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HR 1932 100th Congress House Education Budget deficits Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to higher education Federal budgets Government spending reductions Scholarships Student aid

A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the Pell grant higher education assistance program from sequestration.

Introduced: April 2, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 20, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
Apr 10, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Apr 2, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Apr 2, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Apr 2, 1987
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt the Pell grant higher education assistance program from reduction pursuant to a sequestration order.

What's happening now April 20, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Apr 2, 1987
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1932: A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the Pell grant higher education assistance program from sequestration.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1932/
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"H.R. 1932: A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the Pell grant higher education assistance program from sequestration.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1932/.
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H.R. 1932, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1932/.
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[H.R. 1932: A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the Pell grant higher education assistance program from sequestration.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1932/)
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