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HR 162 115th Congress House International Affairs Caribbean area Education programs funding Foreign aid and international relief Haiti Higher education Latin America Natural disasters Student aid and college costs

Haitian Educational Empowerment Act of 2017

Introduced: January 3, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced in House
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Haitian Educational Empowerment Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of State to establish a scholarship program for eligible Haitian students who were enrolled as full-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 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 as full-time students in a Haitian university at the time of such earthquake or hurricane. Such grants shall be used to provide social and educational support services.

What's happening now January 3, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jan 23, 2017
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jan 23, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 162: Haitian Educational Empowerment Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-162/
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"H.R. 162: Haitian Educational Empowerment Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-162/.
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H.R. 162, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-162/.
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