S. 1851: Protecting Our Gold Star Families' Education Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-13 · Education · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3481)

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3481) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Protecting Our Gold Star Families' Education Act of 2019

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Protecting Our Gold Star Families' Education Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Education to expand the Pell Grant program to include grants for the dependents (including independent students) of a veteran who died serving on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces in Iraq or Afghanistan on or after September 11, 2001. To qualify for assistance, the dependents must be less than 33 years of age. Pell Grant rules pertaining to the determination of financial need do not apply to the grants awarded by this bill for veterans' dependents.

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Protecting Our Gold Star Families' Education Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] · 3 cosponsors

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James Lankford (R-OK), Tim Scott (R-SC)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] reported raising $903,436 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s1851.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s1851 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116