House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Less Bureaucracy, Better International Education Oversight Act
Official title: To ensure the Department of State will manage all international education and foreign language studies programs under Title VI of the Higher Education Act, as well as all Fulbright-Hays fellowships and scholarships, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 9, 2026
- Committee actionJul 15, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 16.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9603.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 112, July 9, 2026, Page H4380):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9603, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9603
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 1, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Wilson.
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- H.Res. 1424 (119th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Lindsey Graham.
- H.R. 7724 (119th) No Waivers for Fraud Act of 2026
- H.R. 1229 (119th) United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 1, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.