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

CONGRESS 

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Bill Cassidy (R-LA) launched investigations into 18 states and the District of Columbia over their policies allowing transgender students to play on women’s sports teams.

House Education and Workforce Committee Chair Tim Walberg (R-MI) launched an investigation into the Berkeley Unified School District, Fairfax County Public Schools, and the School District of Philadelphia regarding antisemitic incidents.

ADMINISTRATION 

President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Launching the Genesis Mission.”

The U.S. Department of Education published a blog, clarifying how nursing programs will be treated under the definition of professional degree programs that resulted from H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon appointed five new members to the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI).

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released new and updated educational materials regarding legal protections against national origin discrimination, which includes preferring foreign workers by advertising job openings as only available to H-1B visa holders.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced five new agency leaders.

The U.S. Department of Labor issued guidance encouraging State and local workforce systems to use Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) flexibilities and waiver authorities to modernize operations, promote innovation and align services with the Administration’s workforce priorities.

Education News Headlines
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FAFSA Completion Is Up [Inside Higher Ed]

Why Trump and Harvard Have Not Reached a Deal [The New York Times]

UVa Asked Its Community to Weigh in on Trump’s Compact. Here’s What They Said. [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Citing Anti-DEI DOJ Memo, Alabama Ends Black-, Women-Focused Student Magazines [Inside Higher Ed]

Education Department outsourcing is unlawful, amended lawsuit alleges [Higher Ed Dive]

No college degree, no problem? Not so fast [The Hechinger Report]

What’s in Northwestern University’s deal with the Trump administration? [Higher Ed Dive]

His students suddenly started getting A’s. Did a Google AI tool go too far? [Los Angeles Times]

Warren: McMahon unfit, should resign [The Hill]

The challenge of moving special education out of the Education Department [POLITICO]

How a New Law Could Change the Way Low-Income Students Access College [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Most Americans don’t see value of 4-year college degree: Survey [The Hill]

The Students Studying 4—or More—Majors [Inside Higher Ed]

Committee News and Schedule, Schedule for House and Senate Floor

Speaker of the House
Press Release: Speaker Johnson: Republicans are Laser Focused on Bringing Down Costs for Working Families

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
December 3: Executive Session on “Continuation: Nominations”
Nominees: Scott Mayer to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board and Mary Anne Carter to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts.
430 Dirksen and via webcast.
9:45 a.m. ET

Press Release: Chair Cassidy, Van Hollen, Colleagues Introduce IDEA 50th Anniversary Resolution

House Committee on Education and Workforce
December 3: Subcommittee Hearing on “Safeguarding Student Privacy and Parental Rights: A Review of FERPA and PPRA”
Witnesses: TBA
2175 Rayburn and via webcast
2:00 p.m. ET

December 3: Subcommittee Hearing on “Public Funds, Private Politics: Examining Bias in the Truman Scholarship Program”
Witnesses: TBA
2175 Rayburn and via webcast
10:15 a.m. ET

House Committee on Ways and Means
December 3: Subcommittee Hearing on “Promoting Global Competitiveness for American Workers and Businesses”
Witnesses: TBA
1100 Longworth and via webcast
9:00 a.m. ET

House Committee on the Budget
Press Release: Boyle, Budget Democrats Demand Vought Testify Before Committee

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Press Release: Chairman Guthrie Announces Full Committee Markup of Fifteen Bills

Press Release: Energy and Commerce Weekly Look Ahead: The Week of December 1st, 2025
 
House Committee on Small Business
Press Release: House Committee on Small Business Celebrates Five Committee Bills Passed on the House Floor Today

House Majority Leader
Press Release: The Leader’s Floor Lookout: Week of December 1, 2025

Press Release: Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview – Week of December 1, 2025

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Press Release: Chair Cassidy Launches Major Investigation into Liberal States Failing to Protect Girls and Women in Sports, Defying President Trump’s Executive Order

House Committee on Education and Workforce
Press Release: Two Hearings Set on Truman Scholarship and Student, Parental Rights

House Committee on Appropriations
Press Release: Thanksgiving Tidings: Preparing a Full Course of FY26 Deliverables

Press Release: E&C Democrats Demand Trump Administration Follow the Law and Implement BEAD Program as Congress Intended

House Committee on Rules
Press Release: Meeting Announcement for December 1, 2025

Department of Education and the Administration

ED Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Announces New and Improved Portal for Universities to Report Foreign Funding

ED Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Announces Five Appointments to the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity

ED Press Release: Secretary McMahon Statement on Northwestern University Deal

ED Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Initiates Review of University of California, Berkeley for Potential Clery Act Violations

DOL Press Release: US Department Of Labor Awards $4M in Funding to North Carolina for Continued Disaster-Relief Jobs, Training for Those Affected by Hurricane Helene

DOL Press Release: US Department Of Labor Empowers States, Localities to Spur Innovation Across the Workforce Development System

IRS Press Release: Treasury, IRS Request Comments on Implementation of the New Federal Tax Credit for Individual Contributions to Scholarship Granting Organizations Under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill

Legislative Movement in Congress

H.R.2066 — Investing in All of America Act of 2025
Sponsor: Meuser, Daniel [Rep.-R-PA-9] (Introduced 03/11/2025) Cosponsors: (8)
Committees: House – Small Business | Senate – Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Committee Report: H. Rept. 119-227
Latest Action: Senate – 12/02/2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

H.R.2965 — Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025
Sponsor: Van Duyne, Beth [Rep.-R-TX-24] (Introduced 04/17/2025) Cosponsors: (5)
Committees: House – Small Business
Committee Report: H. Rept. 119-111
Latest Action: House – 12/02/2025 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS – At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 2965, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote announced the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Velazquez demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time…

