HR 3391 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

To Offer Refugees College Help (TORCH) Act

Introduced Jun 20, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Jared Huffman D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 20, 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. IntroducedJun 20, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

To Offer Refugees College Help (TORCH) Act

This bill requires states to charge in-state tuition rates for institutions of higher education to refugees, asylees, and special immigrant visa holders if they are lawfully in the United States. This requirement only applies to the first state where the individual lives after being admitted into the United States.

Cosponsors 39

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 20, 2019 to Nov 15, 2019, with 30 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalJun 20, 2019
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalJun 20, 2019
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalJun 20, 2019
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 20, 2019Introduced in House
  2. Jun 20, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Subjects

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

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  1. Jun 20, 2019Introduced in House

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