S 1384
109th Congress
Senate
Education
Colleges
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
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Labor and Employment
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Textbooks
Affordable Books for College Act
Introduced: July 12, 2005
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 12, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 12, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Affordable Books for College Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a demonstration program of loans to expand college bookstore services to provide students with the option to rent course materials.
Directs the Secretary of Education to make such loans to a limited number of eligible entities, as well as feasibility study grants prior to loan applications.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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