Bills About Education Sponsored by Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

Sen. Cardin sponsored 13 bills about education in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
Jan. 6, 2020 S.3149 A bill to provide for a Federal partnership to ensure educational equity and quality. 1
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
March 6, 2019 S.686 A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide greater access to higher education for America's students, to eliminate educational barriers for participation in a public service career, and for other purposes. 0 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1709)
Feb. 14, 2019 S.532 A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that an individual may remain eligible to participate in the teacher loan forgiveness program under title IV of such Act if the individual's period of consecutive years of employment as a full-time teacher is interrupted because the individual is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is relocated during the school year pursuant to military orders for a permanent change of duty station, or the individual works in a school of the defense dependents' education system under the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 due to such a relocation, and for other purposes. 5
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1386-1387)
Feb. 7, 2019 S.416 A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to amend the process by which students with certain special circumstances apply for Federal financial aid. 1
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1137; text: CR S1137-1138)
May 24, 2018 S.2984 A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide greater access to higher education for America's students, to eliminate educational barriers for participation in a public service career, and for other purposes. 0 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2936-2937)
March 22, 2018 S.2596 A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to amend the process by which students with certain special circumstances apply for Federal financial aid. 1
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1950; text of measure as introduced: CR S1950)
Jan. 29, 2018 S.2351 A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that an individual may remain eligible to participate in the teacher loan forgiveness program under title IV of such Act if the individual's period of consecutive years of employment as a full-time teacher is interrupted because the individual is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is relocated during the school year pursuant to military orders for a permanent change of duty station, and for other purposes. 2
All Republicans
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S550-551; text of measure as introduced: CR S551)
Oct. 19, 2017 S.RES.300 A resolution recognizing the 150th anniversary of McDaniel College. 1
All Democrats
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6700; text as passed Senate: CR S6656-6657)
Oct. 18, 2017 S.RES.293 A resolution commemorating the 150th anniversary of Morgan State University. 1
All Democrats
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6590; text: CR S6537-6538)
March 7, 2017 S.RES.82 A resolution congratulating the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Laboratory. 2
Bipartisan
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1647; text: CR S1646-1647)
Dec. 18, 2015 S.RES.338 A resolution congratulating Towson University on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the university. 1
All Democrats
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8865; text as passed Senate: CR S8885-8886)
Jan. 8, 2015 S.RES.24 A resolution recognizing the 150th anniversary of Bowie State University. 1
All Democrats
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S118; text as passed Senate: CR S108-109)
April 29, 2014 S.RES.427 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate about the importance of effective civic education programs in schools in the United States. 1
All Republicans
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2524; text as passed Senate: CR S2474)
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