Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education Act

Bill: 116-hr-2486
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2019-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Education programs funding
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Higher education
Medical education
Minority education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-02
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Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education Act or the FUTURE Act

 
This bill extends through FY2021 and revises mandatory funding programs for historically black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions, including by allocating a portion of the funding for grants to predominantly black institutions for programs in (1) science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; (2) health education; (3) internationalization or globalization; (4) teacher preparation; or (5) improving educational outcomes of African-American males.

action_date: 2019-12-05
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Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education Act or the FUTURE Act

 
This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to disclose certain tax return information to the Department of Education (ED) for the purpose of administering financial aid and loan programs. 
 
Upon receiving a request from ED, the IRS must disclose specified tax return information to ED for the purposes of 
 
 
establishing enrollment, renewing enrollment, administering, and conducting analyses and forecasts for estimating costs related to income-contingent or income-based repayment programs; 
 
discharging loans based on a total and permanent disability; 
 
determining the eligibility for, and the amount of, federal student financial aid; and 
 
conducting analyses and forecasts for estimating costs related to federal student financial aid programs. 

 
ED may only use the disclosed information for the purposes above and for mitigating risks related to the programs. Mitigation of risks includes conducting oversight and reducing improper payments. It does not include conducting criminal investigations or prosecutions. 
 
With the consent of the taxpayer, ED may disclose the return information to certain institutions of higher education, state higher education agencies, and scholarship organizations solely for the use in financial aid programs. 
 
The bill specifies notification and reporting requirements related to the disclosures and the implementation of the bill.
 
The bill also permanently extends funding for minority-serving institutions of higher education and increases funding for Pell Grants. 

action_date: 2020-07-22
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This bill contains provisions related to education, immigration, and drug regulation and litigation. 
 
The Department of Education (ED) shall advise each student and borrower applying for federal student aid or other programs related to student aid that ED may request the applicant's tax return from the Internal Revenue Service as necessary. 
 
The bill also increases the funding authorized for Pell Grants. 
TITLE I--NO BAN ACT 
 

National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act or the NO BAN Act 

 
This title imposes limitations on the President's authority to suspend or restrict aliens from entering the United States and terminates certain presidential actions implementing such restrictions. It also prohibits religious discrimination in various immigration-related decisions, such as whether to issue an immigrant or non-immigrant visa, unless there is a statutory basis for such discrimination.
 
The President may temporarily restrict the entry of any aliens or class of aliens after the Department of State determines that the restriction would address specific and credible facts that threaten U.S. interests such as security or public safety. 
 
This title also imposes limitations on such restrictions, such as requiring the President, State Department, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to (1) only issue a restriction when required to address a compelling government interest, and (2) narrowly tailor the suspension to use the least restrictive means to achieve such an interest. 
 
Before imposing a restriction, the State Department and DHS shall consult with Congress. The State Department and DHS shall report to Congress about the restriction within 48 hours of the restriction's imposition. If such a report is not made, the restriction shall immediately terminate.
 
Individuals or entities present in the United States and unlawfully harmed by such a restriction may sue in federal court. 
 
TITLE II--AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR PATIENTS ACT OF 2020
 

Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2020

 
This title prohibits drug manufacturers from actions related to 
product hopping
 (generally actions seen as attempts to switch from selling one drug to another largely similar drug in order to limit generic competition). This title also imposes certain restrictions on patent infringement litigation related to biological products and biosimilars.
 
A manufacturer of a reference drug or biological product shall, with certain exceptions, be deemed to have engaged in unfair competition if the manufacturer (1) takes certain actions related to the reference product, such as stopping its manufacture; (2) takes such an action during a certain time period that starts when it receives notice that another company has applied to market a generic or biosimilar version of the reference product; and (3) markets a follow-on product (generally, a drug or biological product that is a modification or reformulation of the reference product).
 
Such actions shall not be unfair competition if the reference product manufacturer justifies its actions, such as by establishing that it switched to the follow-on product due to safety concerns related to the reference product. 
 
