The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $160.7-billion spending bill this afternoon that would increase the maximum Pell Grant in the 2010 fiscal year by $200, to $5,550, and would allocate $31.3-billion for the National Institutes of Health, a jump of $942-million from the current fiscal year.
The bill would increase support for the Adult Basic Literacy Education State Grants by $74-million, to $628-million, and raise funds for the TRIO and Gear Up programs for disadvantaged students by $20-million each, to $868-million and $333-million, respectively.
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