,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aifi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ad1 #bjac ,mr4 
,fitzpatrick 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,grimm1 
,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york1
 ,mr4 ,nugent1 ,mr4 ,peters of          
,michigan1 and ,ms4 ,schwartz7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to increase ,federal ,pell ,grants   
for the children of fallen police       
officers1 firefighters1 and other public
 safety officers4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,children
 of ,fallen ,heroes ,scholarship ,act of
 #bjac4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds  
the following3  7#a7 ,the year #bjab was
 a deadly year for law enforcement      
officers1 with #abf men and women killed
 in the line of duty4 ,that year1 #hc   
firefighters lost their lives and #ba   
emergency medical services providers    
suffered fatalities in the line of duty4
  7#b7 ,congress recognizes the         

sacrifice of the families of fallen     
public safety officers4  7#c7 ,the      
financial loss for a family with        
children could be detrimental for       
decades4  7#d7 ,families who have given 
the ultimate sacrifice deserve the      
support of the ,american people as their
 children pursue higher education4  #c4 
,calculation of ,federal ,pell ,grant   
eligibility ,section #dja7;f7 of the    
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;a7f77 is amended by     
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#d7 7,a7 ,notwithstanding  
paragraph 7#a7 or any other provision of
 this section1 the expected family      
contribution of each student described  
in subparagraph 7,b7 shall be deemed to 
be zero for the period during which each
 such student is eligible to receive a  
,federal ,pell ,grant under subsection  
7c74  7,b7 ,subparagraph 7,a7 shall     
apply to any student at an institution  
of higher education--  7i7 whose parent 
or guardian--  7,i7 was actively serving

 as a police officer1 firefighter1 or   
other public safety officer2 and  7,,ii7
 died as a result of performing a public
 safety service2 and  7ii7 who was #ah  
years or less1 or was enrolled as a     
full-time or part-time student at an    
institution of higher education1 as of  
the time of the parent or guardian's    
death4  7,c7 ,for purposes of this      
paragraph--  7i7 the term police        
officer1 firefighter1 or other public   
safety officer means an individual who--
  7,i7 is a law enforcement officer or  
firefighter in a police department or   
fire department which is organized and  
operated by a ,state or political       
subdivision to provide police           
protection1 firefighting services1 or   
emergency medical services for any area 
within the jurisdiction of such ,state  
or political subdivision2  7,,ii7 is an 
emergency medical services provider who 
provides out-of-hospital emergency      
medical care1 including an emergency    
medical technician or paramedic2 or     

7,,iii7 is a member of a qualified      
volunteer emergency response            
organization who provides firefighting  
services or emergency medical services2 
and  7ii7 the term qualified volunteer  
emergency response organization means   
any volunteer organization that--  7,i7 
is organized and operated to provide    
firefighting or emergency medical       
services for persons in the ,state or   
political subdivision1 as the case may  
be2 and  7,,ii7 is required 7by written 
agreement7 by the ,state or political   
subdivision to furnish firefighting or  
emergency medical services in such      
,state or political subdivision4  4  #d4
 ,effective date ,the amendment made by 
section #c of this ,act shall apply with
 respect to ,federal ,pell ,grants      
awarded for academic year #bjad-bjae1   
and each succeeding academic year4