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

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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)

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 5, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 303Failed246–177Jul 16, 2002

Cosponsors 40

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

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-VABob GoodlatteOriginalJun 5, 2002
R-CTChristopher ShaysOriginalJun 5, 2002
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalJun 5, 2002
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalJun 5, 2002
R-AZJ. D. HayworthOriginalJun 5, 2002
R-OHJohn A. BoehnerOriginalJun 5, 2002
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalJun 5, 2002
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalJun 5, 2002
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalJun 5, 2002
R-CAKen CalvertOriginalJun 5, 2002
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalJun 5, 2002
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalJun 5, 2002
R-NJMarge RoukemaOriginalJun 5, 2002
R-MIMike RogersOriginalJun 5, 2002
D-HIPatsy T. MinkOriginalJun 5, 2002
R-FLRic KellerOriginalJun 5, 2002
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalJun 5, 2002
D-WIRon KindOriginalJun 5, 2002
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalJun 5, 2002
R-TXSam JohnsonOriginalJun 5, 2002
R-WIThomas E. PetriOriginalJun 5, 2002
R-COThomas G. TancredoOriginalJun 5, 2002
R-NETom OsborneOriginalJun 5, 2002
D-TNBart GordonJun 11, 2002
D-ORDavid WuJun 11, 2002
R-OKJohn SullivanJun 11, 2002
R-TXKevin BradyJun 11, 2002
D-TXMartin FrostJun 11, 2002
R-CAMary BonoJun 11, 2002
R-PAMelissa A. HartJun 11, 2002
R-DEMichael N. CastleJun 11, 2002
D-NCBob EtheridgeJun 25, 2002
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezJun 25, 2002
D-CADiane E. WatsonJun 25, 2002
R-NYJohn E. SweeneyJun 25, 2002
D-MEJohn Elias BaldacciJun 25, 2002
R-PATodd Russell PlattsJun 25, 2002
R-VAVirgil H. Goode Jr.Jun 25, 2002
D-CABrad ShermanJul 12, 2002
R-CAStephen HornJul 12, 2002

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jun 5, 2002

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 16, 2002Mr. Boehner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  2. Jul 16, 2002Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4698-4707, H4719)
  3. Jul 16, 2002DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4866.
  4. 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.
  5. 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)
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In the Congressional Record 2

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
HouseDebate and remarks H4698–H4707Text printed H4698–H4701Recorded votes H4719incorporateCarolyn McCarthy D-NY, George Miller D-CA, Howard P. "Buck" McKeon R-CA, John A. Boehner R-OH, Johnny Isakson R-GA, Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA, Mark E. Souder R-IN, Robert E. Andrews D-NJ, Ron Kind D-WI, Rush Holt D-NJ, Thomas E. Petri R-WIJul 16, 2002
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E972Howard P. "Buck" McKeon R-CAJun 6, 2002

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 107-143LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002266 pagesAppropriations CommitteeMay 2, 2001–Jun 26, 2001

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To make technical amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 incorporating the results of the Fed Up Initiative.
Short Titles as Introduced
Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments of 2002

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 5, 2002Introduced in House

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