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Higher Education Amendments of 1986

Introduced: December 17, 1985 See on congress.gov
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 17, 1986
Signed by President.
Oct 17, 1986
Became Public Law No: 99-498.
Oct 7, 1986
Presented to President.
Oct 7, 1986
Measure Signed in Senate.
Sep 25, 1986
Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Sep 25, 1986
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Sep 24, 1986
Conference papers, message on House action held at the desk.
Sep 24, 1986
House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 385 - 25 (Record Vote No: 409).
Sep 24, 1986
Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 385 - 25 (Record Vote No: 409).
Sep 24, 1986
Considered by House Pursuant to the Provisions of H.Res. 557.
Sep 24, 1986
Rule Passed House.
Sep 23, 1986
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.557 Reported to House.
Sep 23, 1986
Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Waiving All Points of Order Against the Conference Report.
Sep 22, 1986
Conference papers, Senate report and managers' statement held at the desk.
Sep 22, 1986
Conference Report 99-861 Filed in House.
Sep 22, 1986
Conference report filed: Conference Report 99-861 Filed in House.
Sep 12, 1986
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Sep 12, 1986
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Sep 11, 1986
Conference held.
Sep 11, 1986
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Sep 10, 1986
Conference held.
Sep 10, 1986
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Aug 15, 1986
Conference held.
Aug 15, 1986
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Aug 14, 1986
Conference held.
Aug 14, 1986
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Aug 13, 1986
Conference held.
Aug 13, 1986
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Aug 12, 1986
Conference held.
Aug 12, 1986
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Aug 8, 1986
Conference held.
Aug 8, 1986
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Aug 7, 1986
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Aug 7, 1986
Conference held.
Aug 6, 1986
Conference held.
Aug 6, 1986
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Jul 31, 1986
Conference held.
Jul 31, 1986
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Jul 30, 1986
Conference held.
Jul 30, 1986
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Jul 29, 1986
Conference held.
Jul 29, 1986
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Jul 24, 1986
House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Kildee, Bartlett, Dingell, Scheuer, Waxman, Lent, Madigan, Fascell, Hamilton, Mica, Broomfield, Snowe, Rodino, Edwards (CA), Glickman, Fish, Brown (CO).
Jul 24, 1986
House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Atkins, Jeffords, Goodling, Coleman (MO), Petri, Roukema, Gunderson, Tauke, McKernan, Henry.
Jul 24, 1986
House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Hawkins, Ford (MI), Gaydos, Biaggi, Williams, Owens, Hayes, Perkins, Bruce, Solarz, Dymally, Eckart (OH), Penny.
Jul 24, 1986
House Insisted on its Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 24, 1986
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Insisted on its Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 14, 1986
Senate requests a conference. Appoints conferees. Hatch; Stafford; Quayle; Weicker; Wallop; Thurmond; Kennedy; Pell; Dodd; Matsunaga; Simon.
Jul 14, 1986
Senate disagreed to the House amendment by Voice Vote.
Jul 14, 1986
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate disagreed to the House amendment by Voice Vote.
 Amendments to this bill 38

