HR 6349 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Improving Middle Class Access to Higher Education Act

Introduced Jul 12, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Adam Kinzinger R-IL

Latest action · Jul 12, 2018 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.

IntroducedJul 12, 2018
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Improving Middle Class Access to Higher Education Act

This bill increases the income limit to qualify for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid Simplified Needs Test from $50,000 to $100,000.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2018 to Jul 13, 2018; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NY	Claudia Tenney	Original	Jul 12, 2018
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Jul 12, 2018
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Jul 13, 2018

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 Jul 12, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 12, 2018Introduced in House
Jul 12, 2018Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, ``The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States . . .''; and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying in Execution the foregoing powers . . .''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 117, July 12, 2018, page H6174.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 2595	Improving Middle Class Access to Higher Education Act	Reintroduced Bill	May 8, 2019

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the income limit of the simplified needs test.
Short Titles as Introduced: Improving Middle Class Access to Higher Education Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 12, 2018Introduced in House

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