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United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2023
This resolution supports the designation of National Assistant Principals Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2023
Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act or the RISE Act This bill establishes requirements for institutions of higher education (IHEs) concerning students with disabilities. Specifically, the bill requires IHEs to allow students to use certain documents, such as individualized education programs, to establish their disabilities. In addition, IHEs must make the process for determining the eligibility for accommodations transparent. Finally, IHEs must submit key data related to their undergraduate students with disabilities for inclusion in federal postsecondary institution data collection efforts.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2023
DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act This bill restricts funding to an institution of higher education (IHE) that has a relationship with a Chinese entity of concern or Confucius Institute. A Confucius Institute is a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government. Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must ensure that an IHE that has awarded a contract to, entered into an agreement with, or received an in-kind donation or gift from a Chinese entity of concern or Confucius Institute is ineligible to receive any funds from DHS, unless the IHE terminates the relationship. The IHE may regain eligibility for these funds upon termination of the relationship.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2023
Seedlings for Sustainable Habitat Restoration Act of 2023 This bill provides support for the collection and maintenance of native seeds and production of tree seedlings. First, the bill expands the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to allow the Forest Service to enter into contracts, grants, or agreements with state forestry agencies, institutions of higher education, and other entities for the (1) collection and maintenance of native seeds, including material from managed seed orchards; and (2) production of seedlings for revegetation. Second, the bill modifies requirements for forest landscape restoration proposals for funding under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program. Specifically, the bill adds institutions of higher education to the list of entities that may provide employment or training opportunities under a proposal and allows the employment or training opportunities to include the collection and maintenance of native seeds for revegetation or the production of seedlings.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2023
Hawaii Native Species Conservation and Recovery Act of 2023 This bill directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to establish a program that annually provides, through grants and other means, funding for projects that support the conservation and recovery of native plant and animal species in Hawaii. Hawaii, Hawaiian local governments, Native Hawaiian organizations, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and institutions of higher education may apply for funding under the program.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2023
Vehicle Innovation Act of 2023 This bill authorizes through FY2028 Department of Energy (DOE) activities to support the research, development, and commercialization of innovative vehicle technologies in partnership or collaboration with industry, fuel producers and energy suppliers, electric utilities, universities, and laboratories. DOE must conduct a research and development program on materials, technologies, and processes with the potential to substantially reduce petroleum use and the emissions of U.S. passenger and commercial vehicles, including in the areas of natural gas and hydrogen vehicle technologies, electrification of vehicle systems, and hydraulic hybrid technologies. DOE must seek opportunities to leverage resources and support initiatives of state and local governments in developing and promoting advanced vehicle technologies, manufacturing, and infrastructure. The bill also requires DOE to carry out a research, development, and commercial application program for advanced vehicle manufacturing technologies and practices, including innovative processes to increase the production rate and decrease the cost of advanced battery and fuel cell manufacturing. In addition, DOE must conduct a program on advanced technologies for medium- to heavy-duty commercial, vocational, recreational, and transit vehicles; conduct a competitive grant program to demonstrate the integration of multiple advanced technologies on Class 8 trucks and trailers; and undertake a pilot program for technologies to improve total machine or system efficiency for nonroad mobile equipment (e.g., agricultural, construction, air, and seaport equipment).
