S. 3392 · 118th Congress

AREA Act

Introduced on Dec 4, 2023 by Bernard Sanders (I-VT). One cosponsor. Latest action (Jan 22, 2024): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 309.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Dec 4, 2023
Cosponsors
1
0 from the other party
Policy area
Education
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to reauthorize the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Academic performance and assessments
  • Advisory bodies
  • Congressional oversight
  • Education programs funding
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Government information and archives
  • Higher education
  • Minority education
  • Research administration and funding
  • Research and development
  • Scientific communication
  • Special education
  • Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Bernard SandersI-VTSponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Dec 4, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 4, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  3. Dec 12, 2023 · SenateCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Jan 22, 2024Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Sanders with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  5. Jan 22, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Sanders with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  6. Jan 22, 2024 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 309.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)
  2. American Library Association5 reports
    $474.8K reported (all issues)
  3. Education Reform Now Advocacy5 reports
  4. Software & Information Industry Association5 reports
    $3.8M reported (all issues)
  5. University of Michigan5 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANAI match · 100%
  6. American Statistical Association4 reports
  7. Association of American Universities4 reports
    $244.5K reported (all issues)
  8. National Council for Languages and International Studies4 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  9. Vanderbilt University3 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. Accelerate - The National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  11. American Council on Education2 reports
    $124.7K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION$5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  12. BOSTON UNIVERSITY2 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BOSTON UNIVERSITY, TRUSTEES OFAI match · 100%
  13. Data Quality Campaign, Inc.2 reports
    $48K reported (all issues)
  14. Excellence in Education National, Inc.2 reports
    $75K reported (all issues)
  15. University of Kansas2 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS$298.2K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  16. ACTE1 report
    $60K reported (all issues)
  17. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION1 report
    $330.3K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION$645K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  18. Alliance for Excellent Education1 report
  19. American Psychological Association Services Inc.(FKA American Psychological Assn1 report
    $330K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION$710.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  20. BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM1 report
    $92K reported (all issues)
  21. NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION1 report
    $760K reported (all issues)
  22. University of New Hampshire1 report

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.