S 3166 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide loan forgiveness for attorneys who represent low-income families or individuals involved in the family or domestic relations court systems.

Introduced Nov 14, 2002 Originated Senate Sponsor Mike DeWine R-OH

Latest action · Nov 14, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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.

IntroducedNov 14, 2002
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a demonstration program of student loan forgiveness for highly qualified attorneys who: (1) work for State or local government, or nonprofit private, entities on behalf of low-income families or individuals in the family or domestic relations court systems; and (2) have trained and worked in areas including juvenile justice, truancy, child abuse or neglect, adoption, domestic relations, child support, paternity, or others which State law determines to be in the field of family or domestic relations law.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 14, 2002.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WV	John D. Rockefeller IV	Original	Nov 14, 2002

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Referred Nov 14, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 14, 2002Introduced in Senate
Nov 14, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11083-11084)
Nov 14, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S11207	John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV	Nov 15, 2002
Senate	Debate and remarks S11083	Mike DeWine R-OH	Nov 14, 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.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 107-762	MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC LANDS AND FOREST BILLS76 pages	Energy and Natural Resources Committee	Jun 18, 2002

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide loan forgiveness for attorneys who represent low-income families or individuals involved in the family or domestic relations court systems.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Nov 14, 2002Introduced in Senate

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