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Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2009
Introduced: February 25, 2009
Introduced by:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 2, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Mar 2, 2009
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Feb 25, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2480-2483)
Feb 25, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2479-2480)
Feb 25, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2009 - Establishes in the executive branch the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation.
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. Declares the sense of Congress on the distribution of such grants among individuals and institutions.
Directs the the Comptroller General to review the operations of the Foundation.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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