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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 4298
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore Federal Pell Grant
eligibility for certain periods.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. FINKENAUER,
Mr. SABLAN, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. MENG, Mr. LUJA´N,
Ms. LEE of California, Ms. MOORE, Mr. POCAN, and Ms. PORTER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore
Federal Pell Grant eligibility for certain periods.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pell Grant Restoration
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. RESTORING FEDERAL PELL GRANT ELIGIBILITY
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FOR BORROWER DEFENSE.
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Section 401(c)(5) of the Higher Education Act of
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1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(c)(5)) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘(5) The period’’ and inserting
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the following:
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‘‘(5) MAXIMUM PERIOD.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
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subparagraph (B), the period’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any Federal Pell
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Grant that a student received during a pe-
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riod described in subclause (I) or (II) of
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clause (ii) shall not count towards the stu-
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dent’s duration limits under this para-
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graph.
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‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE
PERIODS.—Clause
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(i) shall apply with respect to any Federal
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Pell Grant awarded to a student to attend
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an institution—
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‘‘(I) during a period—
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‘‘(aa) for which the student
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received a loan under this title;
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and
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‘‘(bb) for which the loan de-
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scribed in item (aa) is forgiven
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under—
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‘‘(AA) section 437(c)(1)
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or 464(g)(1) due to the clos-
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ing of the institution;
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‘‘(BB) section 455(h)
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due to the student’s success-
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ful assertion of a defense to
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repayment of the loan; or
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‘‘(CC)
section
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432(a)(6), section 685.215
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of title 34, Code of Federal
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Regulations (or a successor
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regulation), or any other
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loan forgiveness provision or
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regulation under this Act, as
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a result of a determination
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by the Secretary or a court
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that the institution com-
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mitted fraud or other mis-
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conduct; or
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‘‘(II) during a period for which
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the student did not receive a loan
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under this title but for which, if the
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student had received such a loan, the
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student would have qualified for loan
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forgiveness under subclause (I)(bb).’’.
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