Higher Education
US Congress 116th Congress
Pell Flexibility Act of 2019 [S.1072]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a Job Training Federal Pell Grants demonstration program, and for other purposes.
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Shielding Public Spaces from Vehicular Terrorism Act [HB-2160]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Science ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Crime ]
Authorizes grants, and research and development, to combat emerging terrorist threats, including vehicular attacks. Specifically, the bill includes among the responsibilities of the Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) research and development to combat emerging terrorist threats, including vehicular attacks; includes demonstrated expertise in combating emerging terrorist threats, including vehicular attacks, among the criteria for the designation of colleges or universities as centers
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Child Welfare Workforce Support Act [S.1070]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to fund demonstration projects to improve recruitment and retention of child welfare workers.
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Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act [HB-2129]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
Modifies student loan counseling requirements applicable to institutions of higher education (IHEs). Currently, an IHE must provide entrance counseling to a student who is a first-time federal student loan borrower. replaces required entrance counseling with required annual financial counseling concerning information on the terms, conditions, and responsibilities of the grant or loan. Also, it expands the required recipients of such annual counseling to include, in addition to student borrowers, Pell Grant recipients and parent PLUS Loan borrowers.
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State Cyber Resiliency Act [S.1065]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
A bill to provide grants to assist States in developing and implementing plans to address cybersecurity threats or vulnerabilities, and for other purposes.
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HALOS Act of 2019 Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act of 2019 [S.1063]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Investments ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Economic Development ]
Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise Regulation D, which exempts certain offerings from SEC registration requirements but prohibits general solicitation or general advertising with respect to such offerings. Specifically, this prohibition shall not apply to events with specified kinds of sponsors—including "angel investor groups" unconnected to broker-dealers or investment advisers—where presentations or communications are made by or on behalf of an issuer, if the advertising does not refer to any specific offering of securities
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A resolution honoring the memory of Jereima "Jeri" Bustamante on the 1-year anniversary of her passing. [SR-147]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
This resolution honors the life and memory of Jereima "Jeri" Bustamante and encourages the recipients of the Jereima Bustamante Memorial Scholarship to carry on her legacy.
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Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act of 2019 [S.1067]
[Science ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Ethics ]
Addresses sexual harassment in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields by supporting sexual harassment research and efforts to prevent and respond to sexual harassment. directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award grants to institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations (or their consortia) to expand research into sexual harassment in the STEM workforce, including students and trainees; and examine interventions for reducing the incidence and negative consequences of such harassment. The NSF must
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State Cyber Resiliency Act [HB-2130]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
To provide grants to assist States in developing and implementing plans to address cybersecurity threats or vulnerabilities, and for other purposes.
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FINISH Act Fund for Innovation and Success in Higher Education Act [S.1059]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishes and revises programs to increase access to higher education for high-need students, increase their graduation rates, improve the efficiency of postsecondary education, and evaluate higher education programs. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) and other entities to develop and implement evidence-based innovations, including pay-for-success initiatives, in order to improve postsecondary access and increase graduation rates of high-need students; approve
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Medicare-X Choice Act of 2019 [HB-2000]
[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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A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of The Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University. [SR-138]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
This resolution recognizes the 50th anniversary of The Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University and its distinguished alumni.
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Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green Real Deal. [HR-288]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
This resolution recognizes the duty of the federal government to create a Green Real Deal to achieve robust, economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
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A resolution recognizing the centennial of the Institute of International Education. [SR-146]
[International ]
[Education ]
This resolution recognizes the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Institute of International Education.
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A resolution recognizing the centennial of the Institute of International Education. [SR-146]
[International ]
[Education ]
This resolution recognizes the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Institute of International Education.
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Affordable College Textbook Act [S.1036]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Directs the Department of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education or states to support projects that expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students while maintaining or improving instruction and student learning outcomes. An open textbook is an educational resource that either resides in the public domain or has been released under an intellectual license that permits its free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others.
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Affordable College Textbook Act [HB-2107]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Directs the Department of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education or states to support projects that expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students while maintaining or improving instruction and student learning outcomes. An open textbook is an educational resource that either resides in the public domain or has been released under an intellectual license that permits its free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others.
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College Equity Act of 2019 [HB-2006]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Student Loans ]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Military ]
Requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish grant programs for reviewing and addressing inequities in student recruitment, admissions, and support at institutions of higher education (IHEs). Specifically, ED must award grants to IHEs to conduct equity audits that review IHEs' policies, practices, and resources (e.g., admission policies, financial aid, and faculty diversity) to identify areas that might produce gaps in outcomes by certain identity factors. Identity factors include gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, income, criminal
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Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2019 [S.968]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
Requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to assume some of the risk of default for federal student loans. IHEs must remit risk-sharing payments, based on the amount of defaulted student loans, if 33% or more of their enrolled students have student loans. The Department of Education may reduce or waive the payments under certain circumstances. The proceeds from the payments must be used for reducing student loan debt, delinquency, or default and increasing Pell grants at IHEs with low default rates that enroll a high percentage of Pell Grant
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Campus Accountability and Safety Act [S.976]
[Education ]
[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.