US Congress Senate Bill 1155 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Introduced on May 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-17 - 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]

Working Students Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the income protection allowance levels used to calculate a student's expected family contribution and need for financial assistance. (An income protection allowance is an amount for basic living expenses that is protected from being considered income available for postsecondary educational expenses.)

Working Students Act

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-17	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB2490 (Same As) 2017-05-17 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
HB2451 (Related) 2017-05-16 - Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
SB1136 (Related) 2017-05-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB4416 (Related) 2017-11-16 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1155/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1155/BILLS-115s1155is.pdf