[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 133 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 133

                  To increase the maximum Pell Grant.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
                  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 ``Pell Grant Increase Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. MAXIMUM PELL GRANT INCREASE.

     Paragraph (2)(A) of section 401(b) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2)(A) The amount of the Federal Pell Grant for a student 
eligible under this part shall be $6,000 for academic years 2005-2006 
through 2010-2011, less an amount equal to the amount determined to be 
the expected family contribution with respect to that student for that 
year.''.
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