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HR 1957 114th Congress House Education Education programs funding Higher education Inflation and prices Student aid and college costs

Pell Grant Cost of Tuition Adjustment Act

Introduced: April 22, 2015 See on congress.gov
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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
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Apr 22, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pell Grant Cost of Tuition Adjustment Act

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set the maximum Pell Grant at a specified amount, increased for inflation each year, plus any additional amount specified in the last enacted appropriation Act.

What's happening now November 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1061 Identical bill Pell Grant Cost of Tuition Adjustment Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 12
D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Feb 12, 2016
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Oct 20, 2015
 D
Costa, Jim
California · 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. 1957: Pell Grant Cost of Tuition Adjustment Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1957/
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"H.R. 1957: Pell Grant Cost of Tuition Adjustment Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1957/.
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