SCONRES 28
106th Congress
Senate
Education
Appropriations
Authorization
Balanced budgets
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Federal aid to higher education
Federal budgets
Higher education
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Student aid
A concurrent resolution urging the Congress and the President to increase funding for the Pell Grant Program and existing Campus-Based Aid Programs.
Introduced: April 21, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 28, 1999
Committee on HELP. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Apr 21, 1999
Referred to the Committee on HELP.
Apr 21, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4057-4058)
Apr 21, 1999
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Urges the Congress and the President, working within the constraints of the balanced budget agreement, to make student scholarship aid the highest priority for higher education funding by, prior to authorizing or appropriating funds for any new education initiative: (1) increasing by $400 the maximum Pell Grant awarded to low-income students; and (2) increasing other existing campus-based aid programs.
What's happening now
Committee on HELP. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Committees of jurisdiction
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