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H.R. 4274: Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2017

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H.R. 4274: Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-11-07 · Education · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-11-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6] · 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.

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Official title

Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2017

Plain summary

Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make postsecondary education courses and programs, such as apprenticeship programs, that provide credits toward a postsecondary certification, credential, or degree eligible for federal student aid funding if the programs and courses are accredited by a state that has an alternative accreditation agreement with the Department of Education. The bill terminates loan forgiveness for borrowers under the income contingent repayment options for new loans made under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program. An institution that receives federal student aid funding must pay a default rate fine that is based on the default rate of loans made to its students.

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Official text

Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6] · 77 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), Scott Perry (R-PA), Ted Budd (R-NC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Roger Williams (R-TX), Jason Smith (R-MO), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), James Comer (R-KY), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Steve Womack (R-AR) and 17 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4274 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115