[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5310 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5310

                   To improve college affordability.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2016

Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California (for herself, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Judy 
 Chu of California, Mr. Costa, Mr. Cummings, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Delaney, 
   Ms. Edwards, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
    Moore, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Honda, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Langevin, Mrs. 
Lawrence, Ms. Lee, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney 
of New York, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
 Nolan, Ms. Norton, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Rush, and Mr. Serrano) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                           and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
                   To improve college affordability.

    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 ``Creating Higher Education 
Affordability Necessary to Compete Economically Act'' or the ``Middle 
Class CHANCE Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF A FEDERAL PELL GRANT.

    Section 401(b)(7)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a(b)(7)(C)) is amended by striking clauses (ii) and (iii) and 
inserting the following:
                            ``(ii) Award year 2017-2018.--For award 
                        year 2017-2018, the amount determined under 
                        this subparagraph for purposes of subparagraph 
                        (B)(iii) shall be increased to $9,410.
                            ``(iii) Subsequent award years.--For award 
                        year 2018-2019 and each subsequent award year, 
                        the amount determined under this subparagraph 
                        for purposes of subparagraph (B)(iii) shall be 
                        equal to--
                                    ``(I) the amount determined under 
                                this subparagraph for the preceding 
                                award year; increased by
                                    ``(II) a percentage equal to the 
                                annual adjustment percentage for the 
                                award year for which the amount under 
                                this subparagraph is being determined; 
                                and
                                    ``(III) rounded to the nearest 
                                $5.''.

SEC. 3. YEAR-ROUND FEDERAL PELL GRANT STUDENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 401(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) Year-round federal pell grant students.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of this subsection, the Secretary shall 
                award, to an eligible student who meets the 
                requirements in subparagraph (B) who has received a 
                Federal Pell Grant for an award year and is enrolled in 
                a program of study for one or more additional payment 
                periods during the same award year that are not 
                otherwise covered by the student's Federal Pell Grant, 
                an additional Federal Pell Grant for the additional 
                payment periods.
                    ``(B) Eligibility.--In order to be eligible to 
                receive the additional Federal Pell Grant for an award 
                year that is described in subparagraph (A), a student 
                shall, in addition to meeting all eligibility 
                requirements for the receipt of a Federal Pell Grant--
                            ``(i) be enrolled at least on a part-time 
                        basis in an institution of higher education; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) have successfully completed at least 
                        a full-time course load (as determined by the 
                        institution) prior to receiving an additional 
                        Federal Pell Grant award as described in 
                        subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) Amounts.--In the case of a student receiving 
                more than one Federal Pell Grant in a single award year 
                under subparagraph (A), the total amount of the Federal 
                Pell Grants awarded to such student for the award year 
                shall not exceed an amount equal to 150 percent of the 
                total maximum Federal Pell Grant for such award year 
                calculated in accordance with paragraph (7)(C)(iv)(II).
                    ``(D) Inclusion in duration limit.--Any period of 
                study covered by a Federal Pell Grant awarded under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be included in determining a 
                student's duration limit under subsection (c)(5).
            ``(9) Crossover period.--In any case where an eligible 
        student is receiving a Federal Pell Grant for a payment period 
        that spans 2 award years, the Secretary shall allow the 
        eligible institution in which the student is enrolled to 
        determine the award year to which the additional period shall 
        be assigned.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on July 1, 2016.

SEC. 4. PELL GRANT DURATION LIMIT.

    Section 401(c)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a(c)(5)) is amended by striking ``12 semesters'' and inserting ``15 
semesters'' each place the term appears.
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