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HR 7709 117th Congress House

Displaced Afghan Women and Girls Education Act of 2022

Official title: To authorize programs to provide college scholarships and educational support to women and girls who have escaped Afghanistan and come to the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 10, 2022 See on congress.gov
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May 10, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
May 10, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 10, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Displaced Afghan Women and Girls Education Act of 2022

This bill provides certain educational resources to certain displaced Afghan women and girls domiciled in the United States.

For example, the bill (1) requires such displaced Afghan women and girls to receive in-state tuition rates at public institutions of higher education, and (2) provides funding for and establishes the Displaced Afghan Women and Girls Scholarship Grant.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 49
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Chu, Judy
California · Jun 13, 2022
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Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jun 13, 2022
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· May 27, 2022
D
Meng, Grace
New York · May 11, 2022
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · May 11, 2022
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Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · May 11, 2022
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Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · May 10, 2022
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Auchincloss, Jake
Massachusetts · May 10, 2022
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · May 10, 2022
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · May 10, 2022
Bowman, Jamaal
· May 10, 2022
D
Brown, Shontel M.
Ohio · May 10, 2022
Cárdenas, Tony
· May 10, 2022
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 10, 2022
Demings, Val
· May 10, 2022
D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · May 10, 2022
D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · May 10, 2022
Eshoo, Anna
· May 10, 2022
D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · May 10, 2022
D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · May 10, 2022
Higgins, Brian
· May 10, 2022
D
Jacobs, Sara
California · May 10, 2022
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · May 10, 2022
D
Khanna, Ro
California · May 10, 2022
D
Lieu, Ted
California · May 10, 2022
Lowenthal, Alan
· May 10, 2022
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 10, 2022
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 10, 2022
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 10, 2022
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Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · May 10, 2022
Newman, Marie
· May 10, 2022
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 10, 2022
O'Halleran, Tom
· May 10, 2022
D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · May 10, 2022
Payne, Donald
· May 10, 2022
D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · May 10, 2022
D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · May 10, 2022
D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · May 10, 2022
Sires, Albio
· May 10, 2022
D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · May 10, 2022
D
Soto, Darren
Florida · May 10, 2022
Speier, Jackie
· May 10, 2022
D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · May 10, 2022
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Titus, Dina
Nevada · May 10, 2022
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Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · May 10, 2022
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Vargas, Juan
California · May 10, 2022
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 10, 2022
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · May 10, 2022
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · May 10, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7709: Displaced Afghan Women and Girls Education Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7709/
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"H.R. 7709: Displaced Afghan Women and Girls Education Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7709/.
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H.R. 7709, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7709/.
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