[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5926 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5926
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to adjust the period of
eligibility for Federal Pell Grants, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 9, 2021
Mr. Grothman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
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A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to adjust the period of
eligibility for Federal Pell Grants, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pell Grant Modernization Act''.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL PELL GRANTS.
(a) 10-Semester Period of Eligibility.--
(1) Award years prior to award year 2023-2024.--Section
401(c)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1070a(c)(5)) is amended by striking ``12 semesters'' both
places it appears and inserting ``10 semesters''.
(2) Award year 2023-2024 and each succeeding award year.--
Section 401(d)(5)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1070a(c)(5)(A)), as amended by the FAFSA Simplification
Act (title VII of division FF of Public Law 116-260), is
further amended by striking ``12 semesters'' both places it
appears and inserting ``10 semesters''.
(b) Full-Time Student.--Subparagraph (A) of section 481(a)(2) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088(a)(2)) is amended to
read as follows:
``(2)(A) For the purpose of any program under this title,
the term academic year shall--
``(i) require--
``(I) a minimum of 30 weeks of
instructional time for a course of study that
measures its program length in credit hours; or
``(II) a minimum of 26 weeks of
instructional time for a course of study that
measures its program length in clock hours;
``(ii) require an undergraduate course of study to
contain an amount of instructional time whereby a full-
time student is expected to complete at least--
``(I) 30 semester or trimester hours or 45
quarter credit hours in a course of study that
measures its program length in credit hours; or
``(II) 1,125 clock hours in a course of
study that measures its program length in clock
hours;
``(iii) require an undergraduate course of study to
contain an amount of instructional time whereby a \3/
4\-time student is expected to complete at least--
``(I) 22 semester or trimester hours or 33
credit hours in a course of study that measures
its program length in credit hours; or
``(II) 825 clock hours in a course of study
that measures its program length in clock
hours;
``(iv) require an undergraduate course of study to
contain an amount of instructional time whereby a \1/
2\-time student is expected to complete at least--
``(I) 14 semester or trimester hours or 21
credit hours in a course of study that measures
its program length in credit hours; or
``(II) 525 clock hours in a course of study
that measures its program length in clock
hours; and
``(v) require an undergraduate course of study to
contain an amount of instructional time whereby a less
than \1/2\-time student is expected to complete less
than--
``(I) 14 semester or trimester hours or 21
credit hours in a course of study that measures
its program length in credit hours; or
``(II) 525 clock hours in a course of study
that measures its program in clock hours.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a)(1) and
(b) shall take effect on July 1, 2022.
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