HR 4274 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2017

Introduced Nov 7, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Ron DeSantis R-FL

Latest action · Nov 7, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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.

IntroducedNov 7, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2017

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make postsecondary education courses and programs, such as apprenticeship programs, that provide credits toward a postsecondary certification, credential, or degree eligible for federal student aid funding if the programs and courses are accredited by a state that has an alternative accreditation agreement with the Department of Education.

The bill terminates loan forgiveness for borrowers under the income contingent repayment options for new loans made under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program.

An institution that receives federal student aid funding must pay a default rate fine that is based on the default rate of loans made to its students.

Cosponsors 77

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 7, 2017 to Jun 6, 2018; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-TX	Blake Farenthold	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-FL	Daniel Webster	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-VA	Dave Brat	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-FL	Francis Rooney	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-CO	Ken Buck	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-NC	Mark Meadows	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-NC	Mark Walker	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-PA	Scott Perry	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-NC	Ted Budd	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho	Original	Nov 7, 2017
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Nov 14, 2017
R-IN	Jim Banks		Nov 14, 2017
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Nov 14, 2017
R-TX	Pete Olson		Nov 14, 2017
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Nov 16, 2017
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		Nov 16, 2017
R-OH	Warren Davidson		Nov 16, 2017
R-MO	Jason Smith		Nov 28, 2017
R-TX	Roger Williams		Nov 28, 2017
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Dec 5, 2017
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Dec 5, 2017
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Dec 12, 2017
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Dec 12, 2017
R-VA	Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.		Dec 12, 2017
R-UT	Mia B. Love		Dec 13, 2017
R-MO	Ann Wagner		Dec 20, 2017
R-MO	Billy Long		Dec 20, 2017
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Dec 20, 2017
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Dec 20, 2017
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Dec 20, 2017
R-KY	James Comer		Dec 20, 2017
R-TX	John Ratcliffe		Dec 20, 2017
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Dec 20, 2017
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Dec 20, 2017
R-NC	Robert Pittenger		Dec 20, 2017
R-GA	Tom Graves		Dec 20, 2017
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Dec 20, 2017
R-NC	George Holding		Dec 21, 2017
R-IN	Luke Messer		Dec 21, 2017
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Dec 21, 2017
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Dec 21, 2017
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Dec 21, 2017
R-MD	Andy Harris		Jan 9, 2018
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jan 9, 2018
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Jan 9, 2018
R-TN	Diane Black		Jan 9, 2018
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Jan 9, 2018
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Jan 9, 2018
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington		Jan 9, 2018
R-FL	Matt Gaetz		Jan 9, 2018
R-MI	Mike Bishop		Jan 9, 2018
R-LA	Mike Johnson		Jan 9, 2018
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Jan 9, 2018
R-IA	Steve King		Jan 9, 2018
R-AR	Steve Womack		Jan 9, 2018
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jan 9, 2018
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Jan 10, 2018
R-OK	Steve Russell		Jan 10, 2018
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Jan 16, 2018
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Jan 16, 2018
R-SC	Mark Sanford		Jan 17, 2018
R-WI	Mike Gallagher		Jan 17, 2018
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Jan 18, 2018
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jan 18, 2018
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Jan 29, 2018
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Jan 29, 2018
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Feb 7, 2018
R-SC	Tom Rice		Feb 15, 2018
R-AZ	David Schweikert		May 15, 2018
R-TN	David Kustoff		Jun 6, 2018

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 Nov 7, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 7, 2017Introduced in House
Nov 7, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts, and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''), Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''), and the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution (``The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.'').

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 181, November 7, 2017, page H8597.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1287	Executive Order Transparency Act	Related bill	Mar 1, 2017
S 2228	Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2017	Related bill	Dec 13, 2017

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for accreditation reform, to require institutions of higher education to publish information regarding student success, to provide for fiscal accountability, and to provide for school accountability for student loans.
Short Titles as Introduced: Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2017

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Nov 7, 2017Introduced in House

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