Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria Education Relief Act of 2017
Latest action · Sep 29, 2017 Became Public Law No: 115-64.
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.
- IntroducedSep 26, 2017
- Passed SenateSep 26, 2017
- Passed HouseSep 28, 2017
- To the PresidentSep 29, 2017
- Became lawSep 29, 2017Public Law 115-64
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria Education Relief Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill provides educational relief in areas for which the President has declared a major disaster or an emergency as a result of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, or Maria or Tropical Storms Harvey, Irma, or Maria (affected areas).
In the case of an institution of higher education (IHE) that is located in an affected area, the Department of Education (ED) must waive matching fund requirements under the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program (FSEOG) or the Federal Work-Study Program (FWS). In the case of an IHE that is not located in an affected area but has enrolled or accepted for enrollment students affected by the hurricanes or tropical storms, ED may waive the matching fund requirements under FSEOG or FWS. The waivers apply to funds made available for award years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018.
Affected students are individuals who have applied for or received student financial assistance under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and: (1) who were enrolled or accepted for enrollment on August 25, 2017, at IHEs that are located in affected areas; (2) who are dependent students who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment on that date at IHEs that are not located in affected areas, but whose parents resided or were employed on that date in affected areas; or (3) who suffered direct economic hardship as a direct result of the hurricanes or tropical storms.
If IHEs return FSEOG and FWS funds that were allocated for award year 2016-2017, then ED must reallocate the remaining funds to affected IHEs.
The bill extends until September 30, 2018, the deadline for ED to obligate funds for FSEOG or FWS.
The bill terminates ED's waiver authority on September 30, 2018.
(Sec. 3) In addition, the bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require Project School Emergency Response to Violence grants to be distributed to private schools on an equitable basis.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2017Presented to President.
- Sep 29, 2017Signed by President.
- Sep 29, 2017Became Public Law No: 115-64.
- Sep 28, 2017Mr. Allen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 28, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7593-7595)
- Sep 28, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1866.
- Sep 28, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7593-7594)
- Sep 28, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 27, 2017Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 27, 2017Received in the House.
- Sep 27, 2017Held at the desk.
- Sep 26, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Sep 26, 2017Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6137-6138, S6142-6143; text: CR S6142-6143)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7593–H7595Text printed H7593 | Rick W. Allen R-GA, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA | Sep 28, 2017 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6142Text printed S6137, S6142 | John Cornyn R-TX | Sep 26, 2017 |
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.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R49340 | Budgetary Effects Excluded or Eliminated from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Scorecards | Report | Sep 9, 2026 |
| RS21255 | Motions to Proceed to Consider Measures in the Senate: Who Offers Them? | Report | Oct 3, 2024 |
| R42881 | Education-Related Regulatory Flexibilities, Waivers, and Federal Assistance in Response to Disasters and National Emergencies Archived | Report | Jul 31, 2019 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title
- An act to provide the Secretary of Education with waiver authority for the reallocation rules and authority to extend the deadline by which funds have to be reallocated in the campus-based aid programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 due to Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, and Hurricane Maria, to provide equitable services to children and teachers in private schools, and for other purposes
- Short Title
- Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria Education Relief Act of 2017
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide the Secretary of Education with waiver authority for the reallocation rules and authority to extend the deadline by which funds have to be reallocated in the campus-based aid programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 due to Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, and Hurricane Maria, to provide equitable services to children and teachers in private schools, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria Education Relief Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria Education Relief Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria Education Relief Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria Education Relief Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Sep 26, 2017Considered and Passed Senate
- Sep 26, 2017Engrossed in Senate
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