[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 990 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 990

To provide all low-income students with the same opportunity to receive 
 a Pell Grant by eliminating the tuition sensitivity provision in the 
                          Pell Grant program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2007

Mr. George Miller of California (for himself, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Hinojosa, 
  and Mr. Keller of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide all low-income students with the same opportunity to receive 
 a Pell Grant by eliminating the tuition sensitivity provision in the 
                          Pell Grant program.

    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 Equity Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. TUITION SENSITIVITY.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 401(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (3); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as 
        paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective for any academic year beginning on or after July 1, 2007.
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