Bills About Education Sponsored by Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Tex.)

Rep. Johnson sponsored 15 bills about education in the 116th Congress (2019-20).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
Sept. 18, 2019 H.R.4372 To direct Federal science agencies and the Office of Science and Technology Policy to undertake activities to improve the quality of undergraduate STEM education and enhance the research capacity at the Nation's HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs, and for other purposes. 12
Bipartisan
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 7, 2019 H.R.2528 To direct the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to carry out programs and activities to ensure that Federal science agencies and institutions of higher education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool, and for other purposes. 29
Bipartisan
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 26, 2019 H.R.3503 To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a pilot program to make grants to institutions of higher education to pay the costs of obtaining a United States passport necessary for certain students to participate in a study abroad program. 10
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sept. 25, 2013 H.RES.357 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week. 11
Bipartisan
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5842)
April 24, 2012 H.R.4483 To authorize the Director of the National Science Foundation to provide grants to institutions of higher education for implementing or expanding reforms in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in order to increase the number of students from underrepresented minority groups receiving degrees in these fields, and to recruit, retain, and advance STEM faculty members from underrepresented minority groups at institutions of higher education. 12
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
July 30, 2010 H.RES.1593 Supporting academically-based social studies curriculum standards for the Nation's elementary and secondary education public school textbooks. 8
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Oct. 6, 2009 H.R.3730 To provide for financial literacy education. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
April 27, 2009 H.R.2117 To amend title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish financial literacy education programs for newly naturalized citizens of the United States. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Feb. 12, 2009 H.CON.RES.53 Recognizing the achievement of parity among African Americans in computer science. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
June 26, 2008 H.R.6402 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish grants to increase student attendance. 7
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jan. 18, 2007 H.R.567 To ensure Pell Grant eligibility for any student whose parent or guardian died as a result of performing military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001. 48
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
June 29, 2006 H.R.5733 To ensure Pell Grant eligibility for any student whose parent or guardian died as a result of performing military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001. 43
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Sept. 13, 2005 H.R.3748 To provide additional funds to local educational agencies for elementary and secondary education and pupil services for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina, and for other purposes. 82
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Feb. 13, 2003 H.R.811 To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make demonstration grants to promote the well-being and educational achievement of children through school-based health programs. 36
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
May 1, 2001 H.R.1660 To develop a demonstration program through the National Science Foundation to encourage interest in the fields of mathematics, science, and information technology. 22
All Democrats
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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