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DEER Act Detection, Enhanced Education, and Response Act of 2019 [HB-1919]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
Addresses chronic wasting disease, which is a transmissible disease that afflicts deer, elk, and moose populations. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support state efforts to develop and implement chronic wasting disease surveillance, testing, management, and response activities. In addition, USDA must (1) establish a multiagency task force to respond to the disease, and (2) award a grant to a land-grant college or university to establish a policy research center for wildlife diseases.
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Student Loan Refinancing and Recalculation Act [HB-1899]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
Provides for the refinancing or deferral of certain federal student loans. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education to establish a program to refinance the outstanding principal, interest, and late charges on federal student loans in order to give borrowers fixed interest rates equal to the 10-year Treasury note rate plus one percentage point. Further, the bill eliminates origination fees on the loans. In addition, the bill allows borrowers in medical or dental internship or residency programs to defer student loan payments until
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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 ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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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Dream Act of 2019 [S.874]
[Immigration ]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel removal and grant lawful permanent resident status on a conditional basis to an alien who is inadmissible or deportable or is in temporary protected status who (1) has been continuously physically present in the United States for four years preceding this bill's enactment; (2) was younger than 18 years of age on the initial date of U.S. entry; (3) is not inadmissible on various grounds such as those related to crime or security; and (4) has fulfilled specified educational requirements.
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National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act [HB-1865]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Agriculture ]
[Energy ]
[Veterans ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Military ]
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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Spill Response and Prevention Surety Act [S.865]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Science ]
Provides support for responding to oil spills. Specifically, it makes permanent and modifies the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which provides funds to pay removal costs and claims for damages resulting from oil spills into navigable waters of the United States. Under current law, the fund is financed primarily by an excise tax on domestic crude oil and imported petroleum products. The bill expands the definition of crude oil for purposes of such tax to include any bitumen or bituminous mixture as well as any oil derived from a bitumen or bituminous
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GAP Act Graduate Assistants Parity Act [HB-1842]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
Modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to allow all graduate students who are employees of educational organizations to exclude tuition reductions from gross income. (Under current law, the exclusion for graduate students is limited to teaching and research assistants.)
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Recognizing the 50th anniversary of The Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University. [HR-247]
[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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Communications Jobs Training Act of 2019 [HB-1848]
[Telecommunications ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
Directs the Federal Communications Commission to make grants for the establishment or expansion of job training programs for communications tower service, construction, maintenance, and structural modification.
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Kids to College Act [HB-1810]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
Provides for income-share agreements whereby a student agrees to pay a percentage of future income, for a specified period of time, in exchange for funds to pay for educational expenses. The bill places caps on the percentage of a student's future income that may go towards repayment, provides income minimums under which the required payment is zero, and establishes limitations on the length of these agreements. The bill provides for the treatment of these agreements under various laws, including tax, securities, and consumer finance laws.
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Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2019 [HB-1794]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
Modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to exclude from gross income any AmeriCorps educational awards provided under the National and Community Service Act of 1990.
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Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2019 [S.852]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Concerns the review by the Department of Education (ED) of certain alleged violations of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. For alleged violations based on an individual's actual or perceived shared Jewish ancestry or Jewish ethnic characteristics, ED must consider the definition of anti-Semitism as part of its assessment of whether a practice was motivated by anti-Semitic intent. For purposes of
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JOBS Act of 2019 Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students Act of 2019 [S.839]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-term programs.
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Classroom to Careers Act of 2019 [S.830]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
Permits institutions of higher education to enter into private-sector employment agreements with the Department of Education in order to receive certain federal work-study grants for full-time employment of students, with restrictions. Currently, such agreements are limited to part-time employment.
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Students and Families Empowerment Act [HB-1798]
[Student Loans ]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Expands tax deductions and grace periods that apply to student loan payments. The bill modifies the tax deduction for interest on education loans to replace the dollar limitation and the limitation based on modified adjusted gross income with a $750,000 limit ($1.5 million in the case of a joint return) on the aggregate amount of qualified education loans that may be taken into account for the deduction. The bill excludes from gross income the discharge of any student loan debt pursuant to income contingent and income-based repayment plans under
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College Transparency Act [HB-1766]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requires the National Center for Education Statistics to establish a secure and privacy-protected data system that contains information about postsecondary students. Specifically, the data system must evaluate student enrollment patterns, progression, completion, and postcollegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid; provide complete and customizable information for students and families making decisions about postsecondary education; reduce the requirements for reporting by institutions of higher education; and periodically
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College Transparency Act [S.800]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
A bill to establish a postsecondary student data system.
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ALERT Act Accountability of Leaders in Education to Report Title IX Investigations Act [S.808]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Student Loans ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that receive federal aid to certify annually with the Department of Education that they have reviewed reports of misconduct by their employees involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The certification must include a confirmation that the IHEs' president and board members involved in the review did not interfere with or influence investigations or dispositions.
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Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act [S.789]
[Education ]
[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.
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Violence Against Women Extension Act of 2019 [HB-1741]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Extends through March 31, 2020, 19 grant programs authorized by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and subsequent legislation and administered by the Office on Violence Against Women within the Department of Justice.