3.0.0 2225 2022-11-01T13:50:29Z 2022-11-01T13:50:29Z Senate S 2019-07-23 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-23T20:25:41Z BASIC Act 116 4968 HR 2019-10-31 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Identical bill CRS 2019-07-23 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-07-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-07-23 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-07-23 True Education Child care and development Congressional oversight Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Food assistance and relief Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Higher education Housing and community development funding Medicaid Minority education Poverty and welfare assistance Research administration and funding School administration Student aid and college costs Student records Transportation costs Education 00 2019-07-23 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-13T21:54:27Z Basic Assistance for Students In College Act or the BASIC Act

This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award planning and implementation grants to institutions of higher education in order to identify and meet the basic needs of students, including food, housing, transportation, and health care. ED must also implement an agreement to (1) share data with other federal agencies in order to identify students who may be eligible for certain federal benefits; and (2) coordinate efforts to enroll those students in federal benefits programs, including Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

]]> BASIC Act Display Title BASIC Act Short Title(s) as Introduced BASIC Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Basic Assistance for Students In College Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the basic needs of students at institutions of higher education. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2225is/xml/BILLS-116s2225is.xml 2019-07-23 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.