US Congress House Bill 666 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-17 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of State to establish a scholarship program for eligible Haitian students who were enrolled as full-time or part-time students in a Haitian or U.S. university or institution of higher education and whose studies were interrupted as a result of the January 12, 2010, earthquake or the October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew. A Haitian student who receives such a scholarship shall return to Haiti for at least two years upon completion of an undergraduate or graduate degree. The State Department may make grants to institutions of higher education that have enrolled a significant number of Haitian students who were enrolled in a Haitian university at the time of such earthquake or hurricane. Such grants shall be used to provide social and educational support services.

Haitian Educational Empowerment Act of 2019

Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-17	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2019-01-17	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E63)
2019-01-17	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/666/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr666/BILLS-116hr666ih.pdf