To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a pilot program to make grants to institutions of higher education to pay the costs of obtaining a United States passport necessary for certain students to participate in a study abroad program.
Passport Assistance for Disadvantaged Students Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Education to establish a pilot program to award grants to institutions of higher education for the purpose of providing certain students with U.S. passports. Specifically, such grants must (1) reimburse Pell Grant recipients enrolled in study abroad programs for the cost of obtaining passports, or (2) directly pay the cost of passports for such students.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E850)
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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