United States · Bill · S
S. 2655 (116th)
Working Students Act
Introduced
22 October 2019
Last action
22 October 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Tammy Baldwin, Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Timothy Kaine, Bernie Sanders, John Reed, Tammy Duckworth
Subjects
Education
Source updated
5 December 2025
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.
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Timeline
22 October 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
22 October 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 22 October 2019 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 October 2019
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 October 2019
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 22 October 2019
Sponsors
- Tammy Baldwin · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Timothy Kaine · D · Sponsor
- Bernie Sanders · I · Sponsor
- John Reed · D · Sponsor
- Tammy Duckworth · D · Cosponsor
- · sshr00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← Working Students Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2655
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/2655
- us · 116-s-2655 · source updated 5 December 2025