Do For Your Country Act [S.1203]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to improve the public service loan forgiveness program, and for other purposes.
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A resolution commending the University of Virginia men's basketball team for winning the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Championship. [SR-164]
[Sports ]
[Education ]
This resolution congratulates the University of Virginia men's basketball team for their performance in the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
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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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Educator Preparation Reform Act [S.969]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A bill to improve quality and accountability for educator preparation programs.
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NCAA Act of 2019 National Collegiate Athletics Act of 2019 [HB-2036]
[Sports ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To provide protections for amateur and professional athletes, and for other purposes.
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Medicare-X Choice Act of 2019 [S.981]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishes and funds the Medicare Exchange health plan, which allows individuals who are not otherwise eligible for Medicare to enroll in a government-administered health insurance plan. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must offer such plan in certain individual health insurance exchanges beginning plan year 2021 and offer it in all individual health insurance exchanges beginning plan year 2024. CMS must offer the plan in the small group market in all geographic areas for plan year 2025. The plan must meet the same requirements,
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