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HR 1958 114th Congress House

Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act

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

Introduced: June 10, 2016 See on congress.gov
Education Higher educationStudent aid and college costs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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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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 Latest action November 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education to award an additional Pell Grant to a student who has received a Pell Grant for an award year and is enrolled in a program of study for payment periods during the same award year that are not covered by the Pell Grant. The total amount of the Pell Grants awarded to such a student for the award year may exceed the total maximum Pell Grant.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 14
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 10, 2016
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jun 10, 2016
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Feb 12, 2016
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · 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. 1958: Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1958/
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"H.R. 1958: Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1958/.
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H.R. 1958, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1958/.
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