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Ensuring College Access for all Americans Act

Introduced: June 16, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Jul 21, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Jun 16, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jun 16, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1269)
Jun 16, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring College Access for all Americans Act - Prohibits reducing the amount of Federal student assistance for which a student is eligible in the award year 2004 through applying to that student the annual updates to the allowance for State and other taxes (published in the Federal Register on May 30, 2003) in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology to determine a student's expected family contribution for the award year 2004-2005 under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

What's happening now July 21, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 15, 2003
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jun 19, 2003
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 16, 2003
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 16, 2003
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jun 16, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2485: Ensuring College Access for all Americans Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2485/
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