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Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2007

Introduced: March 12, 2007 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 4, 2008

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 592.

Mar 4, 2008

Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden with amendments and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 110-272.

Feb 13, 2008

Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.

Jul 17, 2007

Star Print ordered on the bill.

Jun 7, 2007

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Jun 5, 2007

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Jun 5, 2007

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5944-5946)

Jun 5, 2007

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5944-5946)

Jun 5, 2007

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1469.

Jun 5, 2007

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5944-5948)

Jun 5, 2007

Mr. Lantos moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

May 9, 2007

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 80.

May 9, 2007

Reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 110-138.

Mar 27, 2007

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Mar 27, 2007

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Mar 12, 2007

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Mar 12, 2007

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E519)

Mar 12, 2007

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2007 - Establishes in the executive branch the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation to carry out this Act.

Requires the Foundation to award grants, increasingly for study in nontraditional study abroad destinations, to: (1) U.S. students; (2) nongovernmental institutions that provide and promote study abroad opportunities for U.S. students, in consortium with institutions of higher education (IHEs); and (3) IHEs, individually or in consortium.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Foundation should: (1) award up to 25% of such grants to such U.S. students and at least 75% of them to such institutions; and (2) ensure that at least 85% of the amount awarded to such institutions is used to award scholarships to students.

Requires the Comptroller General, within two years after enactment of this Act, to review and report to the Secretary of State (in the capacity of the Secretary as Chairperson of the Board of the Foundation) and to specified congressional committees on the operations of the Foundation.

Authorizes appropriations.

States that such amounts are in addition to those authorized for educational exchange programs, including the J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Program and the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, administered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State.

What's happening now March 4, 2008

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 592.

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