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S. 991 (95th)

Department of Education Organization Act

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Introduced

14 March 1977

Last action

28 September 1978 · Vote

Status

Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #426 (72-11).

Sponsors

Sen. Ribicoff, Abraham A. [D-CT], Sen. Magnuson, Warren G. [D-WA], Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN], Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI], Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA], Sen. Allen, James B. [D-AL], Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK], Sen. Bayh, Birch [D-IN], Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK], Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL], Sen. Church, Frank [D-ID], Sen. Clark, Dick [D-IA], Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA], Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ], Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM], Sen. Eagleton, Thomas F. [D-MO], Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY], Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA], Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI], Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD], Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT], Sen. Pearson, James B. [R-KS], Sen. Randolph, Jennings [D-WV], Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN], Sen. Sparkman, John J. [D-AL], Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT], Sen. Stone, Richard (Dick) [D-FL], Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT], Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ], Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO], Sen. Muskie, Edmund S. [D-ME], Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA], Sen. Culver, John C. [D-IA], Sen. Brooke, Edward W. [R-MA], Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI], Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND], Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD], Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI], Sen. Metcalf, Lee [D-MT], Sen. Anderson, Wendell R. [D-MN], Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]

Subjects

Education

Source updated

14 January 2025

Education

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Summary

Department of Education Act - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education to be administered by a Secretary of Education. States that the principal function of such Department is to promote the cause and advancement of education throughout the United States. Transfers to the Secretary specified functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Commissioner of Education, and various educational responsibilities of other Federal agencies and instrumentalities. Creates the Federal Interagency Committee on Education and the National Advisory Commission on Education. Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Secretary of such Department, as the Department of Health and Welfare, and the Secretary of Health and Welfare.

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Timeline

  1. 14 March 1977

    Introduced

    Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 14 March 1977

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 9 August 1978

    Reported

    Reported to Senate from the Committee on Governmental Affairs with amendment, S. Rept. 95-1078.

    Source: Committee

  4. 9 August 1978

    Reported

    Reported to Senate from the Committee on Governmental Affairs with amendment, S. Rept. 95-1078.

    Source: Committee

  5. 19 September 1978

    Floor

    Call of calendar in Senate.

    Source: Floor

  6. 20 September 1978

    Floor

    Measured considered in Senate.

    Source: Floor

  7. 28 September 1978

    Floor

    Measure considered in Senate.

    Source: Floor

  8. 28 September 1978

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #426 (72-11).

    Source: Floor

Votes

· Official source

Yes 0 · No 0 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 0

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