H.R. 1777 — 111th Congress

To make technical corrections to the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

Originated in the House · Introduced Mar 30, 2009 · Education

Latest action

Jul 1, 2009

Became Public Law No: 111-39.

CRS summary

As of Jul 1, 2009

Public Law

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on June 23, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Makes miscellaneous and technical amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act).

Title I: General Provisions - Makes technical amendments to title I of the Act.

(Sec. 101) Amends the Higher Education Opportunity Act to make the date of such Act's enactment, August 14, 2008, the effective date of its revisions to the general definition of institutions of higher education (IHEs).

Makes prerequisites for foreign nursing school participation in the Act's Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program inapplicable, until July 1, 2012, to foreign nursing schools that were participating in the FFEL program on August 13, 2008.

Title II: Teacher Quality Enhancement: Makes technical amendments to title II of the Act.

(Sec. 201) Requires prospective teachers in teaching residency programs to acquire a master's degree within 18 months of beginning the program.

Permits partnerships that receive a grant under the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program for a teacher preparation program to carry out a pre-baccalaureate teacher preparation program or a fifth year initial licensing program.

Title III: Institutional Aid - Makes technical amendments to title III of the Act.

(Sec. 301) Excludes Howard University, which receives assistance under other specified federal law, from eligibility for capacity-building grants to Predominantly Black Institutions under title III of the Act.

Title IV: Student Assistance - Makes technical amendments to title IV of the Act.

(Sec. 401) Increases amounts authorized and appropriated in FY2013 and FY2015 for increases in the maximum Pell Grant award.

Directs the Secretary of Education to award scholarships, to be known as Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants, to individuals whose parent or guardian died as a result of performing military service for the U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001. Makes such scholarships equal to the maximum Pell Grant award.

(Sec. 402) Revises the FFEL default reduction program to allow guaranty agencies to assign rehabilitated loans to the Secretary of Education, until October 2011, if: (1) they have not been able to sell the loans to eligible lenders; and (2) the Secretary determines that market conditions unduly limit their ability to do so. Requires the holder of a rehabilitated loan to request the consumer reporting agency to which the default of the loan was reported to remove the record of default from a borrower's credit history.

Prohibits eligible FFEL lenders from offering inducements to any individuals or entities in order to secure FFEL applicants. (Currently, IHEs and their employees may not be offered such inducements.)

(Sec. 404) Authorizes the Secretary to purchase, or enter into forward commitments to purchase, rehabilitated FFELs that eligible lenders purchased under the FFEL default reduction program from October 2003 through June 2010, provided such purchase does not result in any net cost to the federal government.

Conditions the purchase of such loans on the agreement of lenders to use the funds from such purchases to originate new federal loans to students or to purchase rehabilitated loans under the default reduction program.

(Sec. 406) States that, beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, the expected family contribution, used in determining a student's eligibility for federal student aid, shall be zero for students who are eligible for Pell grants and whose parent or guardian was killed while performing military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001.

Updates the list of programs providing veterans' education benefits that are to be excluded from students' income in determining their eligibility for student aid under title IV.

Advances the date, from July 2010 to July 2009, by which veterans' education benefits not received under title IV must be excluded from consideration as available financial assistance in title IV need analyses.

(Sec. 407) Delays the implementation of the EZ FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), a simplified format for use in applying for federal student aid, until the 2010-2011 school year.

Requires the Secretary to determine that an IHE's participation as an experimental site under the Quality Assurance program (which allows certain IHEs to implement their own comprehensive student aid management systems) is a success if such participation has reduced the IHEs administrative burdens and benefited its students, without creating costs for the taxpayer. Gives existing sites that have not yet been deemed successful until June 30, 2010, to reach that goal.

(Sec. 409) Makes certain rulemaking requirements and the master calendar of actions the Secretary must take regarding student aid inapplicable to amendments made by this title or regulations promulgated under such amendments.

Title V: Developing Institutions - Makes a technical amendment to title V of the Act.

Title VI: International Education Programs - Makes technical amendments to title VI of the Act.

Title VII: Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement - Makes technical amendments to title VII of the Act.

(Sec. 701) Requires IHEs offering comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities to integrate such students socially and academically with non-disabled students, to the maximum extent possible.

