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Working Students Act

2655

116th Congress

Education

In Committee

Legislative Progress

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Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

October 22, 2019

Latest Action

October 22, 2019

Primary Sponsor

Tammy BaldwinDemocratic(WI)

Momentum (last 30 days)

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Summary

Working Students Act This bill increases the income protection allowance levels used to calculate a working student's expected family contribution and need for financial assistance. An income protection allowance is an amount for basic living expenses that is protected from being considered income available for postsecondary educational expenses.

Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (1)

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2019 · fourth_quarter · Education

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

Student Aid Improvement Act of 2019, S. 2557; Counseling for Career Choice Act, H.R. 5092; Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students Act of 2019, H.R. 3497/ S. 839; College Transparency Act, H.R. 1766/ S. 800; Assisting the Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus; Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2019, H.R. 4098; Working Students Act, S. 2655; College Affordability Act, H.R. 4674; Student Apprenticeship Act of 2019, S. 2899; Assisting the Senate Career and Technical Education Caucus; Implementation of the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, Pub.L. 115-224; Proposals related to the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Proposal to expand educational alignment with youth apprenticeship programs for high school students; Proposal to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act to expand the allowable use of funds to include entrepreneurship education programs.

Subjects (2)

Higher education

Student aid and college costs

Actions (2)

October 22, 2019

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

October 22, 2019

Introduced in Senate

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Senate	Referred to	October 22, 2019

Text Versions

Version	Date	Links
Introduced in Senate	October 22, 2019	XML

Cosponsors (5)

Name	Party	State
Bernard Sanders	Independent	VT
Jack Reed	Democratic	RI
Sherrod Brown	Democratic	OH

Related Bills (1)

Bill	Congress	Relationship
HR 4787	116th	Identical bill

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Sources: Congress.gov