US Congress House Bill 5312 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-11)
Status: Introduced on December 5 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-05 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Creates a commission to develop voluntary guidelines for postsecondary electronic instruction materials and related technologies. Specifically, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Secretary of Education must establish an independent commission to (1) develop and issue voluntary accessibility guidelines for postsecondary electronic instructional materials and related technologies, (2) develop a model framework for pilot testing such materials and technologies, and (3) produce an annotated list of information technology standards. The Department of Education must review and, as appropriate, update the voluntary guidelines, pilot testing framework, and information technology standards every five years.

AIM HIGH Act Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education Act

Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]
Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Carol Miller [R-WV]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]
Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-12-05	House	Introduced in House

HB4643 (Related) 2019-10-11 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
HB4674 (Related) 2020-12-28 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 583.
SB3095 (Related) 2019-12-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5312/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5312/BILLS-116hr5312ih.pdf