Pell Grant Protection Act
Latest action · Apr 1, 2014 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedApr 1, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Pell Grant Protection Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set the maximum Federal Pell Grant for which a student may be eligible for an award year at a specified amount, increased for inflation each year, plus any additional amount specified in the last enacted appropriation Act applicable to that award year.
Appropriates for FY2015 and each succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to provide, in combination with any amounts separately appropriated for the additional Pell Grant amount, each eligible student with the maximum Pell Grant amount, minus the student's expected family contribution. (This converts the Pell Grant program into a mandatory spending program.)
Directs the Secretary of Education to award an additional Pell Grant to an eligible student who: (1) has received a Pell Grant for an award year, and (2) is enrolled in a program of study for one or more additional payment periods during the same award year that are not otherwise covered by the Pell Grant.
Permits the total amount of the Pell Grants awarded to such student for the award year to exceed the total maximum Pell Grant for such award year.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 1, 2014 to Aug 1, 2014, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Apr 1, 2014 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Apr 1, 2014 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Apr 2, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | May 7, 2014 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | May 7, 2014 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Aug 1, 2014 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2014Introduced in Senate
- Apr 1, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4373 | Pell Grant Protection Act | Related bill | Jun 13, 2014 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2014Introduced in Senate
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