3.0.0 5489 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z House H HR 2023-09-14 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. JOYCE of Ohio:H.R. 5489.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish thePell Plus program.[Page H4348]</pre> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-09-14T14:03:20Z 2023-09-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 2023-09-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-09-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000295 Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] David Joyce R OH P. 14 N K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 2023-09-14 True P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] Scott Peters D CA H. 50 2023-09-14 True F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 1 2023-09-14 True Education Education 2023-09-25T18:00:27Z

00 2023-09-14 Introduced in House 2024-08-09T11:39:09Z <p><strong>Pell Plus Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill establishes the Pell&nbsp;Plus program to award an additional Federal Pell Grant (i.e., a Federal Pell Plus Grant), which shall be matched by the participating institution of enrollment, to eligible&nbsp;students.</p><p>A student is eligible to receive a Federal Pell Plus Grant if the student (1) is enrolled in their first undergraduate course of study at a Pell Plus institution, (2) is maintaining progress toward completion of their course of study in no more than four academic years, and (3) has completed at least four semesters (or the equivalent) of such course of study.</p><p>Further, the bill outlines the requirements for an institution to participate as a Pell Plus institution, including that the institution must notify students whether they are maintaining progress toward completion of their course of study.</p><p>The bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award a Federal&nbsp;Pell Plus Grant to an eligible student in an amount equal to the student's Federal Pell Grant award. If the student's combined Federal Pell Grant and Federal Pell Plus Grant exceed the cost of attendance, then ED must reduce the amount of the student's Federal Pell Plus Grant.</p><p>The bill specifies that these Federal Pell Plus Grants must count toward current duration limits.</p>

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