The Federal Trade Commission may enforce this title by initiating administrative proceedings against the reference product manufacturer or suing in district court.
 
This title also limits, with some exceptions, the number of certain types of patents that a reference biological product manufacturer may assert in an infringement lawsuit against a company that (1) is applying for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a product that is biosimilar to the reference product, and (2) references the reference product in its application. This limit generally applies to patents that (1) have a filing date more than four years after the reference product received FDA approval, or (2) claim a manufacturing process method that the reference product manufacturer is not using.
 
To take advantage of this limit, the company seeking FDA approval for its biosimilar product must take certain actions, such as providing a copy of its application to the reference product manufacturer.
 
The court handling such a patent infringement lawsuit may allow the reference product manufacturer to assert more patents than the limit if there is good cause to do so or if the interest of justice so requires.
 
TITLE III--ACCESS TO COUNSEL ACT OF 2020 
 

Access to Counsel Act of 2020

 
This title provides various protections for covered individuals subject to secondary or deferred inspections when seeking admission into the United States. Covered individuals include U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, aliens in possession of a visa, and refugees.
 
The Department of Homeland Security shall ensure that a covered individual subject to secondary or deferred inspection has a meaningful opportunity to consult with counsel and certain related parties, such as a relative, within an hour of the start of the secondary inspection and as necessary during the inspection process. The counsel and related party shall be allowed to advocate on behalf of the covered individual, including by providing evidence and information to the examining immigration officer.
 A lawful permanent resident subject to secondary or deferred inspection may not abandon lawful permanent resident status until the individual has had a reasonable opportunity to seek advice from counsel, unless the individual voluntarily and knowingly waives in writing this opportunity to seek counsel's advice. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate amendment.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: On motion to concur in the Senate amendment with amendment specified in section 4(b) of H. Res. 891 Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 184 (Roll no. 154). (text: CR H3638-3639)
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion to concur in the Senate amendment with amendment specified in section 4(b) of H. Res. 891 Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 184 (Roll no. 154).(text: CR H3638-3639)
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: On motion to concur in the Senate amendment with amendment specified in section 4(a) of H. Res. 891 Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 183 (Roll no. 153). (text: CR H3625-3628)
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion to concur in the Senate amendment with amendment specified in section 4(a) of H. Res. 891 Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 183 (Roll no. 153).(text: CR H3625-3628)
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - 1At the conclusion of debate on the Jayapal motion that the House concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment specified in section 4(b) of H. Res. 891, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Nadler demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the motion until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Pursuant to H. Res. 891, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion that the House concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment specified in section 4(b). (consideration: CR H3638-3642, H3666-3667)
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jayapal motion that the House concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment specified in section 4(a) of H. Res. 891, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Nadler demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the motion until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: DEBATE - The House resumed debate on the House amendment to the Senate amendment.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: DEBATE - Pursuant H. Res. 891, the question shall be divided among the two House amendments. Pursuant to section 3(a) of H. Res. 891, the portion of the divided question comprising of the amendment specified in section 4(a) of H. Res. 891 shall be considered first. Each amendment specified in section 4 shall be debatable for one hour.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Pursuant to H. Res. 891, Ms. Jayapal was recognized to move that the House concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2486 with amendments specified in section 4 of H. Res. 891. (consideration: CR H3625-3638, H3666)
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 891 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 68, H.R. 2486 and H.R. 6172. Resolution provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 68, the Senate amendment to H.R. 2486, and H.R. 6172. For S.J. Res. 68, the resolution provides for 1 hour of debate and 1 motion to commit. For the Senate amendment to H.R. 2486, the question will be divided and each portion will have 1 hour of debate. H.R. 6172 will have 1 hour ofdebate and 1 motion to recommit with or without instructions.
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6865)
action_date: 2019-09-23
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 212.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2019-09-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-09-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7734-7735)
action_date: 2019-09-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7734-7735)
action_date: 2019-09-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2486.
action_date: 2019-09-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7734-7737)
action_date: 2019-09-17
text: Ms. Adams moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2019-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-02
text: Introduced in House