3.0.0 1155 2023-01-11T13:36:26Z 2023-01-11T13:36:26Z Senate S 2017-05-17 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-17T16:56:55Z Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act 115 1136 S 2017-05-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act 115 2451 HR 2017-05-16 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS Working Students Act 115 2490 HR 2017-05-17 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Identical bill CRS Simple FAFSA Act of 2017 115 4416 HR 2017-11-16 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS 2017-05-17 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-05-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2017-05-17 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2017-05-17 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-05-17 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2017-05-18 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2017-05-22 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2017-06-14 False Education Higher education Student aid and college costs Education 00 2017-05-17 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-22T18:47:10Z Working Students Act

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the income protection allowance levels used to calculate a student's expected family contribution and need for financial assistance. (An income protection allowance is an amount for basic living expenses that is protected from being considered income available for postsecondary educational expenses.)

]]> Working Students Act Display Title Working Students Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to increase the amount of financial support available for working students. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Working Students Act Introduced in Senate 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1155is/xml/BILLS-115s1155is.xml 2017-05-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.