HR 2561 102th Congress House Education Appropriations Family farms Federal aid to higher education Home ownership Housing and Community Development Income Scholarships Student aid Student loan funds

Middle Income Student Assistance Act of 1991

Introduced: June 5, 1991 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jul 11, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.

Jun 5, 1991

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Jun 5, 1991

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Middle Income Student Assistance Act of 1991 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for student eligibility for Stafford loans without regard to an expected family contribution in the determination of need. Provides that any Stafford loan may be counted as part of the expected family contribution in the determination of need for certain other types of student assistance.

Revises Pell Grant provisions relating to borrowing authority for adjustments for insufficient appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to expend, from the next succeeding fiscal year's appropriation for Pell Grants, necessary sums to meet any insufficiencies to satisfy full Pell Grant entitlements for the preceding fiscal year.

Excludes, for Pell Grant and other student assistance program need analysis, the net value of the family's principal place of residence or a farm on which the family resides. Directs the Secretary to recommend to the Congress any changes necessary to achieve an equitable assessment of income and assets after the exclusion of such assets.

What's happening now July 11, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.

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