HR 1162 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

21st Century Higher Education Act

Introduced Mar 22, 2001 Originated House Sponsor George Miller D-CA

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Latest action · Jun 20, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 22, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

21st Century Higher Education Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 196 (HEA) to revise and to extend and increase the authorization of appropriations of HEA programs, including: (1) Pell Grants; (2) Federal Trio Programs; (3) Gear Up; (4) Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants; (5) College Work-Study; and (6) Strengthening and Developing Institutions.

Establishes new HEA programs, including: (1) Byrd Honors Teacher Scholarships; (2) Dual Degree Achievement; (3) Community College Opportunity; (4) College Preparation; (5) Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans; (6) Collaborative Centers of Excellence in Teacher Preparation; and (7) a demonstration program in recruiting and preparing teachers.

Tribal College or University Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act - Establishes a new HEA program of specified Federal student loan repayment or cancellation for individuals who teach for up to five years in Tribal Colleges or Universities.

Access to High Standards Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish Advanced Placement (AP) programs of assistance grants to increase the access of low-income students to AP high school courses and AP tests to earn advanced placement and credits at institutions of higher education.

Dropout Prevention Act - Establishes a new ESEA assistance grant program to address school dropout problems, including a coordinated national strategy and a national school dropout prevention initiative.

NTIA Digital Network Technology Program Act - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Organization Act to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish within NTIA's Technology Opportunities Program a digital network technologies program to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible institutions to provide educational instruction in digital network technologies.

Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to eligible Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to make at least 15 annual grants for buildings or structures listed on, or eligible for listing on, the National Register of Historic Places, if the grantee agrees to provide funds derived from non-Federal sources in an amount equal to 25 percent of the grant.

Cosponsors 120

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 22, 2001 to Sep 19, 2002; 104 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-PRAnibal Acevedo-VilaOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MABarney FrankOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalMar 22, 2001
D-TNBob ClementOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NCBob EtheridgeOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CABob FilnerOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CACalvin M. DooleyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-FLCarrie P. MeekOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-LAChristopher JohnOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-GACynthia A. McKinneyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-ORDarlene HooleyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MIDavid E. BoniorOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-ORDavid WuOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-ASEni F. H. FaleomavaegaOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NCEva M. ClaytonOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-TNHarold E. Ford Jr.OriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CTJames H. MaloneyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CAJoe BacaOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MIJohn D. DingellOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MEJohn Elias BaldacciOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-SCJohn M. Spratt, Jr.OriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MOKaren McCarthyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-ILLane EvansOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CALoretta SanchezOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MILynn N. RiversOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-TXMartin FrostOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-TXMax SandlinOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NCMelvin L. WattOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NCMike McIntyreOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CANancy PelosiOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-WANorman D. DicksOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-HIPatsy T. MinkOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MORichard A. GephardtOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-GURobert A. UnderwoodOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CARobert T. MatsuiOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-ILRod R. BlagojevichOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-WIRon KindOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CASam FarrOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-TXSilvestre ReyesOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-TXSolomon P. OrtizOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-INTim RoemerOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NMTom UdallOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CAXavier BecerraOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickMar 27, 2001
D-ILDanny K. DavisMar 27, 2001
D-NCDavid E. PriceMar 27, 2001
D-NYJohn J. LaFalceMar 27, 2001
D-OHTom SawyerMar 27, 2001
D-PAChaka FattahApr 3, 2001
D-NYJose E. SerranoApr 3, 2001
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioApr 3, 2001
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezApr 26, 2001
D-CODiana DeGetteApr 26, 2001
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanApr 26, 2001
D-WITammy BaldwinApr 26, 2001
D-FLPeter DeutschMay 9, 2001
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezJul 10, 2001
D-ARMike RossNov 14, 2001
D-NJRush HoltSep 19, 2002

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Mar 22, 2001
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
Referred Jun 20, 2001
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Mar 22, 2001
Communications and Technology Subcommittee
Referred Apr 16, 2001
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Mar 22, 2001
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Apr 11, 2001

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 20, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
  2. Apr 16, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
  3. Apr 11, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
  4. Mar 22, 2001Introduced in House
  5. Mar 22, 2001Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Resources, 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
House · ExtensionsDebate and remarks E435, E439, H1103–H1105, H1107–H1110George Miller D-CA, Karen McCarthy D-MO, Major R. Owens D-NYMar 22, 2001

Titles 6

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To increase the authorization of appropriations of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
21st Century Higher Education Act
Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
Dropout Prevention Act
NTIA Digital Network Technology Program Act
Tribal College or University Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act
Access to High Standards Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 22, 2001Introduced in House

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