US Congress Senate Bill 1135 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on May 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-16 - 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]

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 period (currently 12 full-time semesters).

Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2017

Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-16	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB2451 (Related) 2017-05-16 - Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
SB1136 (Related) 2017-05-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB6543 (Related) 2018-07-26 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1135/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1135/BILLS-115s1135is.pdf