3.0.0 672 2022-11-01T17:17:25Z 2022-11-01T17:17:25Z Senate S 2019-03-06 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-06T16:12:28Z Debt-Free College Act of 2019 116 1571 HR 2019-03-06 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Identical bill CRS SUCCESS Act 116 5079 S 2020-12-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2019-03-06 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-03-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-03-06 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-03-06 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-03-06 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-03-06 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-03-06 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-03-06 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-03-06 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-03-06 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-03-06 True Education Administrative law and regulatory procedures Appropriations Congressional oversight Criminal justice information and records Department of Education Drug trafficking and controlled substances Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Educational guidance Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Immigration status and procedures Minority education Student aid and college costs Education 00 2019-03-06 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-09T12:48:43Z Debt-Free College Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Education to (1) award grants for state-federal partnerships with a goal of providing debt-free college for students at in-state public institutions of higher education, and (2) award grants to provide debt-free college for students at historically black colleges and universities and minority serving institutions, and (3) allow grants for financial aid for dreamer students (students who entered the United States before the age of 16 and who meet certain educational criteria). It also repeals the suspension of eligibility for financial aid for students convicted of the possession or sale of illegal drugs.

]]> Debt-Free College Act of 2019 Display Title Debt-Free College Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Debt-Free College Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s672is/xml/BILLS-116s672is.xml 2019-03-06 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.