Title VIII: Additional Programs - Makes technical amendments to title VIII of the Act.

(Sec. 802) Makes technical amendments to the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 and the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986.

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Roll-call votes

1 on record

Jun 23, 2009 · Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment

Full roll call

Passed (411–0)

163 of 433 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea411: 138 D · 119 R

MemberPartyState
DICKS, Norman DeValoisWA
CASTLE, Michael NewboldDE
BARTLETT, Roscoe GardnerMD
BOREN, Daniel DavidOK
CHANDLER, A. B.KY
CARDOZA, Dennis A.CA
WATT, Melvin L.NC
LEWIS, Charles JeremyCA
PUTNAM, AdamFL
LaTOURETTE, Steven C.OH
SESTAK, JoePA
MARKEY, BetsyCO
FALLIN, MaryOK
BRIGHT, Bobby Neal, Sr.AL
ALEXANDER, RodneyLA
BERMAN, Howard LawrenceCA
EHLERS, Vernon JamesMI
STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr.CA
AKIN, W. ToddMO
GORDON, Barton JenningsTN
LINDER, John ElmerGA
KLEIN, RonFL
JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr.IL
CAO, AnhLA
MOORE, DennisKS
ROTHMAN, StevenNJ
BUYER, Stephen EarleIN
KILPATRICK, Carolyn CheeksMI
HARE, PhilIL
WEXLER, RobertFL
REYES, SilvestreTX
BILBRAY, Brian P.CA
RICHARDSON, LauraCA
JOHNSON, Timothy V.IL
FRANK, BarneyMA
BROWN-WAITE, VirginiaFL
OBEY, David RossWI
HALL, JohnNY
WATSON, Diane EdithCA
WILSON, CharlieOH
KAGEN, StevenWI
TAUSCHER, Ellen O'KaneCA
ELLSWORTH, BradIN
SOUDER, Mark EdwardIN
TANNER, John S.TN
MANZULLO, Donald A.IL
BROWN, Henry Edward, Jr.SC
INGLIS, Robert DurdenSC
KUCINICH, DennisOH
BIGGERT, Judy BorgIL
DAHLKEMPER, Kathleen A.PA
McCOTTER, Thaddeus GeorgeMI
PERRIELLO, TomVA
MILLER, BradNC
TAYLOR, Gary EugeneMS
LEE, Christopher JohnNY
ORTIZ, Solomon P.TX
KILROY, Mary JoOH
BOUCHER, Frederick C.VA
RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D.TX
OBERSTAR, James LouisMN
DRIEHAUS, SteveOH
BEAN, Melissa L.IL
BOYD, F. Allen, Jr.FL
BOCCIERI, John A.OH
CHILDERS, Travis W.MS
TOWNS, EdolphusNY
KOSMAS, Suzanne M.FL
SALAZAR, JohnCO
KISSELL, LarryNC
MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr.PA
SCHMIDT, JeanOH
DELAHUNT, BillMA
McHUGH, John MichaelNY
DREIER, David TimothyCA
HINCHEY, Maurice DunleaNY
BERKLEY, ShelleyNV
HARMAN, Jane L.CA
NYE, Glenn C., IIIVA
HERSETH SANDLIN, StephanieSD
MASSA, Eric J.J.NY
MARSHALL, JimGA
YOUNG, Charles WilliamFL
DAVIS, ArturAL
CANTOR, EricVA
REHBERG, DennyMT
BARRETT, James GreshamSC
PAUL, Ronald ErnestTX
SPACE, ZackOH
BACA, JoeCA
MURPHY, PatrickPA
BOSWELL, Leonard L.IA
TEAGUE, HarryNM
INSLEE, Jay RobertWA
PLATTS, ToddPA
STEARNS, Clifford BundyFL
SCHAUER, Mark H.MI
SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IVMO
WU, DavidOR
ABERCROMBIE, NeilHI
MACK, Connie, IVFL
DAVIS, LincolnTN
McMAHON, Michael E.NY
KILDEE, Dale EdwardMI
