Haitian Educational Empowerment Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 1/17/2019
Actions
- 2019-01-17Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- 2019-01-17Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E63)
- 2019-01-17Introduced in House
- 2019-01-17Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-17 (00)
Haitian Educational Empowerment Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of State to establish a scholarship program for eligible Haitian students who were enrolled as full-time or part-time students in a Haitian or U.S. university or institution of higher education and whose studies were interrupted as a result of the January 12, 2010, earthquake or the October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew. A Haitian student who receives such a scholarship shall return to Haiti for at least two years upon completion of an undergraduate or graduate degree.
The State Department may make grants to institutions of higher education that have enrolled a significant number of Haitian students who were enrolled in a Haitian university at the time of such earthquake or hurricane. Such grants shall be used to provide social and educational support services.
Cosponsors (13)
- BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
- Theodore Deutch (D-FL)
- Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
- NITA LOWEY (D-NY)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Andy Levin (D-MI)
- Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Stacey Plaskett (D-VI)
Subjects
- Caribbean area
- Education programs funding
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Haiti
- Higher education
- Latin America
- Natural disasters
- Student aid and college costs
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