HR 3519 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

College Affordability and Accountability Act

Introduced Nov 19, 2003 Originated House Sponsor John F. Tierney D-MA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jan 30, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

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.

  1. IntroducedNov 19, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

College Affordability and Accountability Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require State maintenance of effort in providing funding to public institutions of higher education (IHEs).

Requires all IHEs to plan, engage in, and report on cost containment strategies. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to conduct research on such strategies. Directs the Secretary to publish an annual report on college affordability and to disseminate certain data, including the net price tuition index (NTPI) for each IHE through a college price calculator on an enhanced college opportunities on line (COOL) website.

Establishes a Pell Plus program to provide an increased award to each Pell Grant recipient at IHEs that maintain specified types of: (1) low tuition; (2) guaranteed tuition; or (3) affordable tuition.

Establishes a program of grants for cooperative education for IHEs that restrain tuition increases.

Authorizes grants and contracts for cooperative education demonstration and innovation projects, training and resource centers, and research.

Directs the Secretary to commission the National Research Council to study the viability of developing and implementing standards in environmental, health, and safety areas to provide for differential regulation of: (1) industrial laboratories and facilities; and (2) research and teaching laboratories.

Authorizes the Secretary to select IHEs, IHE systems, or IHE consortia for voluntary participation in an articulation agreement demonstration program to specify the acceptability of courses in transfer toward meeting specific degree requirements, as a means to lower tuition prices for students.

Directs the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance to convene a task force of experts, representative of key constituents in higher education, to: (1) determine the best methods to finance higher education in the long-term; (2) help public institutions utilize long-term budgeting to plan for the future; (3) review the trends of financing of higher education; and (4) define the role played by the States, the Federal Government, families, and outside entities in financing higher education, and determine the best methods to strengthen this partnership.

Cosponsors 56

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 19, 2003 to Jul 7, 2004; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-ORDavid WuOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-HIEd CaseOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-CANancy PelosiOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-NJRush HoltOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-OHTim RyanOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-PRAnibal Acevedo-VilaNov 20, 2003
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezNov 20, 2003
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezNov 20, 2003
D-CADennis A. CardozaNov 20, 2003
D-AZEd PastorNov 20, 2003
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoNov 20, 2003
D-CAHilda L. SolisNov 20, 2003
D-CAJoe BacaNov 20, 2003
D-NYJose E. SerranoNov 20, 2003
D-CALinda T. SánchezNov 20, 2003
D-CALoretta SanchezNov 20, 2003
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardNov 20, 2003
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezNov 20, 2003
D-MAMartin T. MeehanNov 20, 2003
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezNov 20, 2003
D-NJRobert MenendezNov 20, 2003
D-TXSilvestre ReyesNov 20, 2003
D-TXSolomon P. OrtizNov 20, 2003
D-CAXavier BecerraNov 20, 2003
D-CAFortney Pete StarkNov 21, 2003
D-MAJames P. McGovernNov 21, 2003
D-CARobert T. MatsuiNov 21, 2003
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesNov 21, 2003
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelDec 8, 2003
D-WITammy BaldwinDec 8, 2003
D-TXGene GreenFeb 10, 2004
D-TXMartin FrostFeb 10, 2004
D-FLRobert WexlerFeb 10, 2004
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyMar 3, 2004
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyMar 3, 2004
D-NYJerrold NadlerMar 3, 2004
D-OHSherrod BrownMar 3, 2004
D-CATom LantosMar 3, 2004
D-MOKaren McCarthyApr 2, 2004
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroMay 17, 2004
D-TXMax SandlinJul 7, 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 Nov 19, 2003
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
Referred Jan 30, 2004

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 30, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
  2. Nov 19, 2003Introduced in House
  3. Nov 19, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To address rising college tuition by strengthening the compact between the States, the Federal government, and institutions of higher education to make college more affordable.
Short Titles as Introduced
College Affordability and Accountability Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 19, 2003Introduced in House

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