3.0.0 4787 2022-11-01T04:17:47Z 2022-11-01T04:17:47Z House HR 2019-10-22 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BERA:H.R. 4787.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H8387]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-10-22T14:00:53Z Working Students Act 116 2655 S 2019-10-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS Strengthening Financial Aid for Students Act (Strengthening FAFSA) 116 4216 HR 2019-08-30 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS Simple FAFSA Act of 2019 116 4478 HR 2019-09-24 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2019-10-22 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-10-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-10-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001287 Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7] Ami Bera D CA 7 N K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 2019-11-18 False Education Higher education Student aid and college costs Education 00 2019-10-22 Introduced in House 2019-11-18T23:02:36Z Working Students Act

This bill increases the income protection allowance levels used to calculate a working 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 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 House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Working Students Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr4787ih/xml/BILLS-116hr4787ih.xml 2019-10-22 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.