[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5733 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5733

   To ensure Pell Grant eligibility for any student whose parent or 
  guardian died as a result of performing military service in Iraq or 
                 Afghanistan after September 11, 2001.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2006

 Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas (for herself, Mr. Young of Alaska, 
Mr. Wynn, Mrs. McCarthy, Ms. Solis, Mr. Schwarz of Michigan, Mr. Brown 
of Ohio, and Mrs. Christensen) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To ensure Pell Grant eligibility for any student whose parent or 
  guardian died as a result of performing military service in Iraq or 
                 Afghanistan after September 11, 2001.

    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 ``Children of Fallen Soldiers Pell 
Grant Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. CALCULATION OF FEDERAL PELL GRANT ELIGIBILITY.

    Section 401(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4)(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or any other 
        provision of this section, the expected family contribution of 
        each student described in subparagraph (B) shall be deemed to 
        be zero for the period during which each such student is 
        eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant under subsection (c).
            ``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall apply to any student at an 
        institution of higher education--
                    ``(i) whose parent or guardian was a member of the 
                Armed Forces of the United States who died as a result 
                of performing military service in Iraq or Afghanistan 
                after September 11, 2001; and
                    ``(ii) who was 18 years or less, or was enrolled as 
                a full-time or part-time student at an institution of 
                higher education, as of the time of the parent or 
                guardian's death.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 2 of this Act shall apply with 
respect to Federal Pell Grants awarded for academic year 2006-2007, and 
each succeeding academic year.
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