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Version 35 · Passed Senate amended · Nov 4, 1999
College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 1999 - Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide for enhanced penalties for any offense involving fraud or misrepresentation in connection with obtaining or providing, or furnishing information to a consumer on, any scholarship, grant, loan, tuition, discount, award, or other financial assistance for financing an education at an institution of higher education, such that those penalties are comparable to the base offense level for misrepresentation that the defendant was acting on behalf of a charitable, educational, religious, or political organization, or a government agency.(Sec. 4) Excludes debts in connection with such fraud from permissible exemptions of property from estates in bankruptcy.(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary of Education: (1) and the Attorney General, in conjunction with the FTC, to jointly submit to Congress each year a report on fraud in the offering of financial assistance for financing an education at an institution of higher education; and (2) in conjunction with the FTC, to maintain a scholarship fraud awareness site on the Internet web site of the Department of Education.
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Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] · R–MI
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Became Public Law No: 106-420.
Became Public Law No: 106-420.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8005)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8005)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1455.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8005-8006)
Mr. Upton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14047-14049; text as passed Senate: CR S14048-14049; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S14047-14048)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S14047-14049; text as passed Senate: CR S14048-14049; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S14047-14048)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 357.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Abraham with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Abraham with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-916.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9545-9547)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9545-9546)
Introduced in Senate
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