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2023
Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act of 2023 This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 and revises the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The bill also authorizes new grants under the FIPSE program. Specifically, the Department of Education may award grants to institutions of higher education for dual or concurrent enrollment programs or early college high school programs that allow high school students to earn postsecondary credits.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2023
National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2023 This bill sets out a pilot program to support state agencies, state boards of nursing, nursing schools, or other eligible entities with establishing or expanding state-based nursing workforce centers that carry out research, planning, and programs to address nursing shortages, nursing education, and other matters affecting the nursing workforce. The bill also expands the authority of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish health workforce research centers and specifically requires that HRSA establish a center focused on nursing.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2023
Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2023 This bill requires hospitals to implement and submit to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a staffing plan that complies with specified minimum nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Hospitals must post a notice regarding nurse-to-patient ratios in each unit and maintain records of actual ratios for each shift in each unit. The bill also requires hospitals to follow certain procedures regarding how ratios are determined, and other staff are prohibited from performing nurse functions unless specifically authorized within a state's scope of practice rules. HHS must adjust Medicare payments to hospitals to cover additional costs attributable to compliance with these ratios. Nurses may object to, or refuse to participate in, an assignment if it would violate minimum ratios or if they are not prepared by education or experience to fulfill the assignment without compromising the safety of a patient or jeopardizing their nurse's license. Hospitals may not (1) take adverse actions against a nurse based on the nurse's reasonable refusal to accept an assignment; or (2) discriminate against individuals for good faith complaints relating to the care, services, or conditions of the hospital or related facilities. HHS may impose civil monetary penalties on hospitals violating the ratio requirements and must publish the names of such hospitals. The bill provides stipends to the nurse workforce loan repayment and scholarship program and expands the nurse retention grant program to include nurse preceptorship and mentorship projects.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2023
National Manufacturing Advisory Council for the 21st Century Act This bill establishes the National Manufacturing Advisory Council within the Department of Commerce to support the U.S. manufacturing sector. The council must advise Commerce about global and domestic manufacturing trends and threats to the manufacturing sector in the United States, including on matters such as supply chain interruptions, logistical challenges, and technological changes affecting the manufacturing base. The council also must provide recommendations to Commerce about worker participation, training and education, and the development of new technologies within the U.S. manufacturing sector. The council must annually submit to Congress a national strategic plan for manufacturing in the United States. The council must terminate on September 30 of the fifth year after the council holds its first meeting.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2023
DHS Suicide Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Program and establishes additional requirements for related existing programs. Among other activities, the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Program shall conduct data collection and research on mental health, suicides, and attempted suicides of DHS law enforcement officers and agents; evaluate current mental health and resiliency programs within DHS components; promote education and training related to mental health, resilience, suicide prevention, stigma, and mental health resources; establish a Peer-to-Peer Support Program Advisory Council; and assist DHS components in developing a program to provide suicide prevention and resiliency support and training for families of DHS law enforcement officers and agents and for surviving families of officers and agents who have been lost to suicide. The bill requires DHS components to prioritize and improve their mental health and wellness programs. The DHS Workplace Health and Wellness Program must assess the effectiveness of DHS law enforcement health and wellness programs. Each DHS component must report to the program incidents of suicide involving law enforcement officers or agents. The bill sets forth confidentiality limitations on the publication and collection of personally identifiable information.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2023
Promoting Responsible Emergency Protocols for All Students Act or the PREP for All Students Act This bill establishes the Council on Emergency Response Protocols. The council must, among other duties, provide guidelines for states, early child care and education settings, local educational agencies, and institutions of higher education to use in developing and implementing emergency response protocols (e.g., gun violence response and prevention protocols, natural disaster preparedness procedures, and fire drills) that are inclusive and accessible.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2023
Securing Our Schools Act of 2023 This bill provides funding and resources to (1) strengthen security on school premises, and (2) provide access to student mental health resources. It also generally prohibits the use of federal funding provided by this bill for abortions. Specifically, the bill provides specified funds through FY2033 to the Department of Education (ED) for Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants. It also directs ED to use a portion of these funds to strengthen security on school premises. The bill reauthorizes through FY2029 the Nonprofit Security Grant Program and revises the program, including by increasing grant amounts for administrative costs and technical assistance. Further, the bill allows funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services grant program to be used to pay for school resource officers and improve physical security at schools. Additionally, the bill transfers specified funds under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act to ED to establish the Student Access to Mental Health Program Fund, through which ED must award grants to states to support the salary of a mental health professional in eligible schools; and specified unobligated funds under the ARP Act to support certain mental health programs of ED, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The Government Accountability Office must conduct a study on mental health providers in schools. The bill transfers specified unobligated funds that were provided to address COVID-19 to ED to carry out this bill.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
