HR 1306 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

College Opportunity for a Better America Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 18, 2003 Originated House Sponsor George Miller D-CA

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Latest action · Apr 7, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 18, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

College Opportunity for a Better America Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide student loan forgiveness for borrowers who are employed full-time in qualified public service positions.

Requires the Secretary of Education, depending on the duration of such public service employment, to assume certain portions of such borrowers' obligations to repay specified types of Federal student loans.

Makes eligible for such program: (1) highly qualified teachers in low-income communities and of mathematics, science, and bilingual and special education; (2) early childhood educators; (3) nurses; (4) child welfare workers; (5) nutrition professionals; (6) infant and toddler specialists; and (6) other highly-qualified workers who serve low-income or needy communities and who are in public service professions that suffer from a critical lack of qualified personnel.

Revises provisions for income-related repayment. Changes those for guaranteed student loan from income-sensitive to income-contingent, thus making them consistent with those for direct student loan provisions. Releases qualified public service employees from income-contingent repayment obligations after a maximum of 15 years. (Other borrowers must repay over a maximum 25-year period.)

Cosponsors 80

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2003 to Nov 18, 2004; 62 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalMar 18, 2003
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalMar 18, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 18, 2003
D-MABarney FrankOriginalMar 18, 2003
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalMar 18, 2003
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMar 18, 2003
D-NCBob EtheridgeOriginalMar 18, 2003
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMar 18, 2003
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalMar 18, 2003
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalMar 18, 2003
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalMar 18, 2003
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalMar 18, 2003
D-ORDarlene HooleyOriginalMar 18, 2003
D-GADenise L. MajetteOriginalMar 18, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalMar 18, 2003
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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 Mar 18, 2003
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
Referred Apr 7, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 7, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
  2. Mar 18, 2003Introduced in House
  3. Mar 18, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E487)
  4. Mar 18, 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 E487George Miller D-CAMar 18, 2003

Research

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Printed hearings 2

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

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 108-485CALIFORNIA MISSIONS ACT; BARANOV MUSEUM STUDY ACT; MANHATTAN PROJECT NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK STUDY ACT; AND JOHNSTOWN FLOOD NATIONAL MEMORIAL BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT ACT62 pagesEnergy and Natural Resources CommitteeMar 9, 2004
Serial No. 108-35EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AMERICA'S HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS118 pagesEducation and Workforce CommitteeOct 6, 2003

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R45389The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program: Selected Issues ArchivedReportOct 29, 2018

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To provide student loan forgiveness to Americans employed in service to the public, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
College Opportunity for a Better America Act of 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 18, 2003Introduced in House

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