Hearing Information
Meeting Time
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 5:00pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »
Amendment Deadline
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 11:00am View Announcement »
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 5:00pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 11:00am View Announcement »
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Monday, February 27, 2012.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 563:
Adopted by record vote of 244-171 on Tuesday, February 28, 2012.
MANAGERS: Foxx/McGovern
1. Structured rule.
2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill shall be considered as original text for the purpose of amendment and shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
6. Makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report.
8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
(summaries derived from information provided by sponsors)
Sponsor
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Description
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Debate Time
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#8
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(LATE) (REVISED) Would retain the requirement that states have to have a process to hear and take appropriate action on student complaints regarding institutions as part of the state authorization.
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(10 minutes)
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#3
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Would repeal a section of the credit hour regulation impacting clock hour programs.
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(10 minutes)
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#6
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Would link state authorization regulations to student outcomes.
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(10 minutes)
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#2
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Would strike the prohibition on the Secretary of Education from ever promulgating or enforcing any regulation or rule defining the term "credit hour."
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(10 minutes)
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#7
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(LATE) (REVISED) Would require the Secretary to present a plan to prevent waste, fraud and abuse to ensure effective use of taxpayer dollars.
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(10 minutes)
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# | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
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2 | Version 1 | Bishop, Tim (NY) | Democrat | Would strike the prohibition on the Secretary of Education from ever promulgating or enforcing any regulation or rule defining the term "credit hour." | Made In Order |
3 | Version 1 | Foxx (NC) | Republican | Would repeal a section of the credit hour regulation impacting clock hour programs. | Made In Order |
4 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Would prohibit states from imposing post secondary authorization requirements on higher education institutions without a physical presence in said state. Would ensure that individual states do not impose onerous requirements on higher ed institutions seeking to offer online or distance learning to students in any of the 50 states. | Submitted |
8 | Version 2 | Grijalva, Raul (AZ) | Democrat | Late Revised Would retain the requirement that states have to have a process to hear and take appropriate action on student complaints regarding institutions as part of the state authorization. | Made In Order |
1 | Version 2 | Holt (NJ) | Democrat | Revised Would ensure the maximum Pell Grant is maintained at $5550 for the 2013-2014 school year or H.R. 2117 cannot go into effect. | Submitted |
6 | Version 1 | Polis (CO) | Democrat | Would link state authorization regulations to student outcomes. | Made In Order |
7 | Version 2 | Polis (CO) | Democrat | Late Revised Would require the Secretary to present a plan to prevent waste, fraud and abuse to ensure effective use of taxpayer dollars. | Made In Order |
5 | Version 1 | Walz (MN) | Democrat | Withdrawn Would provide a report on how veterans are affected in instances where States do not have a process to review and appropriately act on complaints concerning an institution of higher education. | Withdrawn |
Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to amend the rule to H.R. 2117 to report an open rule. Defeated: 2–7.