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Officer Daniel Faulkner Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2009

Introduced: March 15, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 17, 2010
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 12, 2010
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 12, 2010
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3344)
May 12, 2010
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3344)
May 12, 2010
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 959.
May 12, 2010
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3344-3346)
May 12, 2010
Ms. Woolsey moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mar 23, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Mar 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 10, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Feb 10, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 10, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Feb 10, 2009
Introduced in House
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Officer Daniel Faulkner Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the expected family contribution used in determining a student's need for title IV assistance in the case of a student applicant who is eligible for a Pell Grant and whose parent or guardian died as a result of performing service as a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew.

Requires such student to be less than 24 years old and enrolled at an institution of higher education at the time of his or her parent's or guardian's death.

Gives financial aid administrators the responsibility of verifying that such students are eligible to have their expected family contribution adjusted (or eliminated), and of adjusting (or eliminating) it, unless the Secretary of Education establishes an alternate method of adjusting their expected family contribution.

Prohibits the total Pell Grant of a student whose Pell Grant is increased by reason of this Act from being considered in calculating that student's educational assistance benefits under the Public Safety Officer's Benefits program.

(Sec. 3) Alters the source of the annual Pell Grant increase for such students to require that it be provided only to the extent that funds are specifically provided in advance to such students in an appropriation Act for that award year.

What's happening now May 17, 2010

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 3 Republican 1
Ellsworth, Brad
· Mar 21, 2010
Adler, John
· Mar 15, 2010
Arcuri, Michael
· Mar 15, 2010
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Mar 15, 2010
Giffords, Gabrielle
· Mar 15, 2010
Kratovil, Frank
· Mar 15, 2010
Markey, Betsy
· Mar 15, 2010
Minnick, Walter
· Mar 15, 2010
Murphy, Scott
· Mar 15, 2010
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Mar 15, 2010
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Mar 15, 2010
Wilson, Charles
· Mar 15, 2010
Carney, Christopher
· Sep 9, 2009
Nye, Glenn
· Jul 29, 2009
Klein, Ron
· Jun 4, 2009
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · May 20, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 959: Officer Daniel Faulkner Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-959/
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