Best Buddies Empowerment for People with Intellectual Disabilities Act of 2007
Latest action · Feb 5, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
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 19, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Best Buddies Empowerment for People with Intellectual Disabilities Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to, or enter into agreements with, Best Buddies (a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people with intellectual disabilities mesh with mainstream society) to promote the expansion of Best Buddies and the design and implementation of its education and outreach programs, including character education and volunteer programs, that can be integrated into classroom instruction.
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to repeal authority for the Fund for the Improvement of Education: (1) educational, cultural, apprenticeship, and exchange programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and their historical whaling and trading partners in Massachusetts; and (2) program of grants to a national nonprofit educational organization for the improvement of student understanding of personal finance and economics through effective teaching of economics in the nation's classrooms.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 19, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Dec 19, 2007 |
Committees 1
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 19, 2007 |
| Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee | Referred Feb 5, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
- Dec 19, 2007Introduced in House
- Dec 19, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3701 | Best Buddies Empowerment for People with Intellectual Disabilities Act of 2008 | Related bill | Nov 19, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide assistance to Best Buddies to support the expansion and development of mentoring programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Best Buddies Empowerment for People with Intellectual Disabilities Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Alaska
- Animals
- Apprenticeship
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Civics education
- Cultural relations
- Disabled
- Education
- Educational exchanges
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Hawaiians
- Indigenous peoples
- Labor and Employment
- Mainstreaming in education
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Massachusetts
- Mentally disabled
- Minorities
- Minority education
- Nonprofit organizations
- Secondary education
- Service learning
- Social Welfare
- Special education
- Volunteer workers
- Whaling
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