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

33 agreed to 1 failed 4 pending / other

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 912 – A substitute amendment, replacing the Senate text with the texts of HR 3700 and HR 2246. Pending Jun 17, 1986
SAMDT 2,005 – To provide additional savings under student assistance programs. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 2,004 – To provide additional savings under student assistance programs. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 2,003 Grassley, Chuck To equitably adjust the farm assets. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 2,002 – To encourage community service college work study programs to develop programs in literacy training. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 2,001 – To authorize a study on the establishment of a National Endowment for International Studies. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 2,000 – Authorizing the Secretary of Education to provide an exception in demonstrated cases of exceptional need to w… Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,999 – To extend the authorization of the Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,998 – To authorize a study of the use of volunteers in elementary and secondary school classrooms. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,997 – To provide funding for developing institutions in Alaska which enroll Alaska Native students. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,996 – To include junior and community colleges under the waiver in section 352(a). Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,995 – To provide for appointment of the members of the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improv… Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,994 – To commence a study of financial aid formulas applicable to students in postsecondary educational institution… Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,993 – To restore the neighborhood school and to curb forced busing by federal courts, and for other purposes. Withdrawn Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,992 – To provide a sense of the Senate that the Administration shall immediately release a portion of the $5,000,00… Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,991 – To assure that the College Construction Loan Insurance Association does not guarantee, assure, or reassure i… Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,990 – To provide that funds appropriated in P.L. 97-377 under the terms of H.R. 3598 shall be available as a direct… Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,989 – To provide for a study on the escalation cost of higher education. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,988 – To authorize a College Construction Loan Insurance Association. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,987 – To provide an optional private sector employment agreement under the Work Study Program. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,986 – To authorize appropriations for the United States Institute of Peace for the fiscal years 1987 and 1988, and … Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,985 – To authorize the Secretary of Education to sell defaulted student loans, to garnish the compensation payable … Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,984 – To promote the development of Native American culture and art. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,983 – To require the acceptance of an application from Preston County Board of Education, West Virginia, for disast… Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,982 – To provide a deferment for certain mothers with preschool age children who are just entering or reentering th… Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,981 – To provide grants to States for fellowships for individuals who have outstanding ability, demonstrate an inte… Failed Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,980 – To clarify that tutorial services are included within the meaning of community services under the work study … Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,979 – To increase the effectiveness of student loan information to borrowers. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,978 – To increase the effectiveness of student loan information to borrowers. Withdrawn Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,977 – To provide special counseling for borrowers. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,976 – To require eligible lenders to report on special allowance payments. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,975 – To provide a Pell grant for first year graduate study. Withdrawn Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,974 – To reauthorize veterans' cost of instruction payments. Agreed to Jun 3, 1986
SAMDT 1,973 – To require multistate guarantors with respect to loans insured by such multistate guarantors for students who… Agreed to Jun 2, 1986
SAMDT 1,972 – To strike a provision dealing with student support services. Agreed to Jun 2, 1986
SAMDT 1,971 – To provide for income contingent direct loan demonstration project. Agreed to Jun 2, 1986
SAMDT 1,970 – To authorize the Student Loan Marketing Association to undertake the financing or refinancing of the construc… Agreed to Jun 2, 1986
SAMDT 1,969 – To make modifications to improve the bill, to strike provisions enacted in the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Re… Agreed to Jun 2, 1986
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Higher Education Amendments of 1985 - Revises and reauthorizes through FY 1991 specified programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA).

Title I: Student Assistance - Part A: Grants to Students - Subpart I: Pell Grants - Extends the Pell Grant program. Revises program eligibility requirements. Revises maximum grant limits and cost of attendance formulas and rules. Sets forth a separate new family contribution schedule for Pell Grants. Sets forth a procedure with respect to award errors and overpayments.

Subpart 2: Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants - Authorizes appropriations for the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program. Revises program provisions relating to: (1) the maximum amount of such grants; (2) priority for needy students; and (3) apportionment.

Subpart 3: State Student Incentive Grants - Authorizes appropriations for the State Student Incentive Grants Program. Sets forth a Federal share limitation under such program.

Subpart 4: Student Support Service Programs - Authorizes appropriations for Student Support Service Programs. Revises program provisions, including provisions for veterans and for outreach and staff development.

Subpart 5: Special Programs for Students Whose Families are Engaged in Migrant and Seasonal Farmwork - Authorizes appropriations for the program referred to under this subpart.

Part B: Guaranteed Loans - Extends and revises the Guaranteed Student Loan Program (including the Federally-Insured Student Loan Program).

Part C: Work Study Programs - Extends and revises work study programs (including work study for community service learning on behalf of low-income individuals and families).

Part D: Direct Loans - Extends and revises the Direct Student Loan Program (including loan priority for needy students and interest rates on loans made after July 1, 1986).

Part E: General Student Aid Provisions - Revises various provisions relating to HEA title IV (Student Assistance) programs generally.

