US Congress Senate Bill 2796 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on September 11 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-09-11 - 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]

Working Student Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the income protection allowance for academic year 2015-2016 to: $8,451 for dependent students; $13,135 for independent students without dependents other than a spouse who are single, separated, or married when both spouses are enrolled; and $21,060 for independent students without dependents other than a spouse if only one of the spouses is enrolled. Increases for academic year 2015-2016 the income protection allowances for independent students with dependents other than a spouse. (These allowances vary depending on the number of such dependents.) Provides for cost-of-living adjustments to such income protection allowances after academic year 2015-2016. (An income protection allowance is the amount excluded from a student's income in determining the student's need for assistance under title IV.)

Working Student Act of 2014

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-09-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2796/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2796/BILLS-113s2796is.pdf