US Congress Senate Bill 2296 (Prior Session Legislation)

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April 18 2012 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act - Amends the Higher Education Opportunity Act to prohibit postsecondary educational institutions from using revenues derived from federal educational assistance funds for: (1) advertising and promotion; (2) identifying and attracting prospective students; or (3) other activities the Secretary of Education may proscribe, such as paying for the promotion or sponsorship of education or military-related associations. Excepts from that prohibition activities that are required as a condition of receiving funds under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, specifically authorized under title IV, or otherwise specified by the Secretary.

Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act

Sen Hagan, Kay	Sen Blumenthal, Richard	Sen Durbin, Richard	Sen Franken, Al
Sen Harkin, Tom	Sen Sanders, Bernard

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-18	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB4390 (Related) 2012-09-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN02296:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s2296is/pdf/BILLS-112s2296is.pdf