Higher Education Technical Amendments of 1979
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(Measure passed Senate, amended) Higher Education Technical Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend authorizations of appropriations through fiscal year 1980 for: (1) community services and continuing education programs; (2) college library programs, including research libraries; (3) developing institutions; (4) basic educational opportunity grants; (5) supplemental educational opportunity grants; (6) grants to States for student incentives; (7) special programs for students from disadvantaged backgrounds; (8) Educational Information Centers; (9) veterans' cost-of-instruction payments to institutions of higher education; (10) direct student loans; (11) teacher corps and teacher training programs; (12) acquisition of television and other equipment and minor remodeling for improvement of undergraduate instruction; (13) grants and loans for construction and renovation of undergraduate academic facilities and graduate academic facilities; (14) annual interest grants for such construction and renovation; (15) graduate programs and fellowships; (16) Statewide plans for community colleges, and the establishment and expansion of community colleges; (17) law school clinical programs; and (18) comprehensive statewide planning. Amends the General Education Provisions Act to extend authorizations of appropriations through fiscal year 1980 for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education and the National Institute of Education. Authorizes the appropriation to the National Institute of Education of $125,000,000 for fiscal year 1980. Amends the National Defense Education Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for language development centers and research and studies through fiscal year 1980. Amends the Middle Income Student Assistance Act to make such Act effective with respect to student enrollment on or after July 1, 1979, (presently August 1, 1979). Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to: (1) provide that any excess basic educational opportunity grant funds for the academic year 1978-1979 shall remain available for such purpose through September 30, 1981, rather than used for other educational purposes; (2) provide that all eligible lenders shall be considered approved for purposes of Federal interest subsidies unless the Commissioner of Education promulgates required regulations by September 30, 1979; (3) remove limitations on special allowance payments effective October 1, 1979, except with regard to loans held during the third quarter of 1979; (4) authorize the Commissioner to collect defaulted direct student loans; and (5) include vocational schools within the definition of "institution of higher education".
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed Senate amended" stage on July 31, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Public Law 96-49.
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In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one has no outstanding steps listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
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Who is behind it?
WILLIAM FORD (D-MI) introduced it on June 14, 1979, and 4 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 2 Democrats, 2 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on June 14, 1979, 17255 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17195 days ago, on August 13, 1979.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- HousePublic Law 96-49.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action