[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 119, 109th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

119 STAT. 1999

Public Law 109-66
109th Congress

An Act


 
To provide the Secretary of Education with waiver authority for students
who are eligible for Pell Grants who are adversely affected by a natural
disaster.  NOTE: Sept. 21, 2005 -  [H.R. 3169]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress  NOTE: Pell Grant Hurricane and
Disaster Relief Act.  assembled,

SECTION 1.  NOTE: 20 USC 1001 note.  SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster
Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVERS OF FEDERAL PELL GRANT REPAYMENT BY STUDENTS AFFECTED BY
DISASTERS.

Section 484B(b)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1091b(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(D) Waivers of federal pell grant repayment by
students affected by disasters.--The Secretary may waive
the amounts that students are required to return under
this section with respect to Federal Pell Grants if the
withdrawals on which the returns are based are
withdrawals by students--
``(i) who were residing in, employed in, or
attending an institution of higher education that
is located in an area in which the President has
declared that a major disaster exists, in
accordance with section 401 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. 5170);
``(ii) whose attendance was interrupted
because of the impact of the disaster on the
student or the institution; and

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``(iii) whose withdrawal ended within the
academic year during which the designation
occurred or during the next succeeding academic
year.''.

Approved September 21, 2005.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3169:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 151 (2005):
Sept. 7, considered and passed House.
Sept. 15, considered and passed Senate.