Bill H.R.7880 titled “To increase the total maximum Federal Pell Grant, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor 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 by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Salud Carbajal.
Bill H.R.7886 titled “To direct the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education to develop and implement best practices for occupation-specific education for school resource officers” was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary 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 by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Clay Higgins with Carlos Gimenez, Mike Kelly, Dan Newhouse, Maria Salazar as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.7887 titled “To require the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education to conduct a survey of all public schools to determine the number of school resource officers at such schools” was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary 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 by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Clay Higgins with Carlos Gimenez, Dan Newhouse, Maria Salazar, W. Steube as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.7894 titled “To require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives” was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor and 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 by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley with Alma Adams, Jake Auchincloss, Nanette Barragan, Karen Bass, Ami Bera, Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Jamaal Bowman, Anthony Brown, Julia Brownley, Cheri Bustos, Salud Carbajal, Tony Cárdenas, Sean Casten, Kathy Castor, Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick, Judy Chu, David Cicilline, Katherine Clark, Yvette Clarke, Gerald Connolly, Danny Davis, Peter Defazio, Diana Degette, Rosa Delauro, Suzan Delbene, Mark Desaulnier, Lloyd Doggett, Adriano Espaillat, Dwight Evans, Lizzie Fletcher, Lois Frankel, Jesus Garcia, Sylvia Garcia, Jimmy Gomez, Raúl Grijalva, Jared Huffman, Sheila Jackson Lee, Sara Jacobs, Pramila Jayapal, Henry Johnson, Mondaire Jones, Ro Khanna, Derek Kilmer, Raja Krishnamoorthi, John Larson, Brenda Lawrence, Barbara Lee, Andy Levin, Ted Lieu, Alan Lowenthal, Carolyn Maloney, Kathy Manning, Lucy Mcbath, Betty Mccollum, James Mcgovern, Jerry Mcnerney, Grace Meng, Gwen Moore, Jerrold Nadler, Grace Napolitano, Marie Newman, Eleanor Norton, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Donald Payne, Scott Peters, Mark Pocan, Katie Porter, Mike Quigley, Jamie Raskin, Linda Sánchez, Janice Schakowsky, Bradley Schneider, Kim Schrier, Adam Smith, Darren Soto, Jackie Speier, Marilyn Strickland, Eric Swalwell, Mark Takano, Dina Titus, Rashida Tlaib, Ritchie Torres, Lori Trahan, David Trone, Lauren Underwood, Juan Vargas, Nydia Velazquez, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Nikema Williams, Frederica Wilson as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.7895 titled “To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to terminate the authority to make Federal direct PLUS loans, and for other purposes” was referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Tom Rice.
Bill H.R.7907 titled “To keep schools safe using unobligated Federal funds available to the Secretary of Education to respond to the coronavirus” was referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Sr. Weber Randy.
The Education and Labor Committee moves forward in some way on two bills per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
| Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
|---|---|---|
| To increase the total maximum Federal Pell Grant, and for other purposes. | Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. | House of Representatives |
| To direct the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education to develop and implement best practices for occupation-specific education for school resource officers. | Rep. Higgins, Clay | House of Representatives |
| To require the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education to conduct a survey of all public schools to determine the number of school resource officers at such schools. | Rep. Higgins, Clay | House of Representatives |
| To require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives. | Rep. Pressley, Ayanna | House of Representatives |
| To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to terminate the authority to make Federal direct PLUS loans, and for other purposes. | Rep. Rice, Tom | House of Representatives |
| To keep schools safe using unobligated Federal funds available to the Secretary of Education to respond to the coronavirus. | Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. | House of Representatives |
