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	Congress, July 9: Forest Services – July 10, 2015 This is our daily report on the activity of Congress. Today’s report includes a summary of the Resilient Federal Forests Act, which has…
	Congress, July 8 – July 9, 2015 Education Reform
	Congress, July 7 – July 8, 2015 The Every Child Achieves Act, which is a bipartisan bill that would increase the responsibility of the states over educational policy and…

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Introduced — Jul 9, 2015

S. 1729: A bill to amend the State report card provisions of section 1111(h) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require ...

Sponsor: Sen. Alan “Al” Franken [D-MN]

This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.

Sen. Alan “Al” Franken [D-MN] is a member of the committee.

Bill Summary — Jul 8, 2015 3 p.m.

S. 1177: Every Child Achieves Act of 2015

The Every Child Achieves Act is a bipartisan educational policy reform bill that would expand state responsibility over schools, provide grants to charter schools, and reduce the federal test-based accountability system of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The bill was referred to the Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, or HELP, who issued this summary. The chairman of HELP, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), sponsored the bill. In his press release on July 8, Alexander explained that ...

Introduced — Jul 8, 2015

S. 1719: A bill to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a National Family Caregiving Strategy, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]

This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.

Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME] is a member of the committee.

Introduced — Jul 8, 2015

S. 1716: A bill to provide access to higher education for the students of the United States.

Sponsor: Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]

This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] is a member of the committee.

Introduced — Jul 7, 2015

S. 1710: A bill to authorize a grant-matching program that strengthens and accelerates interventions in the lowest-performing elementary schools and secondary schools.

Sponsor: Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.

1 cosponsor is on that committee.

Introduced — Jul 7, 2015

S. 1708: A bill to improve certain provisions relating to charter schools.

Sponsor: Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.

Bill Summary — Jul 6, 2015 1:18 p.m.

S. 227: Strengthening Education through Research Act

The Strengthening Education Through Research Act, or SETRA, would reauthorize the Institute of Education Sciences, an agency in the Department of Education, and the National Assessment of Educational Progress which tests student ability in primary subjects such as math, reading, and science. These programs were created by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, or ESRA. SETRA would authorize $3.8 billion for 2015 through 2019. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee issued a press release on the ...

Bill Text — Jun 24, 2015

S. 1664: Military and Veterans Education Protection Act

This bill’s text is now available.

Introduced — Jun 24, 2015

S. 1664: Military and Veterans Education Protection Act

Sponsor: Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]

This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.

6 cosponsors are on that committee.

Bill Text — Jun 24, 2015

S. 1661: Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2015

This bill’s text is now available.

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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Chairman:: Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]
Ranking Member:: Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]

Republicans:: 12
Democrats:: 9
Independents:: 1

The chairman is always selected from the majority party and the ranking member is the most senior member of the minority party. The majority party ensures it has a majority on every committee.

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