S. 4465: Emergency Grant Aid for College Students Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-08-06 · Education · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-08-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Emergency Grant Aid for College Students Act

Plain summary

Emergency Grant Aid for College Students Act This bill establishes an emergency financial-aid grant program. Specifically, the Department of Education must award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) and, through them, emergency financial-aid grants to students. An IHE must, among other things, ensure that an emergency for which a student is eligible to receive a grant includes financial challenges that impact the student's ability to continue their course of study (e.g., loss of employment). Further, the bill prohibits an emergency financial-aid grant from being (1) treated as other financial assistance for the purposes of calculating a student's amount of need, or (2) considered in determining the amount of financial aid or eligibility for other public benefits for succeeding academic years.

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Official text

Emergency Grant Aid for College Students Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] · 2 cosponsors

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Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] reported raising $48,878 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s4465.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s4465 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116