COSTELLO, Jerry FrancisIL
ACKERMAN, Gary LeonardNY
SPRATT, John McKee, Jr.SC
SUTTON, BettyOH
MINNICK, WaltID
HOLDEN, Thomas TimothyPA
GRIFFITH, ParkerAL
ROSS, Michael AveryAR
WAMP, Zachary PaulTN
CARNAHAN, RussMO
MEEK, Kendrick B.FL
POMEROY, Earl Ralph, IIIND
ALTMIRE, JasonPA
HOEKSTRA, PeterMI
ETHERIDGE, Bobby R.NC
STUPAK, Bart T.MI
EMERSON, Jo AnnMO
KANJORSKI, Paul E.PA
SNYDER, Victor F.AR
MYRICK, SueNC
MURPHY, ScottNY
ADLER, John H.NJ
LUNGREN, Daniel EdwardCA
DEAL, John NathanGA
MITCHELL, Harry E.AZ
BURTON, Danny LeeIN
ARCURI, MichaelNY
WEINER, Anthony D.NY
HODES, PaulNH
FILNER, BobCA
EDWARDS, Thomas ChesterTX
BERRY, Robert MarionAR
KRATOVIL, Frank M., Jr.MD
DIAZ-BALART, LincolnFL
HALVORSON, Deborah L.IL
GIFFORDS, GabrielleAZ
BONO, MaryCA
DAVIS, Geoffrey C.KY
HERGER, Walter WilliamCA
GALLEGLY, Elton W.CA
MELANCON, Charles J.LA
HILL, Baron P.IN
PENCE, MikeIN
OLVER, John WalterMA
GONZALEZ, Charles A.TX
AUSTRIA, SteveOH
BONNER, Jr., Josiah RobinsAL
BAIRD, BrianWA
TIAHRT, ToddKS
CARNEY, ChrisPA
Ann KirkpatrickDemocratAZ
Ed PastorDemocratAZ
Raúl M. GrijalvaDemocratAZ
Adam B. SchiffDemocratCA
Anna G. EshooDemocratCA
Barbara LeeDemocratCA
Brad ShermanDemocratCA
Doris O. MatsuiDemocratCA
George MillerDemocratCA
Grace F. NapolitanoDemocratCA
Henry A. WaxmanDemocratCA
Jackie SpeierDemocratCA
Jerry McNerneyDemocratCA
Linda T. SánchezDemocratCA
Lois CappsDemocratCA
Loretta SanchezDemocratCA
Lucille Roybal-AllardDemocratCA
Maxine WatersDemocratCA
Michael M. HondaDemocratCA
Mike ThompsonDemocratCA
Sam FarrDemocratCA
Susan A. DavisDemocratCA
Xavier BecerraDemocratCA
Zoe LofgrenDemocratCA
Diana DeGetteDemocratCO
Ed PerlmutterDemocratCO
Jared PolisDemocratCO
Christopher MurphyDemocratCT
James A. HimesDemocratCT
Joe CourtneyDemocratCT
John B. LarsonDemocratCT
Rosa L. DeLauroDemocratCT
Alan GraysonDemocratFL
Alcee L. HastingsDemocratFL
Corrine BrownDemocratFL
Debbie Wasserman SchultzDemocratFL
Kathy CastorDemocratFL
David ScottDemocratGA
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.DemocratGA
John BarrowDemocratGA
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DemocratGA
Mazie K. HironoDemocratHI
Bruce L. BraleyDemocratIA
David LoebsackDemocratIA
Bill FosterDemocratIL
Bobby L. RushDemocratIL
Daniel LipinskiDemocratIL
Danny K. DavisDemocratIL
Janice D. SchakowskyDemocratIL
Mike QuigleyDemocratIL
André CarsonDemocratIN
Joe DonnellyDemocratIN
Peter J. ViscloskyDemocratIN
John A. YarmuthDemocratKY
Edward J. MarkeyDemocratMA
James P. McGovernDemocratMA
John F. TierneyDemocratMA
Michael E. CapuanoDemocratMA
Niki TsongasDemocratMA
Richard E. NealDemocratMA
Stephen F. LynchDemocratMA
C. A. Dutch RuppersbergerDemocratMD
Chris Van HollenDemocratMD
Donna F. EdwardsDemocratMD
Elijah E. CummingsDemocratMD
John P. SarbanesDemocratMD
Steny H. HoyerDemocratMD
Chellie PingreeDemocratME
Michael H. MichaudDemocratME
