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H.R. 3957: To repeal title VIII of the Higher Education Opportunity Act and title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

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H.R. 3957: To repeal title VIII of the Higher Education Opportunity Act and title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

115th Congress · introduced 2017-10-04 · Education · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-10-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

To repeal title VIII of the Higher Education Opportunity Act and title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Plain summary

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal programs authorized under title VIII, including programs concerning: education services for low-income students (e.g., Project GRAD); education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics; job skill training, such as training for nontraditional students and training for writers who provide closed-captioned programming; registered nursing programs and schools of veterinary medicine; support and training for teachers (e.g., Teach for America Inc.); support for women and minorities (e.g., the Patsy T. Mink Fellowship program, funding for master's degree programs at historically black colleges and universities and predominantly black institutions, and funding for postbaccalaureate programs at Hispanic-serving institutions); student safety and campus emergency management; student work experiences; Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success; and education and services for young adults who have been released from juvenile detention centers or secure juvenile justice residential facilities.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

To repeal title VIII of the Higher Education Opportunity Act and title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19] · 8 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3957 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115