Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Education to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the legal authority to forgive Federal student loan debt.

Bill: 117-hres-1296
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2022-07-28
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional-executive branch relations

Government lending and loan guarantees

Higher education

House of Representatives

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-10
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 149.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution requests that the President (and directs the Department of Education) to transmit, within 14 days, certain information and documents concerning forgiveness of federal student loan debt.</p>

action_date: 2022-11-10
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p>This resolution requests that President Joseph R. Biden (and directs the Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona) to transmit, within 14 days, certain information and documents concerning forgiveness of federal student loan debt.</p>

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1296 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2022 Ms. Foxx submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor RESOLUTION Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Education to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the legal authority to forgive Federal student loan debt.

That the President is requested, and the Secretary of Education is directed, to transmit, respectively, to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, unredacted copies of all documents, memoranda, legal opinions, notes from meetings, records (including telephone and electronic mail records), correspondence (electronic or otherwise), and other communications, or any portion of any such communications, to the extent that any such one or more items are within the possession of the President or the Secretary, respectively, and refer to the following: (1) Any request by the President, Executive Office of the President, or the staff of the Department of Education (including any political appointees and career employees) to draft a memo regarding the authority to forgive any Federal student loan debt. (2) Meetings held between the Executive Office of the President and the Department of Education relating to the forgiveness of Federal student loan debt. (3) Meetings and conversations, both formal and informal, held between White House officials and any group or organization advocating for Federal student loan debt forgiveness and Department of Education staff, including political appointees and any group with interests relating to student loan forgiveness. (4) Meetings held between the Executive Office of the President, the Department of Education, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, or the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the forgiveness of Federal student loan debt. (5) Discussions between Department of Education employees and officials, including political appointees and career staff, relating to the drafting of any memoranda related to the forgiveness of Federal student loan debt. (6) Any legal opinions sought by the Department of Education related to the forgiveness of Federal student debt.

tv_txt: IV House Calendar No. 149 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1296 [Report No. 117–550] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2022 Ms. Foxx submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor November 10, 2022 Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic RESOLUTION Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Education to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the legal authority to forgive Federal student loan debt.

That the President, Joseph R. Biden, is requested, and the Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, is directed, to transmit, respectively, to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, unredacted copies of all documents, memoranda, legal opinions, notes from meetings, records (including telephone and electronic mail records), correspondence (electronic or otherwise), and other communications, or any portion of any such communications, to the extent that any such one or more items are within the possession of the President or the Secretary, respectively, and refer to the following: (1) Any request by the President, Executive Office of the President, or the staff of the Department of Education (including any political appointees and career employees) to draft a memo regarding the authority to forgive any Federal student loan debt. (2) Meetings held between the Executive Office of the President and the Department of Education relating to the forgiveness of Federal student loan debt. (3) Meetings and conversations, both formal and informal, held between White House officials and any group or organization advocating for Federal student loan debt forgiveness and Department of Education staff, including political appointees and any group with interests relating to student loan forgiveness. (4) Meetings held between the Executive Office of the President, the Department of Education, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, or the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the forgiveness of Federal student loan debt. (5) Discussions between Department of Education employees and officials, including political appointees and career staff, relating to the drafting of any memoranda related to the forgiveness of Federal student loan debt. (6) Any legal opinions sought by the Department of Education related to the forgiveness of Federal student debt.

November 10, 2022 Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to be printed