[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 124 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 124

        To provide for the full funding of Federal Pell Grants.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
        To provide for the full funding of Federal Pell Grants.

    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 Full Funding Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR FULLY FUNDING FEDERAL PELL GRANTS.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070a) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(k) Availability of Funds.--Each fiscal year there shall be 
available to the Secretary, from funds not otherwise appropriated, such 
amounts as may be necessary to pay to each student the amount for which 
such student is eligible under this section.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 401(b)(3)(A) of such Act is 
amended by striking ``for which an appropriation Act provides a maximum 
basic grant in an amount in excess of $2,700''.
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