[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 722 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 722

                  To increase the maximum Pell Grant.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2007

Mr. Bilirakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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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 ``Increasing Access to Higher 
Education Act''.

SEC. 2. MAXIMUM PELL GRANT INCREASE.

    Paragraph (2)(A) of section 401(b) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070(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 $4,810 for each of the academic years 
2007-2008 through 2013-2014, 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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