HR 4943 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

ELEVATE Act

Introduced Oct 31, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Stephanie N. Murphy D-FL

Latest action · Oct 31, 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.

IntroducedOct 31, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Ensuring Linguistic Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English Act or the ELEVATE Act

This bill makes changes in the treatment of Puerto Rico with respect to allotments for English Language Acquisition grants, to allow students who have migrated from Puerto Rico to the states to be fully counted in the annual grant allocation that states receive under such program.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 31, 2019 to Nov 5, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Oct 31, 2019
R-PR	Jenniffer González-Colón		Nov 5, 2019

Committees 1

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 Oct 31, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 31, 2019Introduced in House
Oct 31, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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, which provides Congress with the power to regulate commerce among the several states, the power to promote the progress of science and the useful arts, and the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing powers.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 173, October 31, 2019, page H8719.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2761	ELEVATE Act	Related bill	Oct 31, 2019

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide that children who have relocated from Puerto Rico to the States are fully considered for purposes of State allotments under the English Language Acquisition grants.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: ELEVATE Act; Ensuring Linguistic Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 31, 2019Introduced in House

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