I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6033 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the period of eligibility for Federal Pell Grants, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 28, 2020 Mrs. LAWRENCE (for herself, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. KHANNA, and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the period of eligibility for Federal Pell Grants, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pell to Grad Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS. 5 Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 6 U.S.C. 1070a) is amended— 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:39 Mar 04, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6033.IH H6033 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6033 IH (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or as a 1 postbaccalaureate student in accordance with sub- 2 section (c)(1),’’ after ‘‘as an undergraduate,’’; and 3 (2) in subsection (c)— 4 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 5 follows: 6 ‘‘(1) The period during which a student may re- 7 ceive Federal Pell Grants shall be the period re- 8 quired for the completion of the first undergraduate 9 baccalaureate course of study being pursued by that 10 student at the institution at which the student is in 11 attendance except that— 12 ‘‘(A) any period during which the student 13 is enrolled in a noncredit or remedial course of 14 study as defined in paragraph (2) shall not be 15 counted for the purpose of this paragraph; and 16 ‘‘(B) the period during which a student 17 may receive Federal Pell Grants shall also in- 18 clude the period required for the completion of 19 the first postbaccalaureate course of study at 20 an eligible institution that meets the definition 21 of institution of higher education in section 22 101, in a case in which— 23 ‘‘(i) the student received a Federal 24 Pell Grant during the period required for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:39 Mar 04, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6033.IH H6033 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6033 IH the completion of the student’s first under- 1 graduate baccalaureate course of study for 2 at least 1 but fewer than 16 semesters, or 3 the equivalent of at least 1 but fewer than 4 16 semesters, as determined under para- 5 graph (5); 6 ‘‘(ii) the student would otherwise be 7 eligible for a Federal Pell Grant, but for 8 the completion of such baccalaureate 9 course of study; and 10 ‘‘(iii) the period during which the stu- 11 dent receives Federal Pell Grants does not 12 exceed the student’s duration limits under 13 paragraph (5).’’; and 14 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘12’’ 15 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘16’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:39 Mar 04, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6033.IH H6033 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS