US Congress House Bill 2962 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 112-0)
Status: Introduced on July 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-11-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

America's College Promise Act of 2015 This bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to states and Indian tribes to waive tuition and fees at community colleges. To receive a grant, states and Indian tribes must agree to waive tuition and fees at all their community colleges and for all eligible students. An eligible student is a first-time student who: (1) qualifies for resident tuition; (2) enrolls at least half-time; (3) maintains satisfactory academic progress; and (4) enrolls in an academic program with credits that are fully transferable to any public institution of higher education in the state or enrolls in a training program that leads to credentials in an in-demand industry. The bill appropriates $1.4 billion in FY2016 and $79.7 billion over FY2016-FY2025 to make grants under this community college program. This bill also authorizes ED to award grants to four-year historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to waive or reduce tuition and fees for up to 60 credits for low-income students. HBCUs and MSIs that participate must: (1) enroll a student body that contains at least 35% low-income students; (2) maintain or adopt reforms and practices to improve completion rates and student outcomes; (3) set performance goals; and (4) execute an articulation agreement with community colleges, if accepting transfer students. It appropriates $55 million for FY2016 and $10.1 billion over FY2016-FY2025 to make grants under this HBCU/MSI program.

America's College Promise Act of 2015

Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-11-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2015-07-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2015-07-08	House	Introduced in House

SB1716 (Related) 2015-07-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB2677 (Related) 2016-03-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2962/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2962/BILLS-114hr2962ih.pdf