Gary C. PetersDemocratMI
John D. DingellDemocratMI
Sander M. LevinDemocratMI
Betty McCollumDemocratMN
Collin C. PetersonDemocratMN
Keith EllisonDemocratMN
Timothy J. WalzDemocratMN
Emanuel CleaverDemocratMO
Wm. Lacy ClayDemocratMO
Bennie G. ThompsonDemocratMS
David E. PriceDemocratNC
G. K. ButterfieldDemocratNC
Mike McIntyreDemocratNC
Albio SiresDemocratNJ
Bill Pascrell, Jr.DemocratNJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.DemocratNJ
Rush HoltDemocratNJ
Ben Ray LujánDemocratNM
Martin HeinrichDemocratNM
Dina TitusDemocratNV
Brian HigginsDemocratNY
Carolyn B. MaloneyDemocratNY
Carolyn McCarthyDemocratNY
Charles B. RangelDemocratNY
Daniel B. MaffeiDemocratNY
Eliot L. EngelDemocratNY
Gregory W. MeeksDemocratNY
Jerrold NadlerDemocratNY
José E. SerranoDemocratNY
Joseph CrowleyDemocratNY
Louise McIntosh SlaughterDemocratNY
Nita M. LoweyDemocratNY
Nydia M. VelázquezDemocratNY
Paul TonkoDemocratNY
Steve IsraelDemocratNY
Timothy H. BishopDemocratNY
Yvette D. ClarkeDemocratNY
Marcia L. FudgeDemocratOH
Marcy KapturDemocratOH
Tim RyanDemocratOH
Earl BlumenauerDemocratOR
Kurt SchraderDemocratOR
Peter A. DeFazioDemocratOR
Allyson Y. SchwartzDemocratPA
Chaka FattahDemocratPA
Michael F. DoyleDemocratPA
Robert A. BradyDemocratPA
James R. LangevinDemocratRI
James E. ClyburnDemocratSC
Jim CooperDemocratTN
Steve CohenDemocratTN
Al GreenDemocratTX
Eddie Bernice JohnsonDemocratTX
Gene GreenDemocratTX
Henry CuellarDemocratTX
Lloyd DoggettDemocratTX
Rubén HinojosaDemocratTX
Sheila Jackson LeeDemocratTX
Jim MathesonDemocratUT
Gerald E. ConnollyDemocratVA
James P. MoranDemocratVA
Robert C. "Bobby" ScottDemocratVA
Peter WelchDemocratVT
Adam SmithDemocratWA
Jim McDermottDemocratWA
Gwen MooreDemocratWI
Ron KindDemocratWI
Tammy BaldwinDemocratWI
Nick J. Rahall IIDemocratWV
Don YoungRepublicanAK
Mike RogersRepublicanAL
Robert B. AderholtRepublicanAL
Spencer BachusRepublicanAL
John BoozmanRepublicanAR
Jeff FlakeRepublicanAZ
Trent FranksRepublicanAZ
Dana RohrabacherRepublicanCA
Darrell IssaRepublicanCA
Devin NunesRepublicanCA
Duncan HunterRepublicanCA
Edward R. RoyceRepublicanCA
Gary G. MillerRepublicanCA
Howard P. "Buck" McKeonRepublicanCA
Ken CalvertRepublicanCA
Kevin McCarthyRepublicanCA
Tom McClintockRepublicanCA
Doug LambornRepublicanCO
Mike CoffmanRepublicanCO
Ander CrenshawRepublicanFL
Bill PoseyRepublicanFL
Gus M. BilirakisRepublicanFL
Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublicanFL
Jeff MillerRepublicanFL
John L. MicaRepublicanFL
Mario Diaz-BalartRepublicanFL
Thomas J. RooneyRepublicanFL
Vern BuchananRepublicanFL
Jack KingstonRepublicanGA
Lynn A. WestmorelandRepublicanGA
Paul C. BrounRepublicanGA
Phil GingreyRepublicanGA
Tom PriceRepublicanGA
Steve KingRepublicanIA
Tom LathamRepublicanIA
Michael K. SimpsonRepublicanID
John ShimkusRepublicanIL
Mark KirkRepublicanIL
