Pell Grant Protection Act
Latest action · Nov 16, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
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 22, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.)
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 22, 2015 to Oct 20, 2015; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Mark Takai | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Oct 20, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Apr 22, 2015 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Nov 16, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Apr 22, 2015Introduced in House
- Apr 22, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 59, April 22, 2015, page H2418.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-13 | IMPROVING COLLEGE ACCESS AND COMPLETION FOR LOW-INCOME AND FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS73 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Apr 30, 2015 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1060 | Pell Grant Protection Act | Identical bill | Apr 22, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Pell Grant Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