Access to AEDs Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), including public charter schools operating as LEAs under state law, to promote student access to defibrillation in elementary and secondary schools.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This resolution expresses support for the Rise Up for LGBTQI+ Youth in Schools Initiative.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill specifies that no FY2024 funding is authorized to be appropriated or made available for the Department of Education's Student Financial Assistance account.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill specifies that no FY2024 funding is authorized to be appropriated or made available for the Department of Education's Rehabilitation Services account.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill specifies that no FY2024 funding is authorized to be appropriated or made available for the Department of Education's English Language Acquisition program.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill specifies that no FY2024 funding is authorized to be appropriated or made available for the Department of Education's Innovation and Improvement account.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill specifies that no FY2024 funding is authorized to be appropriated or made available for the Department of Education's School Improvement Programs account.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill limits FY2024 funding for the Department of Agriculture's Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill limits FY2024 funding for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Research and Education Activities.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill limits FY2024 funding for the Department of Education Office of Inspector General.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill specifies that no FY2024 funding is authorized to be appropriated or made available for the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill specifies that no FY2024 funding is authorized to be appropriated or made available for the Department of Education's Program Administration account.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill specifies that no FY2024 funding is authorized to be appropriated or made available for the Institute of Education Sciences.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill specifies that no FY2024 funding is authorized to be appropriated or made available for the Department of Education's College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill specifies that no FY2024 funding is authorized to be appropriated or made available for the Department of Education's Higher Education programs.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill specifies that no FY2024 funding is authorized to be appropriated or made available for the Department of Education's Student Aid Administration account.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill limits FY2024 funding for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill limits FY2024 funding for the Department of Agriculture's McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program Grants.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill expands eligibility for enrollment in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program to employees of tribal colleges and universities. Specifically, the bill makes tribal colleges and universities eligible to purchase coverage, rights, and benefits under the FEHB program for their employees. The following tribal employers are currently entitled to purchase coverage, rights, and benefits under the program for their employees: (1) an Indian tribe or tribal organization carrying out programs under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, and (2) an urban Indian organization carrying out programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for qualifying hospitals, including hospitals in rural areas and health professional shortage areas. Current law provides for an increase of up to 200 positions per fiscal year beginning in FY2023, with a total increase of 1,000 positions; each hospital may receive up to 25 additional positions. Current law also provides for an additional increase of up to 200 positions for FY2026, with at least 100 of these positions for psychiatry or related specialties; each hospital may receive up to 10 additional positions. The bill provides for an additional increase of 2,000 positions per fiscal year from FY2025-FY2031; during this period, each hospital may receive up to 75 additional positions in total under the bill and current law. Additionally, one-third of the positions that are made available under the bill must be allocated to hospitals that are already operating above applicable resident limits. The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on strategies to increase the diversity of the health professional workforce, including with respect to representation from rural, low-income, and minority communities.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This bill limits FY2024 funding for the International Military Education and Training account.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
This resolution expresses support for the Rise Up for LGBTQI+ Youth in Schools Initiative.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
Access to AEDs Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), including public charter schools operating as LEAs under state law, to promote student access to defibrillation in elementary and secondary schools.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2023
One Stop Shop for Small Business Licensing Act of 2023 This bill requires the Office of Entrepreneurship Education of the Small Business Administration to establish a website that provides licensing and business permit information for small businesses.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2023
Food and Farm Act This bill reauthorizes and modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address commodity support, crop insurance, conservation, food assistance, nutrition, farm credit, beginning farmers and ranchers, food waste, research and educational programs, animal welfare, and regional food systems. The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to repeal the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program and the Price Loss Coverage Program; impose additional limits on farm subsidies; extend crop insurance premium subsidies to farmers who plant crops to reduce erosion; require recipients of farm subsidies to comply with additional conservation requirements; authorize increased funding for conservation programs; authorize additional assistance under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program for organic farmers; establish a loan program for conservation-based structural improvements; increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits; establish tax credits for the sale of qualified farming property to socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers, veteran farmers or ranchers, and beginning farmers or ranchers (and the purchase of farming property by such farmers or ranchers); establish the Office of Food Waste within USDA; authorize additional funding for research and education programs; establish an independent animal welfare certification tax credit; require USDA to comply with certain animal welfare standards at federal agricultural research centers; and expand grant and loan programs for local and regional food systems.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2023
