[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5198 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5198

 To express the sense of Congress that the Federal Pell Grant program 
                   should be a high funding priority.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 2010

Mr. Paulsen (for himself, Ms. Titus, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Lance, Mr. Lee of 
 New York, and Mr. Rogers of Michigan) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To express the sense of Congress that the Federal Pell Grant program 
                   should be a high funding priority.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Federal Pell Grant program under section 401 of the 
        Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) is the single 
        largest source of grant aid for postsecondary education 
        attendance funded by the Federal Government;
            (2) the Federal Pell Grant program plays a unique role in 
        promoting economic and social mobility in the United States;
            (3) the Federal Pell Grant program is the Nation's largest 
        single source of need-based grant assistance;
            (4) financial aid has a significant positive impact on the 
        postsecondary enrollment and success rates of students from low 
        income families; and
            (5) the Federal Pell Grant Program should be a high funding 
        priority.
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