HR6585-118

Reported

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility to certain short-term workforce programs.

118th Congress Introduced Dec 5, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility to certain short-term workforce programs., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Labor, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H01A74981322D4C0980DC49795717A039: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act.
  • Section H112ECF97FBFF453C9EAA0657550C8EDB: 2. Workforce Pell Grants Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a), as amended by section 703 of the FAFSA Simplification Act (title...
  • Section HADA623468B754DDBB01FA900D5F16FD4: 3. Program eligibility for Workforce Pell grants Section 481(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088(b)) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs...
  • Section H41A6F570EE604FE88D57E610B3829051: 4. Data collection and dissemination related to Workforce Pell Section 131 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015) is amended by adding at the end...
  • Section HD39B761021B445E28A339DCD8C9B144D: 5. Accrediting agency determination of eligibility requirements for the Workforce Pell Grants program Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility to certain short-term workforce programs., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Labor, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility to certain short-term workforce programs., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Labor Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
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Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 22, 2023

Additional sponsors: Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mr. Owens, Ms. Tenney, …

Dec 22, 2023

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Dec 5, 2023

Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Scott of Virginia, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Labor Finance
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_education"
→ Secretary of Education

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"eligible institution of higher education" §HADA623468B754DDBB01FA900D5F16FD4

an institution of higher education (as defined in section 102) that— is approved by an accrediting agency or association that meets the requirements of section 496(a)(4)(C)

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