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Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2007

Introduced: March 12, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 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
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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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 Bill text 5 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 2
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · May 8, 2007
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 8, 2007
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 16, 2007
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Mar 30, 2007
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 30, 2007
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 23, 2007
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