US Congress House Bill 4433 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Working Student Act of 2015 This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of 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.) Specifically, the bill increases, in academic year 2016-2017, income protection allowance levels for students who are dependent, independent without non-spouse dependents (e.g., children), and independent with non-spouse dependents to reduce such students' income available (and increase need for financial assistance) to cover postsecondary educational expenses. The Department of Education must, in subsequent years, adjust the income protection allowance levels for inflation.

Working Student Act of 2015

Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2016-02-02	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2016-02-02	House	Introduced in House

SB2065 (Same As) 2015-09-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4433/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4433/BILLS-114hr4433ih.pdf