3.0.0 5779 2023-03-08T19:58:09Z 2023-03-08T19:58:09Z House HR 2021-10-28 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ:H.R. 5779.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H6035]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2021-10-28T14:00:20Z 2021-10-28 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2021-10-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-10-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000273 Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3] Teresa Leger Fernandez D NM 3 N S000929 Rep. Spartz, Victoria [R-IN-5] Victoria Spartz R IN 5 2021-10-28 True M001135 Rep. Manning, Kathy E. [D-NC-6] Kathy Manning D NC E. 6 2021-11-16 False Education Consumer credit Employee benefits and pensions Financial literacy Financial services and investments Government information and archives Higher education Student aid and college costs Education 00 2021-10-28 Introduced in House 2022-01-31T11:21:26Z Financial Fitness Act

This bill directs the Department of Education to create a personal finance education portal for voluntary use by recipients of federal financial aid. The portal must be on a centralized and publicly available website and include information on personal finance concepts, including core personal finance topics (e.g., earning, investing, and borrowing) and managing student loan repayment.

]]> Financial Fitness Act Display Title Financial Fitness Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Financial Fitness Act Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to create a personal finance education portal on a centralized website of the Department of Education pertaining to Federal financial aid. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr5779ih/xml/BILLS-117hr5779ih.xml 2021-10-28 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.