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H.R. 990 · 110th Congress

Pell Grant Equity Act of 2007

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GMD MillerSponsor
13 cosponsors · 11 D, 2 R
RHD Hinojosa RKR Keller BMR McKeon SCD Cohen DDD Davis SDD Davis AGD Green AHD Hastings PHD Hare SID Israel DMD Matsui ETD Tauscher JTD Tierney

3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. House Introduced Feb 12, 2007
  2. House Passed Feb 27, 2007

Pell Grant Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make the formula for calculation of an individual Pell Grant which includes, in part, the sum of the student's tuition, inapplicable for the 2007-2008 academic year.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Feb 27, 2007

Pell Grant Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make the formula for calculation of an individual Pell Grant which includes, in part, the sum of the student's tuition, inapplicable for the 2007-2008 academic year. (Thus suspends for such year the "tuition sensitivity provision" which prohibits maximum Pell Grant awards to students attending low-tuition institutions of higher education even if their income is low enough to otherwise qualify for the maximum award.)

Amends the Federal Family Education Loan program to lower from 23% to 22% for FY2008, the percentage of a borrower's student loan payment made subsequent to default that a guaranty agency may retain for deposit in its operating fund if the Secretary of Education has already reimbursed it for such default.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Pell Grant Equity Act of 2007

Latest action (Jun 5, 2007): Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.

Policy area: Education · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 12, 2007

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  1. House Introduced Feb 12, 2007
  2. House Passed Feb 27, 2007

No recorded floor vote found.