Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here.

CONGRESS

Congress passed, and President Trump signed into law, H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

ADMINISTRATION

The U.S. Department of Education’s (ED’s) Office for Civil Rights revealed in a court filing that it dismissed 3,424 complaints between March 11 and June 27.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it will cap the amount that publishers can charge government-funded researchers to make their work open-access starting in fiscal year 2026.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released a report, revealing that nearly 7.2 million Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms submitted between December 2023 and April 2024 contained inaccurate tax data due to the IRS failing to follow proper procedures.

The U.S. Departments of Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture released new interpretations that apply the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ban on public benefits for individuals without legal status to be in the U.S. to certain programs the agencies administer.

COURTS

The Supreme Court lifted an injunction, allowing the U.S. Department of Education to move forward with layoffs at the agency.

The Supreme Court lifted a preliminary injunction, halting the implementation of mass reduction in force across 21 agencies, including DOL.

Education News Headlines
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Education Department announces foreign funding investigation against University of Michigan [The Hill]

The End of Unlimited Grad-School Loans Could Leave Some Colleges and Students in the Lurch [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

University of Southern California signals layoffs amid $200M budget gap [Higher Ed Dive]

Report Finds Mixed Results for Community Colleges’ Shared Governance [Inside Higher Ed]

AAUP Report “The 2024 AAUP Community College Shared Governance Survey: Findings on Faculty Authority by Decision-Making Areas”

Trump Admin. Starts Moving CTE to Labor Dept. After Supreme Court Order [Education Week]

Supreme Court green-lights Education Department layoffs [Higher Ed Dive]

Student Loan Repayments Are About to Look Very Different [The New York Times]

Legislatures Require Colleges to Cut Degrees in Low Demand [Inside Higher Ed]

Are misperceptions about higher education’s cost causing adults to skip college? [Higher Ed Dive]

Strada Education Foundation Report “Cost Confusion: Americans’ Misperceptions of College Costs”

Op-Ed: How Are Students Really Using AI? [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Student loan borrowers navigate new landscape as options dwindle under Trump [The Hill]

Columbia Reportedly On Verge of Settlement With Trump [Inside Higher Ed]

Higher-Ed Associations Pitch an Alternative to Trump’s Cap on Research Funding [Article 3 – Chronicle of Higher Education]

Op-Ed: It should not be so hard to transfer from community college, so let’s remove the roadblocks  [The Hechinger Report]

Maryland aims to help former fed workers find jobs — and ease teacher shortages [The Washington Post]

Education Department announces investigation against George Mason over DEI [The Hill]

The Changing Demographics of Admitted Students [Inside Higher Ed]
Urban Institute Report: “College Enrollment Patterns Are Changing. New Data Show Applicant and Admit Pools Are Too.”

Florida Board of Governors to Vote on New Accreditor [Inside Higher Ed]

To fill seats, more colleges offer credit for life experience [The Hechinger Report]

Trump Admin. Says Undocumented Students Can’t Attend Head Start, Early College [Education Week]

Trump ends interest subsidy for Biden’s student loan repayment plan [The Washington Post]

Trump Signed the ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ What’s Next? [Inside Higher Education]

‘Strong evidence’ Harvard doesn’t meet accreditation standards, feds say [Higher Education Dive]

Withheld Adult Education Funds Worry Community Colleges [Inside Higher Education]

DOJ sues California over alleged Title IX violations involving trans athletes [The Hill]

Committee News and Schedule, Schedule for House and Senate Floor:

Speaker of the House
Press Release: Speaker Johnson: Every Citizen, In Every Zip Code, In Every Pocket of America Will Benefit from the One Big Beautiful Bill

House Majority Leader
Press Release: Scalise Highlights Real World Impact of the OBBB

Senate Majority Leader
Press Release: Thune: Democrats Threaten to Shut Down the Government … Again

Senate Minority Leader
Press Release: Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Senate Republicans Pushing To Pass A Rescissions Package That Would Gut Funding To Local News Programs And Kill Vital Foreign Aid

