Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education Act or the FUTURE Act This bill permanently authorizes funding for minority-serving institutions of higher education and increases the authorization of appropriations for Pell Grants. This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), upon the written request of the Department of Education (ED), to disclose to any authorized person, tax return information to determine eligibility for recertifications for income-contingent or income-based repayments of student loans, discharges of loans based on total and permanent disability, and the amount of student financial aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965. The IRS must also establish and implement procedures for recertifying income for purposes of this bill and for requesting tax return information. The bill requires ED and the IRS to issue joint reports to Congress on this bill, including an update on the status of implementation of this bill and an evaluation of how such implementation affected the processing of applications for financial aid and discharge of student loans.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S6956)
Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6956)
Ms. Adams moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9961-9967)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5363.
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9969)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 319 - 96 (Roll no. 659). (text: CR H9961-9963)
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S6956)
Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6956)
Ms. Adams moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9961-9967)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5363.
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9969)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 319 - 96 (Roll no. 659). (text: CR H9961-9963)
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FUTURE Act
USA116th CongressHR-5363| House
| Updated: 12/19/2019
Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education Act or the FUTURE Act This bill permanently authorizes funding for minority-serving institutions of higher education and increases the authorization of appropriations for Pell Grants. This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), upon the written request of the Department of Education (ED), to disclose to any authorized person, tax return information to determine eligibility for recertifications for income-contingent or income-based repayments of student loans, discharges of loans based on total and permanent disability, and the amount of student financial aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965. The IRS must also establish and implement procedures for recertifying income for purposes of this bill and for requesting tax return information. The bill requires ED and the IRS to issue joint reports to Congress on this bill, including an update on the status of implementation of this bill and an evaluation of how such implementation affected the processing of applications for financial aid and discharge of student loans.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S6956)
Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6956)
Ms. Adams moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9961-9967)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5363.
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9969)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 319 - 96 (Roll no. 659). (text: CR H9961-9963)
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S6956)
Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6956)
Ms. Adams moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9961-9967)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5363.
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9969)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 319 - 96 (Roll no. 659). (text: CR H9961-9963)
Congressional oversightEducational facilities and institutionsGovernment information and archivesGovernment trust fundsHigher educationMinority educationStudent aid and college costsStudent records