US Congress Senate Bill 1125 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on May 15 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2934)
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protect Our Gold Star Families' Education Act of 2017 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education (ED) to move the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants under the Pell Grant program. ED must award the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants to each eligible veteran's dependent for assisting with the costs of attending colleges and universities. Students are eligible for an award if: (1) their parent or guardian died as a result of military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001, and (2) they are less than 24 years of age and enrolled at an institution at the time of the parent or guardian's death. Pell Grant rules pertaining to the determination of financial need do not apply to the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants.

Protect Our Gold Star Families' Education Act of 2017

Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]

Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2934)

HB2451 (Related) 2017-05-16 - Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
SB1136 (Related) 2017-05-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB4074 (Related) 2017-10-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
HB6543 (Related) 2018-07-26 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1125/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1125/BILLS-115s1125is.pdf