3.0.0 7372 2022-02-08T23:14:52Z 2022-02-08T23:14:52Z House HR 2020-06-25 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. RESCHENTHALER:H.R. 7372.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H2517]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-06-25T13:00:25Z 2020-06-25 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2020-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000610 Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14] Guy Reschenthaler R PA 14 N T000483 Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] David Trone D MD J. 6 2020-06-25 True B001304 Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] Anthony Brown D MD G. 4 2020-06-25 True T000467 Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] Glenn Thompson R PA 15 2020-06-25 True R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] TIM RYAN D OH 13 2020-06-25 True C001094 Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] Paul Cook R CA 8 2020-06-26 False B001306 Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] Troy Balderson R OH 12 2020-06-29 False P000601 Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] Steven Palazzo R MS M. 4 2020-07-09 False S001208 Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8] Elissa Slotkin D MI 8 2020-07-09 False H001067 Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8] Richard Hudson R NC 8 2020-07-09 False Education Higher education Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves Student aid and college costs Education 00 2020-06-25 Introduced in House 2020-10-28T17:36:36Z Improving College Affordability for our Guard and Reserve Act

This bill authorizes all members of the Armed Forces—including reservists or those in the National Guard and regardless of their duty status—to claim independent student status when applying for federal financial aid. Currently, active duty service members and veterans of the Armed Forces may claim such independent student status.

]]> Improving College Affordability for our Guard and Reserve Act Display Title Improving College Affordability for our Guard and Reserve Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include all members of the Armed Forces in the definition of "independent student" for purposes of determining the eligibility of such members for Federal financial assistance, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Improving College Affordability for our Guard and Reserve Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr7372ih/xml/BILLS-116hr7372ih.xml 2020-06-25 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.