HR 1571 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Debt-Free College Act of 2019

Introduced Mar 6, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Mark Pocan D-WI

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Latest action · Mar 6, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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 6, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Debt-Free College Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Education to (1) award grants for state-federal partnerships with a goal of providing debt-free college for students at in-state public institutions of higher education, and (2) award grants to provide debt-free college for students at historically black colleges and universities and minority serving institutions, and (3) allow grants for financial aid for dreamer students (students who entered the United States before the age of 16 and who meet certain educational criteria). It also repeals the suspension of eligibility for financial aid for students convicted of the possession or sale of illegal drugs.

Cosponsors 35

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2019 to Nov 17, 2020; 32 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MIAndy LevinOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-NMDebra A. HaalandOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-CAKatie HillOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-CARo KhannaOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-TXVicente GonzalezOriginalMar 6, 2019
D-MAJames P. McGovernJun 19, 2019
D-COJoe NeguseJul 12, 2019
D-CABrad ShermanNov 17, 2020

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 6, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 6, 2019Introduced in House
  2. Mar 6, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

In the Congressional Record 1

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H3397–H3399Ilhan Omar D-MN, Katie Porter D-CA, Rashida Tlaib D-MIMay 1, 2019

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

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 40, March 6, 2019, page H2505.

Related bills 3

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 672Debt-Free College Act of 2019Identical billMar 6, 2019
S 5079SUCCESS ActRelated billDec 21, 2020
HR 5384Debt-Free College ActReintroduction ofMar 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 Title(s) as Introduced
Debt-Free College Act of 2019

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 6, 2019Introduced in House

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