HR 12 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments Act of 2003

Introduced Jan 7, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Howard P. "Buck" McKeon R-CA

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Latest action · Jan 7, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 7, 2003
  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 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to make various technical revisions regarding access to student aid programs.

Revises the HEA general 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 conforming it with provisions that make such home-schooled students eligible for student aid under HEA title IV.

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 under HEA title II.

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

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 under HEA title V 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.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report on teacher preparation requirements of States and IHEs.

Amends HEA to direct the Secretary to discharge or cancel the Federal student loan indebtedness of spouses, surviving joint debtors, and parents of public servants and other individuals who died (or die) or who became (or become) permanently and totally disabled from injuries suffered in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

Exempts courses offered through telecommunications by qualifying IHEs from certain HEA title IV limitations on student financial assistance that otherwise apply to correspondence courses. Requires reports on such exceptions by the qualifying IHEs and by the Secretary.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 7, 2003 to Jan 27, 2004; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAllen BoydOriginalJan 7, 2003
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalJan 7, 2003
R-NCCass BallengerOriginalJan 7, 2003
D-ORDavid WuOriginalJan 7, 2003
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalJan 7, 2003
R-OHJohn A. BoehnerOriginalJan 7, 2003
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalJan 7, 2003
R-INMark E. SouderOriginalJan 7, 2003
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiOriginalJan 7, 2003
R-FLRic KellerOriginalJan 7, 2003
D-WIRon KindOriginalJan 7, 2003
R-WIThomas E. PetriOriginalJan 7, 2003
R-NETom OsborneOriginalJan 7, 2003
D-TNBart GordonJan 28, 2003
D-ARMike RossJan 28, 2003
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsJan 28, 2003
R-TXSam JohnsonJan 28, 2003
R-PATodd Russell PlattsJan 28, 2003
D-CADiane E. WatsonFeb 11, 2003
R-CAEdward R. RoyceFeb 11, 2003
D-UTJim MathesonFeb 11, 2003
R-MIMike RogersFeb 11, 2003
R-OHPaul E. GillmorFeb 11, 2003
R-TXPete SessionsFeb 11, 2003
R-MIPeter HoekstraFeb 11, 2003
R-CARandy (Duke) CunninghamFeb 11, 2003
R-CTRob SimmonsFeb 11, 2003
R-KSTodd TiahrtFeb 11, 2003
R-VABob GoodlatteMar 6, 2003
D-TXCharles W. StenholmMar 6, 2003
R-OHRalph RegulaMar 6, 2003
R-FLAdam H. PutnamMay 1, 2003
R-OHMichael R. TurnerMay 1, 2003
R-ILRay LaHoodMay 1, 2003
R-NJScott GarrettMay 1, 2003
R-MIThaddeus G. McCotterSep 10, 2003
R-LADavid VitterJan 27, 2004

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 Jan 7, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 7, 2003Introduced in House
  2. Jan 7, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E15-16)
  3. Jan 7, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E15Howard P. "Buck" McKeon R-CA, John A. Boehner R-OHJan 8, 2003

Research

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Printed hearings 1

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

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 108-35EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AMERICA'S HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS118 pagesEducation and Workforce CommitteeOct 6, 2003

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To make changes to the Higher Education Act of 1965 incorporating the results of the FED UP Initiative, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments Act of 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 7, 2003Introduced in House

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