,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eaia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bd1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,mc,nerney introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,higher ,education ,act of #aife to     
provide for an institution of higher    
education that has previously filed for 
bankruptcy to apply for the             
reinstatement of eligibility for        
purposes of ,federal ,pell ,grants4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,pell ,grant ,accessibility ,act4  
#b4 ,reinstatement following bankruptcy 
of institution of higher education for  
purposes of ,federal ,pell ,grants      
,section #ajb7;a77#d7 of the ,higher    
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajjb7;a77#d77 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking the      
institution and inserting except as     
provided in subparagraph 7,b71 the      
institution2  7#b7 by redesignating     

subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 as clauses  
7i7 and 7ii71 respectively1 and moving  
the margins #b ems to the right2  7#c7  
by striking ,limitations based on       
management4--,an institution shall and  
inserting the following3  ,limitations  
based on management4-- 7,a7 ,in general 
,an institution shall  2 and  7#d7 by   
adding at the end the following new     
subparagraph3  7,b7 ,waiver ,for        
purposes of awarding ,federal ,pell     
,grants under subpart #a of part ,a of  
title ,,iv1 the ,secretary may consider 
an institution described in subparagraph
 7,a77i7 as meeting the definition of an
 institution of higher education in     
paragraph 7#a7 if--  7i7 the institution
 or affiliate of such institution       
described in subparagraph 7,a77i7 filed 
for bankruptcy not less than #e years   
prior to the date on which such         
institution seeks a waiver under this   
subparagraph2  7ii7 the institution     
described in subparagraph 7,a77i7       
submits to the ,secretary such          

information as the ,secretary considers 
appropriate2 and  7iii7 the ,secretary  
determines that such institution should 
not be subject to the requirement under 
subparagraph 7,a74  4