US Congress Senate Bill 1060 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on April 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Pell Grant Protection Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to appropriate for each fiscal year beginning with FY2016 the funding necessary to provide each eligible student with the maximum Pell Grant amount, minus the student's expected family contribution. (Currently, funds for the Pell Grant program come from a combination of mandatory and discretionary spending. This bill converts the Pell Grant program into a mandatory spending program.)

Pell Grant Protection Act

Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-22	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1956 (Same As) 2015-11-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1060/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1060/BILLS-114s1060is.pdf