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HR 1956 114th Congress House

Pell Grant Protection Act

Official title: To improve the Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 29, 2015 See on congress.gov
Education AppropriationsEducation programs fundingHigher educationStudent aid and college costs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Apr 22, 2015
Introduced in House
Apr 22, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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 Latest action November 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pell Grant Protection Act

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to appropriate for each fiscal year beginning with FY2016 the funding necessary to provide each eligible student with the maximum Pell Grant amount, minus the student's expected family contribution. (Currently, funds for the Pell Grant program come from a combination of mandatory and discretionary spending. This bill converts the Pell Grant program into a mandatory spending program.)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1060 Identical bill Pell Grant Protection Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 11
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Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Oct 20, 2015
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Apr 30, 2015
Sablan, Gregorio
· Apr 30, 2015
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Apr 30, 2015
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Apr 30, 2015
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Apr 29, 2015
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 29, 2015
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 29, 2015
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Apr 29, 2015
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Apr 22, 2015
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Apr 22, 2015
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Apr 22, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1956: Pell Grant Protection Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1956/
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"H.R. 1956: Pell Grant Protection Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1956/.
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H.R. 1956, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1956/.
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