[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3306 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3306

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Pell 
                      grant from $3,000 to $5,000.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 1998

 Mr. English of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Pell 
                      grant from $3,000 to $5,000.

    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 Expansion Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. PELL GRANT INCREASE.

    Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (b) and 
        inserting the following:
    ``(2)(A) The amount of the basic grant for a student eligible under 
this part shall be--
            ``(i) $4,000 for academic years 1998-1999 and 1999-2000, 
        and
            ``(ii) $5,000 for academic years 2000-2001, 2001-2002, and 
        2002-2003,
less an amount equal to the amount determined to be the expected family 
contribution with respect to that student for that year.'';
            (2) in paragraph (7) of such subsection, by striking ``the 
        appropriate Appropriation Act for this subpart for such year'' 
        and inserting ``subsection (g)'';
            (3) by striking paragraph (3) of such subsection and 
        redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) of such subsection as 
        paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively;
            (4) by striking subsections (g) and (h) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(g) Availability of Funds.--(1) Each fiscal year, there shall be 
available to the Secretary of Education from funds not otherwise 
appropriated, funds to be obligated for the payment of grants under 
this part in the amounts determined under this section, not to exceed 
(from such funds not otherwise appropriated) $11,800,000,000 in each 
the fiscal years 1998 and 1999, $13,300,000,000 in each the fiscal 
years 2000, 2001, and 2002.
    ``(2) If the amount made available under paragraph (1) in a fiscal 
year is not sufficient to pay all grants under this subpart in the 
amounts determined under this section, the Secretary may make such 
reductions in awards as may be necessary, by either a fixed or variable 
percentage reduction or by a fixed dollar reduction.''; and
            (5) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (h).
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