S. 383 119th Congress Senate

JOBS Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-term programs.

Introduced: February 4, 2025 Introduced by: Tim Kaine Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov

Education Data collection, sharing, protectionEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsHigher education

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Licensing and registrationsPerformance measurementStudent aid and college costsVocational and technical education

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Feb 4, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Feb 4, 2025

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

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What's happening now February 4, 2025

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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students Act of 2025 or the JOBS Act of 2025

This bill expands student eligibility for Pell Grants by establishing the Job Training Federal Pell Grant program.

Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education to award a job training Pell Grant to a student who does not have a degree; attends an institution of higher education (IHE); is enrolled in a career and technical education program at an IHE that provides 150 to 600 clock hours of instructional time over a period of 8 to 15 weeks and provides training aligned with high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors (i.e., job training programs); and meets all other eligibility requirements for a Pell Grant.

The bill also specifies that any period during which a student receives a job training Pell Grant counts toward that student's Pell Grant eligibility period.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
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Lobbying activity 91

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SOLUTIONS, LLC
for INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC. · Tennessee · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
VENABLE LLP
for NAF · New York · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN SUPPLY ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN SUPPLY ASSOCIATION · Illinois · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
INVARIANT LLC
for WORKDAY, INC. · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL
for INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
SUMMIT STRATEGIES GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS LLC
for NATIONAL UTILITY CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION (NUCA) · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

SENATE
91 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
88 filings
Education, Dept of
35 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
33 filings
White House Office
30 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
27 filings
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
20 filings
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
19 filings

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Cosponsors 41