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Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2015

Introduced: September 16, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Sep 16, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 16, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2015

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore a student's Pell Grant eligibility for any period of time during which the student qualified for, or would have qualified for, federal student loan forgiveness due to school closure, assertion of a defense against repayment, or institutional fraud or misconduct.

Specifically, this bill provides that Pell Grants received by a student during that period of time do not count toward the student's lifetime limit on Pell Grant eligibility (currently 12 full-time semesters).

What's happening now September 16, 2015

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3512 Identical bill Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Dec 9, 2016
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 16, 2015
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Sep 16, 2015
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Sep 16, 2015
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Sep 16, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2037: Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2037/
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"S. 2037: Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2037/.
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S. 2037, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2037/.
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