HR 5384 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Debt-Free College Act

Introduced Mar 22, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Mark Pocan D-WI

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 22, 2018 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.

  1. IntroducedMar 22, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Debt-Free College Act

This bill requires the Department of Education to: (1) award grants for state-federal partnerships that provide debt-free college for students at certain institutions of higher education, and (2) allow federal financial aid for higher education to be given to dreamer students (students who entered the country when they were under the age of 16 and who meet certain educational criteria) or students convicted for the possession or sale of illegal drugs.

Cosponsors 27

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 22, 2018 to Jul 24, 2018; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-MNRichard M. NolanOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CARo KhannaOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalMar 22, 2018
D-NYAdriano EspaillatApr 10, 2018
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyJun 7, 2018
D-NYJose E. SerranoJun 12, 2018
D-OHTim RyanJul 24, 2018
D-TXVicente GonzalezJul 24, 2018

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Mar 22, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 22, 2018Introduced in House
  2. Mar 22, 2018Referred 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 3 The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 50, March 22, 2018, page H2042.

Related bills 3

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1432SUCCESS ActRelated billMar 8, 2017
HR 1571Debt-Free College Act of 2019Reintroduced BillMar 6, 2019
S 2598Debt-Free College Act of 2018Related billMar 22, 2018

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Debt-Free College Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 22, 2018Introduced in House

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