H.R.5235 — Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act
Sponsor: Mace, Nancy [Rep.-R-SC-1] (Introduced 09/09/2025) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: House – Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Action: House – 12/02/2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

H.R.6358 — To reauthorize and improve a grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, improving, and operating Student Veteran Centers.
Sponsor: Frankel, Lois [Rep.-D-FL-22] (Introduced 12/02/2025) Cosponsors: (33)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 12/02/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Press Release: Reps. Frankel, Bilirakis Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Boost Student Veteran Success

H.R.6359 — To require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Hinson, Ashley [Rep.-R-IA-2] (Introduced 12/02/2025) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 12/02/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R.6366 — Boosting the Rural STEM Pipeline Act
Sponsor: Riley, Josh [Rep.-D-NY-19] (Introduced 12/02/2025) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: House – Science, Space, and Technology
Latest Action: House – 12/02/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Press Release: Riley Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Recruit STEM Teachers to Rural Schools in Upstate New York

H.Res.920 — Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act on November 29, 2025, and recognizing its transformative impact on the education of children with disabilities.
Sponsor: Thompson, Glenn [Rep.-R-PA-15] (Introduced 12/02/2025) Cosponsors: (23)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 12/02/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Press Release: Thompson, Huffman, James, Scholten Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

S.Res.521 — A resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act on November 29, 2025, and recognizing its transformative impact on the education of children with learning disabilities.
Sponsor: Van Hollen, Chris [Sen.-D-MD] (Introduced 12/02/2025) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate – Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate – 12/02/2025 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Press Release: Van Hollen, Cassidy, Huffman, Thompson, Scholten, James Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Resolution Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

H.R.4312 — SCORE Act
Sponsor: Bilirakis, Gus M. [Rep.-R-FL-12] (Introduced 07/10/2025) Cosponsors: (21)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce; Energy and Commerce
Committee Reports: H. Rept. 119-270,Part 4, H. Rept. 119-270,Part 3, H. Rept. 119-270,Part 1, H. Rept. 119-270,Part 2
Latest Action: House – 12/01/2025 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 916 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965 and H.R. 4305.

H.Res.916 — Providing for consideration of the bill (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; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1005) to prohibit elementary and secondary schools from accepting funds from or entering into contracts with the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1049) to ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child’s public school, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1069) to prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for elementary and secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from the Government of the People’s Republic of China; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4305) to direct the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to establish a Red Tape Hotline to receive notifications of burdensome agency rules, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Griffith, H. Morgan [Rep.-R-VA-9] (Introduced 12/01/2025) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House – Rules
Committee Report: H. Rept. 119-391
Latest Action: House – 12/01/2025 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 48.

S.3293 — A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Kennedy, John [Sen.-R-LA] (Introduced 12/01/2025) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate – Appropriations
Latest Action: Senate – 12/01/2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

S.Res.520 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.
Sponsor: Thune, John [Sen.-R-SD] (Introduced 12/01/2025) Cosponsors: (0)
Latest Action: Senate – 12/01/2025 Placed on Senate Executive Calendar under Over, Under the Rule. Calendar No. 3.

H.R.4312 — SCORE Act
Sponsor: Bilirakis, Gus M. [Rep.-R-FL-12] (Introduced 07/10/2025) Cosponsors: (21)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce; Energy and Commerce
Committee Reports: H. Rept. 119-270,Part 4, H. Rept. 119-270,Part 3, H. Rept. 119-270,Part 1, H. Rept. 119-270,Part 2
Latest Action: House – 11/25/2025 Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Education and Workforce, H. Rept. 119-270, Part IV.

H.R.6304 — To codify a national strategy for artificial intelligence that promotes American leadership, removes regulatory barriers, and ensures data are free from security risks and ideological bias, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Kiggans, Jennifer A. [Rep.-R-VA-2] (Introduced 11/25/2025) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House – Science, Space, and Technology; Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House – 11/25/2025 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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…
Press Release: Kiggans Leads Bill to Strengthen U.S. Leadership in AI

H.R.6305 — To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand availability of H1B nonimmigrant visas, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Krishnamoorthi, Raja [Rep.-D-IL-8] (Introduced 11/25/2025) Cosponsors: (2)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce; Judiciary
Latest Action: House – 11/25/2025 Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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…
Press Release: Congressman Krishnamoorthi Reintroduces the HIRE Act To Bolster U.S. Competitiveness by Expanding High-Skilled Immigration and Investing in STEM Education

H.R.6312 — To establish a Federal pilot program for cost-sharing of child care expenses among employers, employees, and government.
Sponsor: Scholten, Hillary J. [Rep.-D-MI-3] (Introduced 11/25/2025) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: House – Ways and Means; Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 11/25/2025 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 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.

Federal Education Training and Grant Opportunities, Notices

HRSA Notice: Medical Student Education Program Non-Competitive Supplement.

FCC Comment Request: Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireless Deployments. Comments due on or before January 15, 2026.

ED Comment Request: Form for Maintenance of Effort Waiver Requests. Comments due on or before January 27, 2026.

HHS Comment Request: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program State Plan Guidance. Comments due on or before December 26, 2025.

ED Comment Request: Generic Clearance for Federal Student Aid Customer Satisfaction Surveys and Focus Groups Master Plan. Comments due on or before December 26, 2025.

ED Comment Request: Student Assistance General Provisions-Financial Assistance for Students With Intellectual Disabilities. Comments due on or before December 26, 2025.

ED Notice: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) Information To Be Verified for the 2026-2027 Award Year

Today’s Federal Register.