Press Release: Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Republican Rescissions Gutting Critical Programs

House Committee on Education and Workforce
Press Release: Chairman Walberg Holds Hearing on Drivers of Antisemitism on College Campuses

Press Release: Ranking Member Scott Opening Statement at Hearing on Antisemitism

Press Release: Ranking Member Scott Statement on SCOTUS Greenlighting the Mass Firing of Education Department Employees

Blog: Hearing Recap: “Antisemitism in Higher Education: Examining the Role of Faculty, Funding, and Ideology”

Statements and Webcast from Yesterday’s Full Committee Hearing on “Antisemitism in Higher Education: Examining the Role of Faculty, Funding, and Ideology”

Senate Committee on Appropriations
Press Release: Senator Collins’ Statement on Rescissions Package

Press Release: Cole Releases Updated FY26 Subcommittee Allocations

Press Release: At Subcommittee Markup, Democrats Highlight How Republicans are Making Americans Less Safe

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Press Release: CMT Subcommittee Advances SCORE Act to Standardize NIL for Student-Athletes to Full Committee

Press Release: Pallone Opening Remarks at Subcommittee Markup of the SCORE Act

Statements and Webcast from Yesterday’s Subcommittee Markup on “The SCORE Act – Standardizing Name, Image, and Likeness”

Senate Minority Leader
Press Release: Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Republicans’ Harmful Rescissions Bill

House Committee on Education and Workforce
July 15: Full Committee Hearing on “Antisemitism in Higher Education: Examining the Role of Faculty, Funding, and Ideology”
Witnesses: Dr. Robert M. Groves, Interim President, Georgetown University; Dr. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, Chancellor, The City University of New York; and Dr. Rich Lyons, Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley
2175 Rayburn and via webcast.
10:15 a.m. ET

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
July 15: Subcommittee Markup on “The SCORE Act – Standardizing Name, Image, and Likeness”
2123 Rayburn and via webcast.
10:30 a.m. ET

Speaker of the House
Press Release: Speaker Johnson: America First is No Longer Just an Agenda, It is the Law of the Land

Press Release: Speaker Johnson Op-ed: The True Meaning of The Separation of Church and State

House Committee on Education and Workforce
Press Release: Ranking Member Scott Statement on Trump Administration Taking Chainsaw to Social Safety Net

Press Release: House Democrats Demand Trump Administration Release $7 Billion in Illegally Withheld Education Funding

July 15: Full Committee Hearing on “Antisemitism in Higher Education: Examining the Role of Faculty, Funding, and Ideology”
Witnesses: Dr. Robert M. Groves, Interim President, Georgetown University; Dr. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, Chancellor, The City University of New York; and Dr. Rich Lyons, Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley
2175 Rayburn and via webcast.
10:15 a.m. ET

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
July 15: Subcommittee Markup on “The SCORE Act – Standardizing Name, Image, and Likeness”
2123 Rayburn and via webcast.
10:30 a.m. ET

House Committee on Education and Workforce
Press Release: Education & Workforce, Energy & Commerce, and Judiciary Committees Introduce Bipartisan NIL Legislation

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Press Release: House Energy and Commerce, Education and Workforce, and Judiciary Committees Introduce Bipartisan Joint NIL Legislation to Establish National Framework

Senate Majority Leader
Press Release: Thune Touts Senate Republicans’ Successful First Six Months in Majority

U.S. Department of Education and the Administration

White House Press Release: President Trump Solidifies U.S. Position as Leader in AI

ED Press Release: Secretary McMahon Statement on Supreme Court Victory for Future of American Education

ED Press Release: U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Labor Implement Workforce Development Partnership

GAO Report: STEM Education: Selected Federal Initiatives, Challenges, and Approaches to Supporting Rural Populations

White House Press Release: Taxpayer-Funded Benefits Are for American Citizens — Not Illegals

ED Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Continues to Improve Federal Student Loan Repayment Options, Addresses Illegal Biden Administration Actions

ED Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Ends Taxpayer Subsidization of Postsecondary Education for Illegal Aliens

