The National Advisory committee on institutional quality and integrity, known as naciqi, and the advise re committee on Student Financial assistance play vitally important advisory roles to the secretary of education and congress and would not otherwise be extended through the general education provisions act when the Higher Education act expires this year. Naciqi for example advises the secretary of education on matters related to Postsecondary Education accreditation and certification process for Higher Education institutions to participate in federal student aid programs. The Advisory Committee on Student Financial assistance provides advice and council on federal Student Financial aid policy to both congress and the secretary of education, including the recommendations for increasing College Access and persistence to Higher Education for lowincome and moderateincome students. As the Ranking Member of the subcommittee on Higher Education and Work Force Training, i thank chairman kline and Ranking Member miller and Ranking Member foxx for their leadership on this issue. Although i will continue to fight for a more comprehensive reauthorization of the Higher Education act, i believe that this bill today as well as the other three Higher Education bills being voted on this week, make some key improvements to the Higher Education act. With that i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support the passage of h. R. 5134, and i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves his time of the the gentlelady from north carolina. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. I urge my colleagues to vote yes on h. R. 5134 and yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. The gentleman from texas. Mr. Hinojosa mr. Speaker, i have no more speakers. The speaker pro tempore does the gentleman yield back his time . Mr. Hinojosa i do yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h. R. 5134. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, 2 3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid pon the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed. Votes will be taken in the following order. Ordering the previous question on House Resolution 677. Adopting House Resolution 677, if ordered. First electric vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. The nix is the vote on ordering the previous question on the Unfinished Business is the vote on ordering the previous question on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 124, House Resolution 677, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h. R. 3136, to establish a Demonstration Program for a competency based education and providing for consideration of the bill h. R. 3984, to amend the loan counseling requirements under the Higher Education act of 1965, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on ordering the previous question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] u or the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 224. He nays are 188 the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 224. The nays are 190. The previous question is ordered. The house will be in order. He house will be in order. He house will be in order. He house will be in order. For what purpose does the gentleman from ohio, the speaker of the house, seek recognition . The speaker mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. The speaker pro tempore is there objection . Without objection, the speaker is recognized house will be in order. The speaker my colleagues, let me take this opportunity to recognize a special guest who is in our Nations Capital today. Dr. Jessica beanstock is the Residency Program director for the department of gynecology and obstetrics at Johns HopkinsUniversity School of medicine. In her career shes delivered over 1,000 babies and one of them is wellknown to all of us. And she is abigail rose butler, who, of course, is the daughter while we are all familiar with abigails story and the odds that she ever came, she is a happy, healthy miracle, dr. Beanstock is the miracle worker who helped give the gift of hope and life to this family. I think our house owes a debt of gratitude to her and to all of our doctors, nurses, and medical professionals. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore without objection, fiveminute voting will continue. The question is on adoption of the resolution. As many as are in favor will signify by saying aye. Those opposed will say no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The gentleman from colorado. Mr. Polis mr. Speaker, on that i request a recorded vote. The speaker pro tempore request for recorded vote has been asked. Those favoring a request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 230 and the nays the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 230 and the nays are 185. The resolution is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h. R. 3136. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Pursuant to House Resolution 677 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h. R. 3136. The chair appoints the gentleman from nevada, mr. Amodei, to preside over the ommittee of the whole. The chair the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h. R. 3136 which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a bill to establish a Demonstration Program for compen tenseybased education education. Eybased the chair the gentleman from minnesota, mr. Kline, and the gentleman from colorado, mr. Polis, will each control 30 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota. Mr. Kline mr. Chairman, the house is not in order. The chair the committee will be in order. Please remove your onversations from the floor. The chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota. Mr. Kline mr. Chairman, i rise today in strong support of the advancey comp tenseybased education demonstration project act of 2013, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Kline mr. Chairman, this week this Week Congress is moving forward the chair the gentleman will suspend. The house will be in order. Please remove your conversations from the floor. The gentleman from minnesota is recognized. Mr. Kline thank you, mr. Chairman. This Week Congress is moving forward with a bipartisan effort to strengthen our nations Higher Education system. Across the country millions of College Students are getting ready to start the school year. They will soon say goodbye to family and friends and pursue their dream of a Postsecondary Education. Unfortunately, mr. Chairman, Many Americans are struggling to turn that dream into reality. The Higher Education system we know today is too costly, too bureaucratic and outdated. Some are having a hard time fitting the Traditional College experience into a busy lifestyle that already includes work, family or both. Others are graduating with a pile of debt and no job prospects. A College Degree can open the door to a bright and prosperous future, yet, too often obstacles stand in the way. Ultimately, states and institutions must provide the answers students and families need but congress has a role to play as well. First and foremost, we need to continue promoting policies that will get this economy moving again so every College Graduate who wants a job can find a job. We