H.R. 6543 (115 th ): Aim Higher Act

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About the bill

American student loan debt now exceeds $1.5 trillion, ranking even higher than auto loan debt or credit card debt. What to do?

The Aim Higher Act [H.R. 6543] is House Democrats’ main proposal.

What the bill does

Among the provisions in the 811-page bill:

• Expands federal Pell grants to more “short-term courses,” in addition to the courses and programs already covered.
• Prohibiting for-profit colleges which spend less than 50% of their tuition revenue on actual education or teaching from using any federal funding for advertising, marketing, or lobbying.
• Adds two additional factors to consider when accrediting a school, in addition to the 10 already required under current federal law: completion/graduation rates and workforce participation rates.
• Simplifies the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form, with those …

Sponsor and status

Robert “Bobby” Scott

Sponsor. Representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district. Democrat.

This bill was introduced on July 26, 2018, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.

Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).

History

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H.R. 6543 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 6543. This is the one from the 115 th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 115 th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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