US Congress House Bill 1298 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 53-0)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits institutions of higher education that receive federal student aid from discriminating or taking adverse action against Dreamer students (i.e., students who have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status) based on their immigration status, including charging out-of-state tuition to students who would qualify as residents of the state. The bill also makes Dreamer students eligible for federal financial aid. The bill prohibits the use or publication of certain identifiable information related to such students, subject to civil penalties.

Higher Education Dream Act of 2019

Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-02-15	House	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.
2019-02-15	House	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.
2019-02-15	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1298/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1298/BILLS-116hr1298ih.pdf