# 116-hr-8468: STRONG Act of 2020

116-hr-8468, STRONG Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8468
- Congress: 116
- Title: STRONG Act of 2020
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Introduced: 2020-09-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 21
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Supporting Teachers with Residency Opportunities and New Grants Act of 2020 or the STRONG Act of 2020 This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the Teacher Quality Partnership program and otherwise revises the program to allow certain undergraduate students with an academic major related to teaching to enter into teaching residency programs. (Currently, only recent graduates and certain mid-career professionals may participate in these programs.) It also allows undergraduate students who enter into such a program to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

## Cosponsors (21)

- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2020-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2020-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2020-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2020-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2020-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2020-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2020-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2020-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2020-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2020-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2020-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2020-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2020-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2020-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2020-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2020-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-11-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
- 116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- 116-hr-2474: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019
- 116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8468 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8468)

## Related
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- [116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7120)
- [116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4104)
- [116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2694)
- [116-hr-2474: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2474)
- [116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2420)
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