Proprietary Education Oversight Task Force Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- +2
- Latest action
- Mar 11
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What it does
The bill would establish the Proprietary Education Interagency Oversight Committee, composed of heads or designees from ten federal agencies including the Departments of Education, Justice, Defense, Veterans Affairs, Labor, and others, plus the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Trade Commission, and Internal Revenue Service, to improve enforcement, increase accountability, ensure high-quality education programs, and reduce fraud and abuse by proprietary institutions of higher education. The Committee would coordinate oversight, share information among federal and state agencies, synthesize cross-agency data, develop an annual report, publish a…
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What moved
Who is involved
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]Lead sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]Co-sponsor
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