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Mazie Hirono: I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment in order to call up two of my amendments en bloc: Hirono…

On the recordMarch 26, 2015
I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment in order to call up two of my amendments en bloc: Hirono amendments Nos. 877 and 878. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendments are called up en bloc. The clerk will report the amendments by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Hawaii [Ms. Hirono] proposes amendments numbered 877 and 878 en bloc. The amendments are as follows: AMENDMENT NO. 877 (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing college completion, which may include expanding Federal Pell Grant eligibility by allowing college students to use Pell Grants for more than 2 semesters in an academic year) At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING COLLEGE COMPLETION.…
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii
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govinfo.gov
Mar 26, 2015

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