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          <title>WashingtonWatch.com - Revisions for H.R. 3091, The Patsy T. Mink Fellowship Act of 2007</title>
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<title>Revision by webmaster (September 23, 2007, 18:21:45)</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/110_HR_3091.html?rev=10344</link>
<description>&lt;p&gt;H.R. 3091 would establish the Patsy T. Mink Graduate Fellow program.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc0&quot;&gt; Detailed Summary &lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Patsy T. Mink Fellowship Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish the Patsy T. Mink Fellowship program.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to award fellowships to minorities and women seeking terminal master's degrees or doctorate degrees in academic areas in which such individuals are underrepresented for the purpose of entering the higher education professoriate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Requires fellowship recipients to teach, for a period equivalent to their fellowship period, at IHEs with graduate programs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Directs the Secretary, to the extent practical, to provide at least 50% of the grant funds to minority-serving IHEs or consortia that include such IHEs.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc1&quot;&gt; Status of the Legislation &lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Latest Major Action: 9/11/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc2&quot;&gt; Points in Favor &lt;/h2&gt;
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<title>Revision by webmaster (September 20, 2007, 18:26:34)</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/110_HR_3091.html?rev=10242</link>
<description>&lt;p&gt;H.R. 3091 would establish the Patsy T. Mink Graduate Fellow program.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc4&quot;&gt; Detailed Summary &lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Patsy T. Mink Fellowship Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish the Patsy T. Mink Fellowship program.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to award fellowships to minorities and women seeking terminal master's degrees or doctorate degrees in academic areas in which such individuals are underrepresented for the purpose of entering the higher education professoriate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Requires fellowship recipients to teach, for a period equivalent to their fellowship period, at IHEs with graduate programs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Directs the Secretary, to the extent practical, to provide at least 50% of the grant funds to minority-serving IHEs or consortia that include such IHEs.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc5&quot;&gt; Status of the Legislation &lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Latest Major Action: 7/18/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc6&quot;&gt; Points in Favor &lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc7&quot;&gt; Points Against &lt;/h2&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:26:34 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Revision by webmaster (July 19, 2007, 18:24:26)</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/110_HR_3091.html?rev=4816</link>
<description>&lt;p&gt;H.R. 3091 would establish the Patsy T. Mink Graduate Fellow program.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc8&quot;&gt; Detailed Summary &lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc9&quot;&gt; Status of the Legislation &lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc10&quot;&gt; Points in Favor &lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc11&quot;&gt; Points Against &lt;/h2&gt;
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<description>&lt;p&gt;H.R. 3091 would establish the Patsy T. Mink Graduate Fellow program.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc12&quot;&gt; Detailed Summary &lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to provide a detailed summary of the bill!)&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc13&quot;&gt; Status of the Legislation &lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Latest Major Action: 7/18/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc14&quot;&gt; Points in Favor &lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc15&quot;&gt; Points Against &lt;/h2&gt;
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