Student Aid And College Costs
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America RISING Act of 2017 America Realizing the Informational Skills and Initiative of New Graduates Act of 2017 [HB-56]
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America RISING Act of 2017 America Realizing the Informational Skills and Initiative of New Graduates Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services to jointly establish a grant program to defray the costs paid by: (1) employers to compensate recent college graduates; and (2) recent college graduates to enroll in postsecondary education courses in mathematics, science, engineering, or technology.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act [HB-2477]
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Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program that allows eligible students with loans under the Federal Direct Loan program (a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct PLUS Loan, or a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan) to refinance their loans down to the lower rates offered to new federal borrowers in the 2016-2017 school year under certain circumstances. In addition, the bill allows student
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 05/17/2017
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Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act [S.1162]
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Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S3015) on 05/17/2017
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Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2017 [HB-2482]
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Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2017 This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the Federal Perkins Loans program through September 30, 2019.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 05/17/2017
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Working Students Act [S.1155]
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Working Students Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the income protection allowance levels used to calculate a 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.)
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/17/2017
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Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2017 [S.1135]
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Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2017 This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore a student's Pell Grant eligibility for any period of time during which the student qualified for, or would have qualified for, federal student loan forgiveness due to school closure, assertion of a defense against repayment, or institutional fraud or misconduct. Specifically, this bill provides that Pell Grants received by a student during that period of time do not count toward the student's lifetime Pell Grant eligibility
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Sponsored by: Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/16/2017
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Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act [S.1136]
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Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act This bill amends the title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the Federal Pell Grant Program. Specifically, it: converts the Pell Grant program into a mandatory spending program; increases the maximum Pell Grant award for academic year 2019-2020 and adjusts it in subsequent award years to account for inflation; allows federal financial aid for higher education to be given to dreamer students (students who entered the country when they were under the age of 16 and who meet
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/16/2017
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Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 [S.1129]
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Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 This bill authorizes: (1) appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY2018-FY2019, and (2) a specified level of end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and military training student loads for such fiscal years. The bill addresses: (1) training for public safety personnel, (2) service member benefits for Coast Guard personnel, (3) contracts to procure three National Security Cutters, and (4) the Coast Guard Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program. The bill revises or sets forth policies relating to the Coast
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson
Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Thune With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 115-89. on 06/05/2017
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Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act [HB-2451]
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Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act This bill amends the title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the Federal Pell Grant Program. Specifically, it: converts the Pell Grant program into a mandatory spending program; increases the maximum Pell Grant award for academic year 2019-2020 and adjusts it in subsequent award years to account for inflation; allows federal financial aid for higher education to be given to dreamer students (students who entered the country when they were under the age of 16 and who meet
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 05/16/2017
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College Transparency Act [HB-2434]
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College Transparency Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the National Center for Education Statistics to establish a secure and privacy-protected data system that contains information about postsecondary students. Specifically, the data system must: evaluate student enrollment patterns, progression, completion, and post-collegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid at the student level; provide complete and customizable information for students and families making decisions about postsecondary education;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
Introduced In House on 05/16/2017
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Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2017 [S.1109]
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Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend through FY2022 support for nursing workforce programs and grants. Eligibility for advanced nursing education grants is expanded to include education programs for clinical nurse leaders and all combined registered nurse and graduate degree programs. (Clinical nurse leaders are advanced generalist clinicians who apply research and coordinate care in order to improve outcomes for patients.) To be eligible for these grants, clinical nurse
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/11/2017
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College Transparency Act [S.1121]
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College Transparency Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the National Center for Education Statistics to establish a secure and privacy-protected data system that contains information about postsecondary students. Specifically, the data system must: evaluate student enrollment patterns, progression, completion, and post-collegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid at the student level; provide complete and customizable information for students and families making decisions about postsecondary education;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/15/2017
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Protect Our Gold Star Families' Education Act of 2017 [S.1125]
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Protect Our Gold Star Families' Education Act of 2017 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education (ED) to move the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants under the Pell Grant program. ED must award the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants to each eligible veteran's dependent for assisting with the costs of attending colleges and universities. Students are eligible for an award if: (1) their parent or guardian died as a result of military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001, and (2) they
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Kaine
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S2934) on 05/15/2017
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FAIR Student Credit Act of 2017 Federal Adjustment in Reporting Student Credit Act of 2017 [S.1066]
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FAIR Student Credit Act of 2017 Federal Adjustment in Reporting Student Credit Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to allow a person to request the removal of a previously reported default regarding a qualified education loan from a consumer report if: (1) the lender chooses to offer a loan-rehabilitation program that requires a number of consecutive on-time monthly payments equal to the number of payments specified in a default reduction program under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and (2) the consumer of the loan successfully
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Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 05/08/2017
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Pay for Student Success Act [S.1043]
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Pay for Student Success Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education (ED) to contract with eligible entities for pay-for-success projects that develop, implement, evaluate, and promote innovative strategies for increasing the postsecondary education retention and completion rates of students who receive Pell Grants and first-generation postsecondary students. Each entity that receives a contract must provide 90% of the project costs up front. ED may reimburse an entity for no more than 75% of the total
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Bennet
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/04/2017
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Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 [HB-2392]
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[Public Health ]
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Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require hospitals to implement and submit to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a staffing plan that complies with specified minimum nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Hospitals must post a notice regarding nurse-to-patient ratios in each unit and maintain records of actual ratios for each shift in each unit. HHS must adjust Medicare payments to hospitals to cover additional costs incurred in providing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/18/2017
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Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2017 [HB-2366]
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Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to permit a borrower to discharge in bankruptcy a nonprofit, government, or private student loan, or an obligation to repay an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 06/07/2017
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Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Enhancement Act of 2017 [S.1042]
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Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any AmeriCorps educational awards provided under the National and Community Service Act of 1990.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/04/2017
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Save for Success Act [HB-2378]
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Save for Success Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the American Opportunity Tax Credit for qualified tuition and related expenses, to: (1) permit up to $250 of the credit per year to be used for college savings contributions that are taken into account before tuition and fees, (2) direct the Departments of the Treasury and Education to jointly establish a pilot program to make periodic payments of the credit as educational expenses for a student are incurred during the taxable year, and (3) direct Treasury to establish
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 05/04/2017
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Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 [S.1063]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
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Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require hospitals to implement and submit to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a staffing plan that complies with specified minimum nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Hospitals must post a notice regarding nurse-to-patient ratios in each unit and maintain records of actual ratios for each shift in each unit. HHS must adjust Medicare payments to hospitals to cover additional costs incurred in providing
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/04/2017