[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1635 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1635

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the period of 
      eligibility for Federal Pell Grants, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2025

Ms. Stevens (for herself and Mr. Gomez) introduced the following bill; 
     which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pell to Grad Act''.

SEC. 2. PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.

    Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(8)(A), by inserting ``or as a 
        postbaccalaureate student in accordance with subsection 
        (d)(1),'' after ``as an undergraduate,'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) The period during which a student may receive Federal 
        Pell Grants shall be the period required for the completion of 
        the first undergraduate baccalaureate course of study being 
        pursued by that student at the institution at which the student 
        is in attendance except that--
                    ``(A) any period during which the student is 
                enrolled in a noncredit or remedial course of study, as 
                described in paragraph (2), shall not be counted for 
                the purpose of this paragraph; and
                    ``(B) the period during which a student may receive 
                Federal Pell Grants shall also include the period 
                required for the completion of the first 
                postbaccalaureate course of study at an eligible 
                institution that is an institution of higher education 
                as defined in section 101, in a case in which--
                            ``(i) the student received a Federal Pell 
                        Grant during the period required for the 
                        completion of the student's first undergraduate 
                        baccalaureate course of study for at least 1 
                        but fewer than 16 semesters, or the equivalent 
                        of at least 1 but fewer than 16 semesters, as 
                        determined under paragraph (5);
                            ``(ii) the student would otherwise be 
                        eligible for a Federal Pell Grant, but for the 
                        completion of such baccalaureate course of 
                        study; and
                            ``(iii) the period during which the student 
                        receives Federal Pell Grants does not exceed 
                        the student's duration limits under paragraph 
                        (5).''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ``12'' each 
                place it appears and inserting ``16''.
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