[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1348 Introduced in Senate (IS)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1348

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the computation of 
  eligibility for certain Federal Pell Grants, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 26, 2003

 Ms. Cantwell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the computation of 
  eligibility for certain Federal Pell Grants, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Federal Pell Grant Eligibility 
Clarification Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF CURRENT YEAR CIRCUMSTANCES.

    Section 480(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087vv(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Consideration of current year circumstances for 
        certain pell grant awards.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If a student is a resident of a 
                State that is in an extended benefit period (within the 
                meaning of section 203 of the Temporary Extended 
                Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-
                147)), then for purposes of calculating total income 
                under paragraph (1) for a student seeking assistance 
                under subpart 1 of part A, the Secretary shall reduce 
                the student's total income by an amount by which--
                            ``(i) the adjusted gross income plus 
                        untaxed income and benefits for the preceding 
                        tax year minus excludable income (as defined in 
                        subsection (e)), exceeds
                            ``(ii) the projected gross income plus 
                        untaxed income and benefits for the current tax 
                        year minus the projected excludable income (as 
                        defined in subsection (e)).
            ``(B) Anti-fraud procedures.--The Secretary shall establish 
        procedures to ensure that computations made pursuant to 
        subparagraph (A) are not fraudulent.''.
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