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S 660 115th Congress Senate Native Americans Education programs funding Higher education Indian social and development programs Minority education Student aid and college costs

Native American Indian Education Act

Introduced: March 15, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Mar 15, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 15, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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Native American Indian Education Act

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the Department of Education, for FY2018-FY2022, to pay Native American-serving, nontribal institutions of higher education the tuition of their out-of-state Native American students. This applies only to schools that are required to provide a tuition-free education, with the support of their state, to Native American students as a condition under which the college or state received its original grant of land and facilities from the federal government. Payments are treated as reimbursements to institutions from their states.

What's happening now March 15, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1528 Identical bill Native American Indian Education Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Jan 30, 2018
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Sep 19, 2017
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Mar 15, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 660: Native American Indian Education Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-660/
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"S. 660: Native American Indian Education Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-660/.
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