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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1635
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the period of
eligibility for Federal Pell Grants, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY26, 2025
Ms. S
TEVENS(for herself and Mr. GOMEZ) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase
the period of eligibility for Federal Pell Grants, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pell to Grad Act’’. 4
SEC. 2. PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS. 5
Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 6
U.S.C. 1070a) is amended— 7
(1) in subsection (b)(8)(A), by inserting ‘‘or as 8
a postbaccalaureate student in accordance with sub-9
section (d)(1),’’ after ‘‘as an undergraduate,’’; 10
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(2) in subsection (d)— 1
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 2
follows: 3
‘‘(1) The period during which a student may re-4
ceive Federal Pell Grants shall be the period re-5
quired for the completion of the first undergraduate 6
baccalaureate course of study being pursued by that 7
student at the institution at which the student is in 8
attendance except that— 9
‘‘(A) any period during which the student 10
is enrolled in a noncredit or remedial course of 11
study, as described in paragraph (2), shall not 12
be counted for the purpose of this paragraph; 13
and 14
‘‘(B) the period during which a student 15
may receive Federal Pell Grants shall also in-16
clude the period required for the completion of 17
the first postbaccalaureate course of study at 18
an eligible institution that is an institution of 19
higher education as defined in section 101, in 20
a case in which— 21
‘‘(i) the student received a Federal 22
Pell Grant during the period required for 23
the completion of the student’s first under-24
graduate baccalaureate course of study for 25
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at least 1 but fewer than 16 semesters, or 1
the equivalent of at least 1 but fewer than 2
16 semesters, as determined under para-3
graph (5); 4
‘‘(ii) the student would otherwise be 5
eligible for a Federal Pell Grant, but for 6
the completion of such baccalaureate 7
course of study; and 8
‘‘(iii) the period during which the stu-9
dent receives Federal Pell Grants does not 10
exceed the student’s duration limits under 11
paragraph (5).’’; and 12
(B) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘12’’ 13
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘16’’. 14
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