Diversify Act
Latest action · Dec 6, 2019 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
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.
- IntroducedDec 6, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For Youth Act or the Diversify Act
This bill increases the maximum grant award under the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program. The TEACH program awards grants to college students who plan to teach in low-income areas.
The bill also exempts the TEACH program from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.
Cosponsors 50
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 6, 2019 to Aug 14, 2020; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Dec 6, 2019 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Feb 10, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Feb 10, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Feb 10, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | May 28, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Aug 14, 2020 |
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 Dec 6, 2019 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Dec 6, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2019Introduced in House
- Dec 6, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1552)
- Dec 6, 2019Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1552 | Jesús G. "Chuy" García D-IL | Dec 6, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 195, December 6, 2019, page H9347.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3158 | Diversify Act | Related bill | Jan 8, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To remove college cost as a barrier to every student having access to a well-prepared and diverse educator workforce, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Diversify Act
- Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For Youth Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2019Introduced 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.
