[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1228 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1228

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 13, 2005

 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 2005''.

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 (as 
                determined under subparagraph (C)), 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.
                    ``(C) Extended benefit period.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (A), a State shall be considered to be in 
                an extended benefit period if--
                            ``(i) such a period is then in effect for 
                        such State under the Federal-State Extended 
                        Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970; or
                            ``(ii) such a period would then be in 
                        effect for such State under such Act if section 
                        203(d) of such Act were applied as if it had 
                        been amended by striking `5' each place it 
                        appears and inserting `4'.''.
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