[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3169 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3169

    To provide the Secretary of Education with waiver authority for 
students who are eligible for Pell Grants who are adversely affected by 
                          a natural disaster.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 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 provide the Secretary of Education with waiver authority for 
students who are eligible for Pell Grants who are adversely affected by 
                          a natural disaster.

    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 Hurricane and Disaster 
Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVERS OF PELL GRANT REPAYMENT BY STUDENTS AFFECTED BY 
              DISASTERS.

    Section 484B(b)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1091b(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Waivers of pell grant repayment by students 
                affected by disasters.--The Secretary may waive the 
                amounts that students are required to return under this 
                section with respect to Pell grants if the withdrawals 
                on which the returns are based are withdrawals--
                            ``(i) by students--
                                    ``(I) who were residing in, 
                                employed in, or attending an 
                                institution of higher education that is 
                                located in an area that is designated 
                                by the President to warrant major 
                                disaster assistance under section 401 
                                of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
                                Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
                                U.S.C. 5170); and
                                    ``(II) whose attendance was 
                                interrupted because of the impact of 
                                the disaster on the student or the 
                                institution; and
                            ``(ii) that end within the academic year 
                        during which the designation occurred or during 
                        the next succeeding academic year.''.
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