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Under committee review
What it doesSummary passed house amended (Jul 11, 2016)
Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends title V (Developing Institutions) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand grant activities under the Hispanic Serving Institutions program to include: (1) support programs that facilitate student advancement to doctoral degree programs in health care occupations, and (2) developing or expanding access to dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college high school programs.
What just happenedJul 12, 2016
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Who’s behind it
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4613-4614)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4613-4614)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5529.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4613-4615)
Mr. Heck (NV) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 114-676.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 114-676.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends title V (Developing Institutions) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand grant activities under the Hispanic Serving Institutions program to include: (1) support programs that facilitate student advancement to doctoral degree programs in health care occupations, and (2) developing or expanding access to dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college high school programs.
Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act
This bill amends title V (Developing Institutions) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand grant activities under the Hispanic Serving Institutions program to include: (1) support programs that facilitate student advancement to doctoral degree programs in health care occupations, and (2) developing or expanding access to dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college high school programs.