| Full title | Section 2, Division III of Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. |
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| Acronym | SAFRA |
| Enacted by the | 111th United States Congress |
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The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 (SAFRA) (H.R. 3221) is a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives of the 111th United States Congress by Congressman George Miller that would expand federal Pell Grants to a maximum of $5,500 in 2010 and tie increases in Pell Grant maximum values to annual increases in the Consumer Price Index plus 1%. It would also end the practice of federally subsidized private loans, using all federal student loan funding for direct loans and potentially cutting the federal deficit by $87 billion over 10 years.
On March 18, 2010, the text of this act was included as a rider on the Reconciliation Act of 2010,[1] which was an amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
On September 17, 2009, the House approved the bill by a 253-171 margin.[2] SAFRA was included in the health care reconciliation bill that passed on March 21, 2010 by a vote of 220-211 and signed into law on March 30, 2010 by President Obama.