S.597: Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act

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Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the expected family contribution (EFC) used to determine financial need in the case of a Pell Grant-eligible student whose parent or guardian died in the line of duty as a police officer, firefighter, or other public safety officer. Such student is eligible to receive an automatic zero EFC and qualify for...

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Sept. 21, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Sept. 7, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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.
Sept. 7, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sept. 7, 2017
Received in the House.
Sept. 7, 2017

Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S5077-5078)

Sept. 7, 2017

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5077-5078)

March 9, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
March 9, 2017

Introduced in the Senate by Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

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