Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act
Latest action · Apr 8, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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 8, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make qualified students eligible to receive more than one Pell Grant in an award year, thus allowing year-round Pell Grants. If a student receives more than one Pell Grant in an award year, the total amount of the Pell Grants awarded to the student may exceed the maximum Pell Grant available for an award year.
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 8, 2017 to May 19, 2017; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Apr 8, 2017 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Apr 8, 2017 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Apr 8, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Apr 28, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Apr 28, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Apr 28, 2017 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Apr 28, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Apr 28, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Apr 28, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Apr 28, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Apr 28, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Apr 28, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 19, 2017 |
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 8, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2017Introduced in House
- Apr 8, 2017Referred 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. 163, no. 62, April 8, 2017, page H2797.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 900 | Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act | Identical bill | Apr 7, 2017 |
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
- Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2017Introduced 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.
