HR 1688 · 116th Congress · Native Americans

Native American Indian Education Act

Introduced 2019-03-12· Sponsored by Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]· House

Bill Progress

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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.(2019-03-12)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Native American Indian Education Act This bill requires the Department of Education to pay, and provides annual funding beginning in FY2020 for such payments to, Native American Indian-serving, nontribal institutions of higher education (IHEs) for the tuition of their out-of-state Native American Indian students. The bill applies only to IHEs that are required to provide tuition-free education, with the support of their state, to Native American Indian students as a condition under which the IHE or state received its original grant of land and facilities from the federal government. Payments are treated as reimbursements to IHEs from their states.…

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Cosponsors (20)

16 Democrats4 Republicans