,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dafb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bg1        
#bjag,mr4 ,grothman 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,garrett7 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     
adjust the period of eligibility for    
,federal ,pell ,grants1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,pell ,grant        
,modernization ,act4  #b4 ,eligibility  
for ,federal ,pell ,grants  7a7         
#aj-,semester period of eligibility     
,section #dja7;c77#e7 of the ,higher    
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajgj;a7c77#e77 is amended by striking  
#ab semesters both places it appears and
 inserting #aj semesters4  7b7          
,full-,time student ,subparagraph 7,a7  
of section #dha7;a77#b7 of the ,higher  
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajhh7;a77#b77 is amended to read as    

follows3  7#b7  7,a7 ,for the purpose of
 any program under this title1 the term 
academic year shall-- 7i7 require--     
7,i7 a minimum of #cj weeks of          
instructional time for a course of study
 that measures its program length in    
credit hours2 or  7,,ii7 a minimum of   
#bf weeks of instructional time for a   
course of study that measures its       
program length in clock hours2  7ii7    
require an undergraduate course of study
 to contain an amount of instructional  
time whereby a full-time student is     
expected to complete at least--  7,i7   
#cj semester or trimester hours or #de  
quarter credit hours in a course of     
study that measures its program length  
in credit hours2 or  7,,ii7 #a1abe clock
 hours in a course of study that        
measures its program length in clock    
hours2  7iii7 require an undergraduate  
course of study to contain an amount of 
instructional time whereby a #c_/d-time 
student is expected to complete at      
least--  7,i7 #bb semester or trimester 

hours or #cc credit hours in a course of
 study that measures its program length 
in credit hours2 or  7,,ii7 #hbe clock  
hours in a course of study that measures
 its program length in clock hours2     
7iv7 require an undergraduate course of 
study to contain an amount of           
instructional time whereby a #a_/b-time 
student is expected to complete at      
least--  7,i7 #ad semester or trimester 
hours or #ba credit hours in a course of
 study that measures its program length 
in credit hours2 or  7,,ii7 #ebe clock  
hours in a course of study that measures
 its program length in clock hours2 and 
7v7 require an undergraduate course of  
study to contain an amount of           
instructional time whereby a less than  
#a_/b-time student is expected to       
complete less than--  7,i7 #ad semester 
or trimester hours or #ba credit hours  
in a course of study that measures its  
program length in credit hours2 or      
7,,ii7 #ebe clock hours in a course of  
study that measures its program in clock

 hours4  4  7c7 ,effective date ,the    
amendments made by this section shall   
take effect on ,july #a1 #bjah4