[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 744 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 744

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Pell 
                                 Grant.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 1997

 Mr. McGovern 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.

    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 ``Affordable Higher Education-Through-
Pell Grants Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM PELL GRANTS.

    Section 401(b)(2)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking clauses (i) through (v) and 
inserting the following:
            ``(i) $4,500 for academic year 1997-1998, and
            ``(ii) $5,000 for academic year 1998-1999 and each of the 4 
        succeeding academic years,''.

SEC. 3. FUNDING OF PELL GRANTS.

    Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Funds for Expenses.--There shall be available to the 
Secretary, from funds not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be 
necessary to provide funds to be obligated for the costs of the grants 
under this section in the maximum amounts authorized by this 
section.''.
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