ED Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Opens Title VI Investigation into George Mason University

HHS Press Release: U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services Notify Harvard University’s Accreditor of Harvard’s Title VI Violation

Legislative Movement in Congress:

H.R.4 — Rescissions Act of 2025
Sponsor: Scalise, Steve [Rep.-R-LA-1] (Introduced 06/06/2025) Cosponsors: (5)
Committees: House – Appropriations | Senate – Appropriations; Budget
Latest Action: Senate – 07/15/2025 S.Amdt.2853 Amendment SA 2853 proposed by Senator Thune for Senator Schmitt. In the nature of a substitute.

H.R.4312 — To protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair competition with respect to intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Bilirakis, Gus M. [Rep.-R-FL-12] (Introduced 07/10/2025) Cosponsors: (10)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce; Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House – 07/15/2025 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 12 – 11.

H.R.4418 — To increase the quality and supply of child care and lower child care costs for families.
Sponsor: Scott, Robert C. “Bobby” [Rep.-D-VA-3] (Introduced 07/15/2025) Cosponsors: (83)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 07/15/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Press Release: Scott, Murray Reintroduce Child Care for Working Families Act

S.2295 — 119th Congress (2025-2026)
A bill to increase the quality and supply of child care and lower child care costs for families.
Sponsor: Murray, Patty [Sen.-D-WA] (Introduced 07/15/2025) Cosponsors: (3)
Committees: Senate – Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate – 07/15/2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Press Release: Murray, Scott, Colleagues Reintroduce Child Care for Working Families Act—Democrats Advocate for Affordable Child Care While Trump & Republicans Blow Up Debt on Billionaire Tax Cuts and Attack Head Start and Federal Child Care Programs

H.R.4363 — To require elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education to ensure biological fairness in women’s sports as a condition of receiving Federal funds, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Barr, Andy [Rep.-R-KY-6] (Introduced 07/14/2025) Cosponsors: (50)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 07/14/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R.4312 — To protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair competition with respect to intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Bilirakis, Gus M. [Rep.-R-FL-12] (Introduced 07/10/2025)
Cosponsors: (8)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce; Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House – 07/10/2025 Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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…

H.R.4318 — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include child development and early learning as community services under the Federal work-study program.
Sponsor: Castro, Joaquin [Rep.-D-TX-20] (Introduced 07/10/2025) Cosponsors: (20)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 07/10/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Press Release: Reps. Castro, Ciscomani and Senators Gillibrand, Collins Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Early Childhood Education Workforce

H.R.4329 — To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish an Office of Civic Bridgebuilding within the Corporation for National and Community Service, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Houlahan, Chrissy [Rep.-D-PA-6] (Introduced 07/10/2025) Cosponsors: (7)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 07/10/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Press Release: Houlahan, Barr, Thompson, and McBath Reintroduce Bipartisan Building Civic Bridges Act

H.Res.569 — Affirming that diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility are fundamental values of the United States and emphasizing the ongoing need to address discrimination and inequality in the workplace, elementary, secondary, and higher education systems, government programs, the military, and our society.
Sponsor: Espaillat, Adriano [Rep.-D-NY-13] (Introduced 07/10/2025) Cosponsors: (5)
Committees: House – Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Action: House – 07/10/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Federal Education Training and Grant Opportunities, Notices:

Children and Families Administration Grant Notice: Head Start Grant Application. Comments are due on or before August 18, 2025.

ED Notice: Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

ED Grant Notice: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program, Part A. Applications due on or before August 13, 2025.

ED Grant Notice: Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Program. Applications due on or before August 13, 2025.

ED Grant Notice: Model Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students With Intellectual Disabilities-Coordinating Center (TPSID-CC) Program. Applications due on or before August 13, 2025.

ED Grant Notice: Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions Program. Applications due on or before August 13, 2025.

ED Grant Notice: Transition Programs for Students With Intellectual Disabilities Into Higher Education. Applications due on or before August 13, 2025.

ED Comment Request: Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grants. Comments due on or before August 11, 2025.