,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aibd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #i1 #bjac ,mrs4 
,bustos 7for herself and ,mr4 ,loebsack7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to reinstate year-round ,federal     
,pell ,grants under the ,higher         
,education ,act of #aife4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,access to ,education and ,training     
,act4  #b4 ,federal ,pell ,grants  7a7  
,amendments ,section #dja7;b7 of the    
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 77#bj  
,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;a7b77 is amended--  7#a7
 in paragraph 7#b77;,a77ii71 by striking
 paragraph 7#g77;,b7 and inserting      
paragraph 7#h77;,b72 and  7#b7 by       
redesignating paragraphs 7#e7 through   
7#g7 as paragraphs 7#f7 through 7#h71   
respectively2 and  7#c7 by inserting    
after paragraph 7#d7 the following3     
7#e7 7,a7 ,the ,secretary shall award a 
student not more than two ,federal ,pell

 ,grants during a single award year to  
permit such student to accelerate the   
student's progress toward a degree or   
certificate if the student is enrolled--
  7i7 on at least a half-time basis for 
a period of more than one academic year1
 or more than two semesters or an       
equivalent period of time1 during a     
single award year2 and  7ii7 in a       
program of instruction at an institution
 of higher education for which the      
institution awards an associate or      
baccalaureate degree or certificate4    
7,b7 ,in the case of a student receiving
 more than one ,federal ,pell ,grant in 
a single award year under subparagraph  
7,a71 the total amount of ,federal ,pell
 ,grants awarded to such student for the
 award year may exceed the maximum basic
 grant level specified in the           
appropriate appropriations ,act for such
 award year4  4  7b7 ,effective date    
,the amendments made by subsection 7a7  
shall be effective for award year       
#bjac-bjad and each succeeding award    

year