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H.R. 3393: Diversify Act

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H.R. 3393: Diversify Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-05-20 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-05-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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. 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

Diversify Act

Plain summary

Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For Youth Act or the Diversify Act This bill revises the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) grant program. The TEACH program awards grants to undergraduate and graduate students who commit to teaching in a high-need field and in an elementary or secondary school that serves low-income students. First, the bill raises the maximum amount for TEACH grants. Second, the bill allows TEACH grants to cover the full cost of attendance. Currently, these grants may be used only for tuition, fees, and on-campus housing. The bill allows teaching in a high-need early childhood education program to count toward service requirements for the program. Next, the bill eliminates the process for converting a TEACH grant to a loan if a recipient does not complete the requirements of the program. Further, the bill prohibits the Department of Education (ED) from instituting or creating a monetary penalty for failure or refusal to complete the service requirement. In addition, the bill requires ED to send an electronic certificate to grant recipients who have completed their service requirement. The bill also exempts the TEACH program from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.

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Official text

Diversify Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] · 44 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] reported raising $375,959 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3393 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117