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H.R. 2944

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To Offer Refugees College Help (TORCH) Act
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Committee
Latest Action · June 20, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Congress
115th (2017–2019)
Introduced
June 20, 2017
Cosponsors (63)
63D 0R
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To Offer Refugees College Help (TORCH) Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require states to charge in-state tuition rates to refugees, asylees, and special immigrant visa holders if they are lawfully in the United States. This requirement only applies to the first state where the individual lives after being admitted into the United States.

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