HR 4866 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments of 2002

Introduced Jun 5, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Howard P. "Buck" McKeon R-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 16, 2002 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 246 - 177 (Roll no. 303). (text: CR H4698-4701)

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IntroducedJun 5, 2002
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments of 2002 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), and the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, to make various technical revisions that incorporate the results of the Fed Up Initiative to remove unnecessary regulatory barriers to access to student aid programs.

Revises the definition of institution of higher education (IHE) to include one that admits as regular students those who have been home-schooled (as well as high school graduates or those with equivalency certificates), thus providing that such home-schooled students are eligible for HEA student aid.

Makes students attending nonprofit foreign veterinary schools eligible for the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) student loan program if the school does not meet certain requirements, but only if: (1) it was certified as eligible by the Secretary of Education; and (2) students complete their clinical training at an approved veterinary school in the United States.

Allows IHEs to make mandatory reports on teacher preparation program quality by electronic means.

Eliminates a requirement that new forbearance agreements between lenders and borrowers be in writing; but requires lenders to notify borrowers of their terms.

Allows financial aid professionals to use professional judgment in reevaluating the student financial need of a ward of the court.

Requires students withdrawing from an IHE to return only HEA title IV grant aid amounts exceeding 50 percent of the total (if more than $50).

Permits Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to apply for Federal HSI grants without waiting two years between applications.

Authorizes the use of HEA title VII funds for: (1) Federal scholarship aid to low-income and minority students for summer institutes to prepare for law school; and (2) Thurgood Marshall Fellowships to attend law school.

Provides that an IHE is in compliance with requirements to provide students with certain information, including voter registration material, if it does so through an e-mail message or an Internet address.

Extends through September 30, 2003, HEA exemptions, for IHEs having low student loan default rates, from requirements that the disbursement of loan proceeds be: (1) in multiple installments; and (2) delayed for 30 days after classes start for first-time undergraduate borrowers.

Recorded votes 1

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Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 303	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Failed243–176	Jul 16, 2002

Cosponsors 40

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 5, 2002 to Jul 12, 2002, with 23 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte	Original	Jun 5, 2002
R-CT	Christopher Shays	Original	Jun 5, 2002
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	Jun 5, 2002
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Jun 5, 2002
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth	Original	Jun 5, 2002
R-OH	John A. Boehner	Original	Jun 5, 2002
D-MA	John F. Tierney	Original	Jun 5, 2002
R-GA	Johnny Isakson	Original	Jun 5, 2002
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Original	Jun 5, 2002
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Original	Jun 5, 2002
R-SC	Lindsey Graham	Original	Jun 5, 2002
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Jun 5, 2002
R-NJ	Marge Roukema	Original	Jun 5, 2002
R-MI	Mike Rogers	Original	Jun 5, 2002
D-HI	Patsy T. Mink	Original	Jun 5, 2002

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Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 16, 2002At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Jul 16, 2002Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4698-4707, H4719)
Jul 16, 2002DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4866.
Jul 16, 2002Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 246 - 177 (Roll no. 303).(text: CR H4698-4701)
Jul 16, 2002Mr. Boehner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

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Subjects

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