College Options for DREAMers Act
Latest action · Nov 16, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
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.
- IntroducedApr 22, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
College Options for DREAMers Act
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow Dreamer students to receive federal financial aid for higher education.
A "Dreamer student" is an individual who was under age 16 upon entering this country, has provided a list of secondary schools the individual attended in this country, and, in this country:
- has earned a high school diploma or the equivalent,
- is scheduled to complete the requirements for a high school diploma or equivalent before the next academic year begins,
- has acquired a degree from an institution of higher education,
- has successfully completed at least two years of a program for a baccalaureate or higher degree,
- is a beneficiary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or
- has served honorably in the uniformed services for at least four years.
The Department of Education must provide for a hardship exception to the age and secondary school list requirements.
States are allowed to offer unlawful aliens postsecondary benefits on the basis of their residence in the state (e.g., in-state tuition).
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 22, 2015 to Sep 28, 2016; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| D-HI | Mark Takai | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Sep 28, 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 Apr 22, 2015 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Nov 16, 2015 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 22, 2015 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred May 15, 2015 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- May 15, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Apr 22, 2015Introduced in House
- Apr 22, 2015Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 59, April 22, 2015, page H2418.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-13 | IMPROVING COLLEGE ACCESS AND COMPLETION FOR LOW-INCOME AND FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS73 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Apr 30, 2015 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1059 | College Options for DREAMers Act | Identical bill | Apr 22, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide Dreamer students with access to student financial aid.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- College Options for DREAMers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2015Introduced 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.
