[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4298 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4298
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore Federal Pell Grant
eligibility for certain periods.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 12, 2019
Mrs. Hayes (for herself, Mrs. McBath, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Finkenauer, Mr.
Sablan, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Meng, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Lee of
California, Ms. Moore, Mr. Pocan, and Ms. Porter) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
Labor
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A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore Federal Pell Grant
eligibility for certain periods.
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''.
SEC. 2. RESTORING FEDERAL PELL GRANT ELIGIBILITY FOR BORROWER DEFENSE.
Section 401(c)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1070a(c)(5)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(5) The period'' and inserting the
following:
``(5) Maximum period.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the period''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Exception.--
``(i) In general.--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) Applicable periods.--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), 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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