Peter J. RoskamRepublicanIL
Jerry MoranRepublicanKS
Lynn JenkinsRepublicanKS
Brett GuthrieRepublicanKY
Ed WhitfieldRepublicanKY
Harold RogersRepublicanKY
Bill CassidyRepublicanLA
Charles W. Boustany Jr.RepublicanLA
John FlemingRepublicanLA
Steve ScaliseRepublicanLA
Candice S. MillerRepublicanMI
Dave CampRepublicanMI
Fred UptonRepublicanMI
Mike RogersRepublicanMI
Erik PaulsenRepublicanMN
John KlineRepublicanMN
Michele BachmannRepublicanMN
Blaine LuetkemeyerRepublicanMO
Sam GravesRepublicanMO
Gregg HarperRepublicanMS
Howard CobleRepublicanNC
Virginia FoxxRepublicanNC
Walter B. JonesRepublicanNC
Adrian SmithRepublicanNE
Jeff FortenberryRepublicanNE
Lee TerryRepublicanNE
Christopher H. SmithRepublicanNJ
Frank A. LoBiondoRepublicanNJ
Leonard LanceRepublicanNJ
Rodney P. FrelinghuysenRepublicanNJ
Scott GarrettRepublicanNJ
Dean HellerRepublicanNV
Peter T. KingRepublicanNY
Jim JordanRepublicanOH
John A. BoehnerRepublicanOH
Michael R. TurnerRepublicanOH
Patrick J. TiberiRepublicanOH
Robert E. LattaRepublicanOH
Frank D. LucasRepublicanOK
Tom ColeRepublicanOK
Greg WaldenRepublicanOR
Bill ShusterRepublicanPA
Charles W. DentRepublicanPA
Glenn ThompsonRepublicanPA
Jim GerlachRepublicanPA
Joseph R. PittsRepublicanPA
Tim MurphyRepublicanPA
Joe WilsonRepublicanSC
David P. RoeRepublicanTN
John J. Duncan, Jr.RepublicanTN
Marsha BlackburnRepublicanTN
Jeb HensarlingRepublicanTX
Joe BartonRepublicanTX
John Abney CulbersonRepublicanTX
John R. CarterRepublicanTX
K. Michael ConawayRepublicanTX
Kay GrangerRepublicanTX
Kenny MarchantRepublicanTX
Lamar SmithRepublicanTX
Louie GohmertRepublicanTX
Mac ThornberryRepublicanTX
Michael C. BurgessRepublicanTX
Michael T. McCaulRepublicanTX
Pete OlsonRepublicanTX
Pete SessionsRepublicanTX
Ralph M. HallRepublicanTX
Randy NeugebauerRepublicanTX
Sam JohnsonRepublicanTX
Ted PoeRepublicanTX
Jason ChaffetzRepublicanUT
Rob BishopRepublicanUT
Bob GoodlatteRepublicanVA
Frank R. WolfRepublicanVA
J. Randy ForbesRepublicanVA
Robert J. WittmanRepublicanVA
Cathy McMorris RodgersRepublicanWA
Doc HastingsRepublicanWA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.RepublicanWI
Paul D. RyanRepublicanWI
Thomas E. PetriRepublicanWI
Shelley Moore CapitoRepublicanWV

Not Voting22: 7 R · 6 D

MemberPartyState
SHADEGG, John B.AZ
MOLLOHAN, Alan BowlbyWV
SHULER, HeathNC
RADANOVICH, George P.CA
SULLIVAN, JohnOK
WOOLSEY, Lynn C.CA
KENNEDY, Patrick JosephRI
ANDREWS, Robert ErnestNJ
PAYNE, Donald MilfordNJ
Jim CostaDemocratCA
John LewisDemocratGA
Luis V. GutiérrezDemocratIL
John Conyers, Jr.DemocratMI
Carol Shea-PorterDemocratNH
Rick LarsenDemocratWA
John CampbellRepublicanCA
Aaron SchockRepublicanIL
Roy BluntRepublicanMO
Patrick T. McHenryRepublicanNC
Kevin BradyRepublicanTX
David G. ReichertRepublicanWA
Cynthia M. LummisRepublicanWY

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