can also adopt commonsense reforms that will improve our Higher Education system. Today, the house will begin to do just that. We have an opportunity right now, right now, mr. Chairman, to advance reforms that will support innovation and empower students to make informed decisions about their college careers. H. R. 3136 is the first step in that effort. E bipartisan advancing competencybased Education Address the house for one e on stration act will this model of education defines a set of skills for a field of work and then measures student progress in acquiring those skills. Once a student demonstrates a etency, this education allows a student to learn at a pace tailored to his or her specific needs. The chair the gentleman will suspend. Will the house please be in order . The committee will be in order efore we continue. The gentleman from minnesota is recognized. Mr. Kline thank you, mr. Chairman. If youre a single mom, you may need more time to complete your degree while juggling the demands of work or kids. Or if youre a dad out of job, four years sitting in a classroom is time you do not have. Competencybased education holds tremendous promise. It allows students to earn a degree in less time and even at a lower cost than a traditional educational setting. Yet, it is hard to have this system that values time over learning. H. R. 3136 will help us move in a different direction. The legislation directs the secretary of education to authorize a number of demonstration projects to test and strengthen competencybased education. Among other provisions, the legislation requires the secretary to focus on programs that are designed to reduce costs and the time it takes to earn a degree. The bill requires a thorough evaluation of each demonstration project so policymakers learn which programs demonstrate success and what specific roadblocks are standing in the way. Mr. Chairman, this is a good bill that will help make a difference in the lives of students and families. I want to thank the bipartisan authors of the legislation, mr. Matt salmon, mr. Jerry polis brooks. Usan i thank the chairman and reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from colorado is recognized. Mr. Polis thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to join my colleague in support of the advancing competencybased education project demonstrate of 2013, a bill i had the honor to coauthor representative salmon. I appreciate his work as well as others on this bill. This bill will unleash innovation that promises to improve the quality of a College Education and just as importantly if not more reduce the costs. It will allow innovative colleges and universities to shorten the time it takes to earn a degree, reduce College Costs through selfpace programs based on learning rather than time spent in the seat and lets be honest, some of that time is often sleeping. This innovation, which is called competencybased education, has a lot of promise. Theres a lot to learn along the way, pid falls to avoid pitfalls to avoid. This promise to allow students to master the knowledge of a course, which is essentially what the purpose of the course should be. And by demonstrating mastery of the course, regardless of how long it takes, we can, a, ensure employers that there is quality with regard to the outcomes of that course and, b, reduce costs by allowing a student if theyre capable to proceed faster. This growing trend of innovation is very important because it provides a way to increase innovation and decrease costs. Since the last reauthorization in 2007, Higher Education has become more and more expensive. Mr. Speaker, the cost of attending a university has risen by almost five times per student since 1983. And at the same time that cost has risen and Higher Education is becoming harder and harder for American Families to afford, College Graduates working full time earn over 17,000 more annually than their peer who is have a High School Diploma. While a fouryear degree isnt always the best one, some postsecondary, whether its a Community College or certification program, has become increasingly imperative to land a goodpaying job in the 21st century work force. Competencybased education can increase access to Higher Education for both nontraditional students as well as collegeage students, oftentimes who have a job or other commitments. Of the 17 1 2 Million People enrolled in college, only 15 were attending a Fouryear College and living on campus. If we look at those, only 15 of those having the experience i had, perhaps many of our colleagues had, where you go and live in a dorm and attend college for four years, thats only 15 . The other 85 are doing something else. That might mean taking classes at night. It might mean online education. It might mean taking courses over a longer period of time. And that has been the Innovative Center around Cost Reduction and improvements in quality. Align our ill help Higher Education with work force needs by measuring and assessing competencies, students are more likely to me trick late with the knowledge they need to master to be able to hold a good job. Likewise, businesses will know what to expect upon hiring these students. Thats why im proud to say this legislation has garnered the support of the chamber of commerce, which has applauded competencybased education as an opportunity for employers to work with colleges to help and ify skills competencies. This will help combat the rising cost of college. In Higher Education today, there are very few incentives for institutions to decrease costs. Now, to fully address this, we would need to do a reauthorization of the Higher Education act. Thats not what we have before us today, but we have a constructive bill that will allow colleges and universities to adopt new technology, remove some of those barriers to innovation that exist today and allow universities to look beyond delivering traditional classroom instruction as they d in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and look at a classroom might look like beyond the walls of a physical classroom. Competencybased education is one of the First Innovations in Higher Education that specifically designed to help decrease cost and make college more affordable while also improving quality in terms of what the student has learned. At its core, what were talking about here today, competencybased education, flips the traditional campus model on its head so that learning is the constant and time, location are the variable and are selfpaced. The result is actually a more uniform and measurable education, ensuring that students actually learn what they set out to learn rather than sitting in a seat for a period of time. And because competencies are demonstrable skills, schools can form articulation agreements easily under this bill and under the innovation Pilot Programs under this bill, saving students and taxpayers money and giving students and families more options, geographically and within a city. I am thrilled the department of education has done what they could to allow some programs to explore this model through their experimental sites initiative, but there are several advantages to this legislation. First and foremost, were able to expand the initiative to four programs to 20 under this bill and secondly, were giving