Title II: Institutional and Program Assistance - Part A: Continuing Postsecondary Education Program and Planning - Repeals title I (Continuing Postsecondary Education Program and Planning) under HEA.

Provides for a National Advisory Council on Continuing Education.

Part B: Libraries - Reauthorizes HEA provisions relating to libraries.

Revises provisions relating to college library resources. Authorizes a study of the effectiveness of the needs criteria for the College Library Resource Program.

Strengthens research library resources.

Repeals specified provisions relating to libraries.

Part C: Institutional Aid - Reauthorizes provisions relating to institutional aid.

Part D: Teacher Training and Development - Subpart I: Teacher Training Programs for Higher Educational Personnel - Repeals part B (Teacher Training Programs) of Title V (Teacher Corps and Teacher Training Programs) of HEA.

Subpart 2: Training for School Teachers To Teach Handicapped Children - Repeals part C (Training for Elementary and Secondary School Teachers to Teach Handicapped Children in Areas with a shortage) of title V of HEA.

Subpart 3: Coordination - Repeals part D (Coordination of Education Professional Development) of title V of HEA.

Subpart 4: Carl D. Perkins Scholarship Program - Authorizes specified appropriations for the Carl D. Perkins Scholarship Program for FY 1987 through 1991.

Subpart 5: National Talented Teacher Fellowship Program - Authorizes specified appropriations for the National Talented Teacher Program for FY 1987 through 1991.

Part E: International Education - Reauthorizes provisions related to international and foreign language study (including provisions on language and area centers, foreign language resource centers, summer institutes, and research).

Authorizes specified appropriations for the provision of international education for FY 1987 through 1991.

Part F: Construction and Renovation - (Reserved.)

Part G: Cooperative Education - Authorizes specified appropriations for cooperative education for FY 1987 through 1991.

Authorizes grants (and contracts for demonstration projects) for cooperative education programs.

Part H: Graduate and Professional Programs - Subpart I: Grants to Institutions of Higher Education - Repeals part A (Grants to Institutions of Higher Education) of title IX (Graduate Programs) of HEA.

Subpart 2: Fellowships for Graduate and Professional Study - Increases the maximum institutional and individual grant amounts for graduate and professional study under HEA for institutions and individuals. Establishes a minimum institutional payment.

Authorizes specified appropriations for fellowships for graduate and professional study for FY 1987 through 1991.

Subpart 3: National Graduate Fellows Program - Extends and limits the authorization of appropriations for the National Graduate Fellows Program through FY 1991. Requires that awardees under such program be known as Jacob J. Javits Fellows.

Subpart 4: Training in the Legal Profession - Authorizes specified appropriations for HEA legal training programs for FY 1987 through 1991.

Subpart 5: Law School Clinical Experience Programs - Authorizes specified appropriations for Law School Clinical Experience Programs under HEA for FY 1987 through 1991.

Part I: Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education - Authorizes specified appropriations for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education for FY 1987 through 1991.

Establishes a program of grants to and contract with higher education institutions and other agencies and organizations for innovative projects for community services and student financial independence. Authorizes specified appropriations for such program for FY 1987 through 1991.

Establishes a Community College Unit in the Office of Postsecondary Education.

Authorizes specified appropriations for the Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program for FY 1987 through 1991.

Part J: Urban University Program - Repeals title XI (Urban Grant University Program) of HEA.

Title III: Regional Education Laboratories and Research and Development Centers - Amends a specified provision of the General Education Provisions Act to reauthorize appropriations for regional educational laboratories and research and development centers through 1991.

What's happening now October 17, 1986

Became Public Law No: 99-498.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 2246 Related bill Education Research and Statistics Amendments of 1986
  • HR 3700 Related bill Higher Education Amendments of 1985
  • HR 4821 Related bill A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1987 and 1988 for the United States Institute of Peace.
  • HRES 557 Procedurally related A resolution waiving certain points of order against the conference report on the bill (S. 1965) to reauthorize and re…
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 13, 1986
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