K-16 Critical Foreign Language Pipeline Act
Latest action · Jul 24, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
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.
- IntroducedDec 17, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
K-16 Critical Foreign Language Pipeline Act - Amends the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to create a Critical Foreign Language Program.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide grants to five institutions of higher education to establish such program to collaborate with elementary schools and secondary schools for language learning pipelines to train students from kindergarten through college to be proficient in those foreign languages that the Secretary identifies as being the most critical in the interests of U.S. national security.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 17, 2005 to Apr 25, 2006; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | Dec 17, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Dec 17, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Dec 17, 2005 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Dec 17, 2005 |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Original | Dec 17, 2005 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Dec 17, 2005 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Dec 17, 2005 |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Original | Dec 17, 2005 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Dec 17, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Original | Dec 17, 2005 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Dec 18, 2005 | |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Dec 22, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Mar 14, 2006 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Mar 14, 2006 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Mar 15, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Apr 25, 2006 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Dec 17, 2005 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Jul 24, 2006 | |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Jul 24, 2006 | |
| House | Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee | Referred Dec 17, 2005 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Dec 17, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 24, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- Jul 24, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- Dec 17, 2005Introduced in House
- Dec 17, 2005Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to create a critical foreign language program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- K-16 Critical Foreign Language Pipeline Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2005Introduced in House
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