HR 1089 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Native American Indian Education Act

Introduced Feb 25, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Scott R. Tipton R-CO

Latest action · Apr 29, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Progress

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IntroducedFeb 25, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Native American Indian Education Act

Directs the Department of Education to pay four-year Native American-serving nontribal institutions of higher education the out-of-state tuition of their Indian students if those schools are required to provide a tuition-free education, with the support of their state, to Indian students in fulfillment of a condition under which the college or state received its original grant of land and facilities from the federal government.

Prohibits the amount paid to any such college from exceeding the lower of the following amounts: (1) the charges for tuition for the Indian students of that college who were non-residents of the state in which the college is located and who were enrolled in the college for academic year 2014-2015, or (2) $15 million.

Treats such payments as reimbursements to such institutions from their states.

Rescinds unobligated discretionary appropriations to offset the costs of this program.

Cosponsors 56

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2015 to Dec 8, 2016; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Feb 25, 2015
R-AK	Don Young	Original	Feb 25, 2015
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Feb 25, 2015
D-HI	Mark Takai	Original	Feb 25, 2015
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Feb 25, 2015
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Original	Feb 25, 2015
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Feb 25, 2015
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham	Original	Feb 25, 2015
R-CO	Mike Coffman	Original	Feb 25, 2015
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Feb 25, 2015
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Feb 25, 2015
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Mar 4, 2015
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Mar 23, 2015
D-CT	John B. Larson		Mar 23, 2015
D-CA	John Garamendi		Mar 23, 2015
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Mar 23, 2015
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Mar 23, 2015
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Mar 26, 2015
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Apr 14, 2015
D-CO	Jared Polis		Apr 14, 2015
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Apr 14, 2015
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Apr 21, 2015
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Apr 21, 2015
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Apr 21, 2015
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Apr 29, 2015
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Apr 29, 2015
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Apr 30, 2015
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		May 18, 2015
D-FL	Alan Grayson		May 19, 2015
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		May 19, 2015
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		May 19, 2015
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		May 21, 2015
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		May 21, 2015
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jun 1, 2015
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		Jun 1, 2015
R-NY	Peter T. King		Jun 1, 2015
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Jun 3, 2015
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Jun 10, 2015
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Jun 24, 2015
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Jul 8, 2015
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Sep 30, 2015
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Oct 28, 2015
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jan 6, 2016
D-WA	Denny Heck		Jan 12, 2016
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Jan 12, 2016
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Feb 1, 2016
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Feb 1, 2016
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Feb 9, 2016
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Feb 11, 2016
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jun 7, 2016
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Jul 11, 2016
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Sep 6, 2016
R-CA	Paul Cook		Sep 6, 2016
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Sep 21, 2016
D-WI	Ron Kind		Sep 21, 2016
D-MD	John K. Delaney		Dec 8, 2016

Committees 2

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 Feb 25, 2015
	Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee	Referred Apr 29, 2015
House	Appropriations Committee	Referred Feb 25, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 29, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Feb 25, 2015Introduced in House
Feb 25, 2015Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to the power of Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United States) and clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 32, February 25, 2015, page H1165.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1390	Native American Indian Education Act	Related bill	May 20, 2015

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To help fulfill the Federal mandate to provide higher educational opportunities for Native American Indians.
Short Titles as Introduced: Native American Indian Education Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 25, 2015Introduced in House

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