Student Loan Tax Elimination Act This bill eliminates the origination fee on federal student loans. Origination fees are the fees lenders charge for processing new loan applications.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2023
Aviation Workforce Development Act This bill expands the qualified tuition program (commonly referred to as 529 plans) to allow distributions to pay education-related expenses required for participation in certain aviation maintenance and commercial pilot courses.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2023
Foreign Influence Transparency Act This bill addresses foreign influence in higher education and in certain other academic, religious, and artistic pursuits. Current law exempts from foreign agent registration requirements a person engaging in activities in furtherance of religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or of the fine arts. The bill specifies that this exemption applies only if those activities do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government. Under current law, an institution of higher education (IHE) must disclose to the Department of Education (ED) a gift or contract that is from a foreign source and is valued at $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with the foreign source within a calendar year. The bill lowers this disclosure threshold to $50,000. The bill also requires the IHE to include in its disclosure report the contents of any such contract and make the contents available for public inspection and copying. Additionally, an IHE that enters into an agreement with a Confucius Institute (i.e., a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government) must immediately make available the full text of the agreement to the public, ED, and Congress. Finally, the bill prohibits an IHE that does not comply with these disclosure requirements from enrolling foreign students under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2023
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King in recognition of her courageous and groundbreaking leadership in advancing equal rights for women in athletics, education, and society.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2023
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants to states to develop, administer, and evaluate registered apprenticeship programs focused on early childhood education.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2023
Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023 This bill establishes, expands, and revises multiple programs and activities of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) primarily to reduce carbon emissions from the agriculture sector. Specifically, USDA must finalize and implement a plan to achieve net-zero emissions from the sector by 2040. USDA must periodically review and revise the plan, as necessary, and annually report on its implementation. Additionally, the bill expands the scope of various USDA research, extension, and education programs; conservation programs; and livestock programs to incorporate climate change adaptation and mitigation. Expanded activities include efforts to improve soil health and preserve farmland and grassland. Further, the bill changes programs that support renewable energy in rural areas to address carbon emissions in the agriculture sector. Among these changes, the bill provides statutory authority for the AgSTAR program for reducing methane emissions from livestock waste and requires the program to be moved from the Environmental Protection Agency to USDA. The bill also addresses food waste, for example, by (1) standardizing the voluntary labels used by food producers to indicate the date by which food should be used or discarded, and (2) making composting activities eligible for support through USDA conservation programs. Moreover, the bill establishes grants to reduce and prevent food waste in landfills and in schools.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2023
This resolution supports and encourages climate education in K-12 schools.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2023
Ensuring Fairness for Students Act This bill requires educational institutions to implement a specified grievance process for investigating and adjudicating formal complaints of sexual harassment (i.e., Title IX claims). Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programs or activities, including in public elementary and secondary schools and in colleges and universities. Among other elements, this grievance process must (1) provide both parties with a written notice of the allegation, an equal opportunity to select an advisor of each party's choice, and an opportunity to submit and review evidence throughout the investigation; (2) apply a presumption of innocence during the process; and (3) give both parties an equal opportunity to appeal.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2023
Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023 This bill establishes, expands, and revises multiple programs and activities of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) primarily to reduce carbon emissions from the agriculture sector. Specifically, USDA must finalize and implement a plan to achieve net-zero emissions from the sector by 2040. USDA must periodically review and revise the plan, as necessary, and annually report on its implementation. Additionally, the bill expands the scope of various USDA research, extension, and education programs; conservation programs; and livestock programs to incorporate climate change adaptation and mitigation. Expanded activities include efforts to improve soil health and preserve farmland and grassland. Further, the bill changes programs that support renewable energy in rural areas to address carbon emissions in the agriculture sector. Among these changes, the bill provides statutory authority for the AgSTAR program for reducing methane emissions from livestock waste and requires the program to be moved from the Environmental Protection Agency to USDA. The bill also addresses food waste, for example, by (1) standardizing the voluntary labels used by food producers to indicate the date by which food should be used or discarded, and (2) making composting activities eligible for support through USDA conservation programs. Moreover, the bill establishes grants to reduce and prevent food waste in landfills and in schools.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2023
Student Loan Tax Elimination Act This bill eliminates the origination fee on federal student loans. Origination fees are the fees lenders charge for processing new loan applications.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2023
This joint resolution nullifies the rule issued by the Department of Education on October 12, 2022, that suspends federal student loan payments and discharges debt.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2023
This resolution expresses the House of Representative's resolve to take effective action on climate change to protect the mental health and well-being of current and future youth. It also supports the expansion of funding for climate education, resilience, and climate adaptation projects that benefit their mental health and well-being.