Legislation

Last Action	Bill	Title
04/16/24	H.R.8017bill number	To provide for the long-term improvement of minority-serving institutions, and for other purposes.
04/15/24	H.R.7998bill number	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to track and record additional information on hate crimes, and for other purposes.
04/12/24	H.R.7978bill number	To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's and grandchildren's educational and extracurricular activities, and for other purposes.
04/11/24	H.R.7945bill number	To provide a definition of antisemitism for the enforcement of covered civil rights laws.
04/11/24	H.R.7946bill number	To require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a Climate Change Education Program, and for other purposes.
04/11/24	H.Res.1135bill number	Supporting the goals and ideals of the Rise Up for LGBTQI+ Youth in Schools Initiative, a call to action to communities across the country to demand equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections, and freedom from erasure for all students, particularly LGBTQI+ young people, in K-12 schools.
04/10/24	H.R.7918bill number	To direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants to emerging artists to support their early development.
04/10/24	H.R.6655bill number	A Stronger Workforce for America Act
04/10/24	H.R.7921bill number	To strengthen Federal efforts to counter antisemitism in the United States.
04/09/24	H.R.7894bill number	To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to professional nonprofit theaters for the purposes of supporting operations, employment, and economic development.
04/09/24	H.R.7892bill number	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to rename master promissory notes for loans made under part D to student loan contracts.
04/05/24	H.R.7884bill number	To reauthorize the Job Corps program, and for other purposes.
04/05/24	H.R.7879bill number	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include court-ordered receivership in the list of actions resulting in a change of ownership of institutions of higher education.
04/05/24	H.R.7885bill number	To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to create a pilot program to award grants to units of general local government and community-based organizations to create jobs, and for other purposes.
04/05/24	H.R.7878bill number	To amend section 8143b of title 5, United States Code, to include in the time as a firefighter employed by a State when that firefighter is later reclassified as a Federal employee, and for other purposes.
04/05/24	H.R.7877bill number	To improve the public service loan forgiveness program under section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, to improve loan forgiveness eligibility provisions under such Act for teachers, and for other purposes.
04/05/24	H.J.Res.116bill number	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Labor relating to "Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act".
04/05/24	H.R.7880bill number	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require that institutions of higher education maintain certain adjusted cohort default rates to participate in programs under title IV of such Act, and for other purposes.
03/29/24	H.R.7844bill number	To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a competitive grant program to award grants to local educational agencies to address implicit bias in elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes.
03/26/24	H.R.7831bill number	To impose a financial penalty on certain institutions of higher education with high percentages of students who default or make insufficient payments on Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
03/23/24	H.R.2882bill number	Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
03/22/24	H.R.7811bill number	To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to create evidence-based student success programs designed to increase participation, retention, and completion rates of high-need students.
03/22/24	H.R.7812bill number	To Direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a grant program to support the establishment of a national, toll-free telephone helpline to provide information and assistance to parents, caregivers, and youth to prevent child abuse and strengthen families.
03/22/24	H.Con.Res.101bill number	Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, particularly people with disabilities.
03/22/24	H.R.7796bill number	To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the use of Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants for the development and maintenance of school and community gardens, and for other purposes.