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H.R. 4902: Middle Class CHANCE Act

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H.R. 4902: Middle Class CHANCE Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-06-19 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-06-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Middle Class CHANCE Act

Plain summary

Creating Higher Education Affordability Necessary to Compete Economically Act or the Middle Class CHANCE Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Federal Pell Grant for award year 2014-2015 and adjust it each subsequent award year to account for changes in the Consumer Price Index. Directs the Secretary of Education to award an additional Pell Grant to an eligible student who: (1) has received a Pell Grant for an award year, and (2) is enrolled in a program of study for one or more additional payment periods during the same award year that are not otherwise covered by the Pell Grant. Limits the total amount of the Pell Grants awarded to such student for the award year to 150% of the maximum Pell Grant for such award year. Raises, from 12 semesters to 15 semesters, the period during which a student may receive Federal Pell Grants.

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Official text

Middle Class CHANCE Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46] · 53 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr4902 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113