College Cost Reduction and Access Act

Introduced in House

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 110-210.

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 531 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2669 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. A specified amendment is in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted.

Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Roskam motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House promptly with an amendment providing that a borrower who is a full-time elected public official who receives compensation for such elected position, or who is a registered lobbyist at either the Federal or State level who receives compensation for lobbying activities, shall be ineligible for any of the loan forgiveness programs included in the bill.

Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Kennedy; Dodd; Harkin; Mikulski; Bingaman; Murray; Reed; Clinton; Obama; Sanders; Brown; Enzi; Gregg; Alexander; Burr; Isakson; Murkowski; Hatch; Roberts; Allard; Coburn. (consideration: CR 7/19/2007 S9597)

On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H10038-10042, H10045-10046)

Conferees agreed to file conference report.

Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.

Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S11206, S11236-11237)

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 637 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 2669. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read.

On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 292 - 97 (Roll no. 864). (consideration: CR S11241-11263)

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 273 - 149 (Roll no. 613).

Rule H. Res. 637 passed House.