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HR 73 114th Congress House

America RISING Act of 2015

Official title: To establish a grant program for stipends to assist in the cost of compensation paid by employers to certain recent college graduates and to provide funding fo… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To establish a grant program for stipends to assist in the cost of compensation paid by employers to certain recent college graduates and to provide funding for their further education in subjects relating to mathematics, science, engineering, and technology.

Introduced: November 2, 2015 See on congress.gov
Education Education programs fundingEmployment and training programsGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHigher education
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Apr 29, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jan 6, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 6, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 29, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

America Realizing the Informational Skills and Initiative of New Graduates Act of 2015 or the America RISING Act of 2015

Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education to jointly establish a program providing grants to:

  • eligible employers to defray the cost of compensation they pay to recent graduates from institutions of higher education (IHEs); and
  • such graduates to enable them to defray the cost of undertaking further postsecondary education at an IHE for up to 24 months in subjects relating to mathematics, science, engineering, or technology.

Defines an "eligible employer" as a small business concern or a major corporation that has an operation located in an enterprise zone or in an area in which the unemployment rate exceeds the national average unemployment rate by more than 2%.

Allows college graduates who are participating in the program, either as grantees or beneficiaries of grants to their employers, to defer payment on their federal student loans under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 until their participation in the program ends.

Requires graduates who are awarded a program grant to be eligible to receive federal student aid under title IV without regard to whether they have been or are delinquent on title IV loans.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Nov 2, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 73: America RISING Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-73/
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"H.R. 73: America RISING Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-73/.
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H.R. 73, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-73/.
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