S 1851
116th Congress
Senate
Education
Afghanistan
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Higher education
Iraq
Middle East
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Protecting Our Gold Star Families' Education Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 13, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3481)
Jun 13, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Protecting Our Gold Star Families' Education Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Education to expand the Pell Grant program to include grants for the dependents (including independent students) of a veteran who died serving on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces in Iraq or Afghanistan on or after September 11, 2001. To qualify for assistance, the dependents must be less than 33 years of age.
Pell Grant rules pertaining to the determination of financial need do not apply to the grants awarded by this bill for veterans' dependents.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3481)
Committees of jurisdiction
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