HR 5275
109th Congress
House
Education
Adult education
College costs
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Mentoring
Older workers
Scholarships
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Volunteer workers
To establish the Silver Scholarship program to provide transferable educational awards to older individuals who have performed certain volunteer services.
Introduced: May 2, 2006
Introduced by:
Velázquez, Nydia M.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 24, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
May 2, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 2, 2006
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize the Assistant Secretary for Aging to make grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations experienced in administering volunteer programs to provide $1,000 scholarships to older individuals who perform at least 600 hours of volunteer service with such agencies or organizations within a 12-month period. Allows the proration of such scholarships when an individual, due to compelling personal circumstances, cannot perform 600, but performs at least 300, hours of service within such period.
Allows a scholarship recipient to designate another individual to use such scholarship.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1