[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2872 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2872

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Pell 
            grant from $3,125 to $7,000 over 3 fiscal years.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 1999

 Mr. English 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 $3,125 to $7,000 over 3 fiscal years.

    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 1999''.

SEC. 2. PELL GRANT INCREASE.

    Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(A)(v) of subsection (b), by striking 
        ``$5,800'' and inserting ``$7,000'';
            (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)--
                    ``(A) $13,300,000,000 in fiscal year 2001; and
                    ``(B) $18,800,000,000 in fiscal year 2002; and
                    ``(C) $23,600,000,000 in fiscal year 2003.
    ``(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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