Higher Education Dream Act of 2018
Latest action · Oct 1, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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.
- IntroducedJul 25, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Higher Education Dream Act of 2018
This bill prohibits institutions of higher education that receive federal student aid from discriminating or taking adverse action against students based on their immigration status, including charging out-of-state tuition to students who would qualify as a resident of the state.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2018 to Nov 30, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Jul 25, 2018 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jul 26, 2018 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 26, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Aug 3, 2018 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Aug 3, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Aug 3, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Aug 7, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Aug 7, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Aug 7, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Aug 7, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Aug 7, 2018 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Aug 10, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Aug 10, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Aug 21, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Aug 21, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Sep 5, 2018 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Sep 5, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Sep 5, 2018 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Sep 5, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Sep 5, 2018 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Sep 5, 2018 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 5, 2018 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Sep 7, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Sep 7, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Sep 24, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Sep 24, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Sep 24, 2018 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Sep 24, 2018 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 24, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Sep 24, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 24, 2018 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Sep 28, 2018 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Sep 28, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Nov 14, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Nov 30, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Nov 30, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Nov 30, 2018 |
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 Jul 25, 2018 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 25, 2018 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Oct 1, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Jul 25, 2018Introduced in House
- Jul 25, 2018Referred 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. 164, no. 125, July 25, 2018, page H7688.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1298 | Higher Education Dream Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 25, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit discrimination in higher education against certain undocumented students on the basis of immigration status, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Higher Education Dream Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Department of Education
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Higher education
- Immigration status and procedures
- Right of privacy
- School administration
- Student aid and college costs
- Student records
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2018Introduced 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.
