3.0.0 151 2021-09-29T19:38:14Z 2021-09-29T19:38:14Z House H HR 2005-01-04 109 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2005-02-09T15:20:47Z Referred to 2005-01-04T17:04:40Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-01-04T17:04:45Z 2005-02-09 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. Committee 2005-01-04 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2005-01-04 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2005-01-04 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2005-01-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-01-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13] Robert Menendez D NJ 13 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2005-03-03 False C000537 Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] JAMES CLYBURN D SC E. 6 2005-03-03 False S000248 Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16] JOSE SERRANO D NY E. 16 2005-03-03 False E000226 Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2] BOB ETHERIDGE D NC 2 2005-03-03 False J000284 Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11] STEPHANIE JONES D OH TUBBS 11 2005-03-03 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2005-03-03 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 3 2005-03-03 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2005-03-03 False H000636 Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] RUBEN HINOJOSA D TX 15 2005-03-08 False N000015 Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2] RICHARD NEAL D MA E. 2 2005-03-08 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2005-03-08 False S001156 Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39] Linda Sánchez D CA T. 39 2005-03-08 False W000792 Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] ANTHONY WEINER D NY D. 9 2005-03-17 False W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 2005-03-17 False J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 2005-06-24 False F000043 Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] CHAKA FATTAH D PA 2 2005-06-29 False S001158 Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3] John Salazar D CO T. 3 2005-07-12 False Education Bilingualism Child welfare College administration College costs Community colleges Compensatory education Counseling Crime and Law Enforcement Debtor and creditor Depressed areas Disabled Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Education savings accounts Educational counseling Emergency Management Emergency medicine Families Federal aid to education Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Fire fighters Government Operations and Politics Government lending Health Higher education Income tax Interest Interest rates Married people Mathematics Medical education Mentoring Nurses Nursing education Paramedical personnel Police Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Social Welfare Social work Special education Student aid Student loan funds Tax credits Taxation Teacher education Teacher supply and demand Teachers Technical education Tuition tax credits Wealth Education 00 2005-01-04 Introduced in House 2005-01-24T17:49:15Z Higher Education Affordability Resource Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to include coverage of other qualified higher education expenses under the HOPE scholarship tax credit.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a program of student loan forgiveness for: (1) highly qualified teachers in low-income communities; (2) highly qualified teachers of mathematics, science, and bilingual and special education; (3) nurses who serve low-income or needy communities in a clinical setting or as members of the nursing faculty at an accredited school of nursing; (4) child welfare workers with a degree in social work or a related field with a focus on serving children and families in public or private child welfare services; and (5) firefighters, police officers, or emergency medical technicians (first responders) who serve low-income communities.

Directs the Secretary of Education, without case-by-case consideration, to allow a student to receive two Pell grants during a single award year under certain conditions.

Excludes from consideration as student assets, for purposes of HEA student financial needs analysis, qualified education benefits from prepayment or savings plans that meet certain IRC requirements.

Requires lenders to provide certain student loan borrowers with special transition assistance plans at specified interest rates.

Establishes a partnership grant program to support academic transfer credits, to help students complete bachelor's degrees, through developing and implementing articulation and guaranteed transfer agreements between institutions of higher education.

Prohibits an eligible institution from refusing to certify, or reduce the amount certified for, a loan under the part B Federal Family Education Loan Program in order to require the student to borrow a loan under the part D Federal Perkins Loans program if the student has remaining loan eligibility under part B.

]]> Higher Education Affordability Resource Act Short Titles as Introduced Higher Education Affordability Resource Act Display Title Higher Education Affordability Resource Act Official Title as Introduced To ensure that all college students and their families have the tools and resources to adequately save for, finance, and repay their postsecondary and post-baccalaureate expenses. Introduced in House 2005-01-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr151ih/xml/BILLS-109hr151ih.xml 2005-02-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.