All-Year ACCESS Act
Latest action · Feb 1, 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.
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Affordability for Constant and Continual Education to Enhance Student Success Act or the All-Year ACCESS Act
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase from one to two the number of Pell Grants an eligible student may receive in a single award year (i.e., it restores year-round Pell Grants).
A student's total amount of Pell Grants must not exceed 150% of the maximum Pell Grant for that award year. Also, any period during which a student receives an additional Pell Grant counts toward that student's lifetime Pell Grant eligibility period.
Cosponsors 86
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 1, 2017 to Nov 2, 2018; 63 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Feb 1, 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 Feb 1, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 1, 2017Introduced in House
- Feb 1, 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. 17, February 1, 2017, page H878.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To restore access to year-round Federal Pell Grants.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- All-Year ACCESS Act
- Affordability for Constant and Continual Education to Enhance Student Success Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 1, 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.
