[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3512 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3512

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the Federal Pell 
Grant duration limits of borrowers who attend an institution of higher 
  education that closes or commits fraud or other misconduct, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2015

Mr. Scott of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Hahn, Ms. Maxine 
   Waters of California, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
Courtney, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Polis, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. 
      Bonamici, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Takano, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Clark of 
Massachusetts, Ms. Adams, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Bass, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
Butterfield, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Judy 
 Chu of California, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Clay, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Ellison, 
  Mr. Fattah, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
 Heck of Washington, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Langevin, 
  Mr. McDermott, Ms. Moore, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. 
Rangel, Mr. Richmond, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Thompson 
of Mississippi, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Doggett, and Mr. Swalwell of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the Federal Pell 
Grant duration limits of borrowers who attend an institution of higher 
  education that closes or commits fraud or other misconduct, 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 ``Pell Grant Restoration Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL PELL GRANT DURATION LIMITS.

    Section 401(c)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a(c)(5)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The period'' and inserting ``(A) Except 
        as provided in subparagraph (B), the period''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B)(i) Any Federal Pell Grant that a student 
                received during a period described in subclause (I) or 
                (II) of clause (ii) shall not count towards the 
                student's duration limits under this paragraph.
                    ``(ii) Clause (i) shall apply with respect to any 
                Federal Pell Grant awarded to a student to attend an 
                institution--
                            ``(I) during a period--
                                    ``(aa) for which the student 
                                received a loan under this title; and
                                    ``(bb) for which the loan described 
                                in item (aa) is forgiven under--
                                            ``(AA) section 437(c)(1) or 
                                        464(g)(1) due to the closing of 
                                        the institution;
                                            ``(BB) section 455(h) due 
                                        to the student's successful 
                                        assertion of a defense to 
                                        repayment of the loan; or
                                            ``(CC) section 432(a)(6) of 
                                        this Act, section 685.215 of 
                                        title 34, Code of Federal 
                                        Regulations (or a successor 
                                        regulation), or any other loan 
                                        forgiveness provision or 
                                        regulation under this Act, as a 
                                        result of a determination by 
                                        the Secretary or a court that 
                                        the institution committed fraud 
                                        or other misconduct; or
                            ``(II) during a period for which the 
                        student did not receive a loan under this title 
                        but for which, if the student had received such 
                        a loan, the student would have qualified for 
                        loan forgiveness under subclause (I)(bb).''.
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