HR 990 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Pell Grant Equity Act of 2007

Introduced Feb 12, 2007 Originated House Sponsor George Miller D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 5, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 12, 2007
  2. Passed HouseFeb 27, 2007
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Pell Grant Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make the formula for calculation of an individual Pell Grant which includes, in part, the sum of the student's tuition, inapplicable for the 2007-2008 academic year. (Thus suspends for such year the "tuition sensitivity provision" which prohibits maximum Pell Grant awards to students attending low-tuition institutions of higher education even if their income is low enough to otherwise qualify for the maximum award.)

Amends the Federal Family Education Loan program to lower from 23% to 22% for FY2008, the percentage of a borrower's student loan payment made subsequent to default that a guaranty agency may retain for deposit in its operating fund if the Secretary of Education has already reimbursed it for such default.

Cosponsors 13

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2007 to Feb 27, 2007, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-CAHoward P. "Buck" McKeonOriginalFeb 12, 2007
R-FLRic KellerOriginalFeb 12, 2007
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalFeb 12, 2007
D-TXAl GreenFeb 27, 2007
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsFeb 27, 2007
D-ILDanny K. DavisFeb 27, 2007
D-CADoris O. MatsuiFeb 27, 2007
D-CAEllen O. TauscherFeb 27, 2007
D-MAJohn F. TierneyFeb 27, 2007
D-ILPhil HareFeb 27, 2007
D-TNSteve CohenFeb 27, 2007
D-NYSteve IsraelFeb 27, 2007
D-CASusan A. DavisFeb 27, 2007

Actions 12

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 5, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
  2. Feb 28, 2007Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  3. Feb 27, 2007Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1919-1921)
  4. Feb 27, 2007DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 990.
  5. Feb 27, 2007Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 707Pell Grant Equity Act of 2007Related billFeb 28, 2007

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 28, 2007Referred in Senate
  2. Feb 27, 2007Engrossed in House
  3. Feb 12, 2007Introduced in House

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