,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #a1        
#bjag,ms4 ,snchez 7for herself1 ,ms4    
,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4 
,sinema1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4 ,takano1    
,mr4 ,larsen of ,washington1 ,mr4       
,nolan1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4 ,polis1 ,mr4   
,cicilline1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4 ,vela1  
,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez
 of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of          
,california1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mrs4     
,torres1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 
,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 
,aguilar1 ,ms4 ,eddie ,bernice ,johnson 
of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,ms4 ,adams1    
,mr4 ,langevin1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 ,ms4   
,shea-,porter1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1
 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4        
,lipinski1 ,mr4 ,courtney1 ,ms4 ,lee1   
,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,al ,green of     
,texas1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 ,mr4 ,sean        
,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,ms4   
,moore1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4   
,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,yarmuth1 ,mr4 ,brendan  

,f4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4       
,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4 ,thompson 
of ,california1 ,ms4 ,clark of          
,massachusetts1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new    
,hampshire1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 
,mr4 ,delaney1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,ms4      
,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,mr4 ,ben   
,ray ,lujn of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4 ,pocan1
 ,mr4 ,gene ,green of ,texas1 ,mr4      
,bera1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1
 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of      
,california1 ,mr4 ,kind1 and ,mr4       
,deutch7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to restore access to year-round      
,federal ,pell ,grants4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,affordability for ,constant and        
,continual ,education to ,enhance       
,student ,success ,act or the ,all-,year
 ,,access ,act4  #b4 ,year-round        
,federal ,pell ,grant students  7a7 ,in 
general ,section #dja7;b7 of the ,higher
 ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4

 #ajgj;a7b77 is amended by adding at the
 end the following3  7#h7 ,year-round   
federal pell grant students  7,a7 ,in   
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of this subsection1 the       
,secretary shall award1 to an eligible  
student who meets the requirements in   
subparagraph 7,b7 who has received a    
,federal ,pell ,grant for an award year 
and is enrolled in a program of study   
for one or more additional payment      
periods during the same award year that 
are not otherwise covered by the        
student's ,federal ,pell ,grant1 an     
additional ,federal ,pell ,grant for the
 additional payment periods4  7,b7      
,eligibility ,in order to be eligible to
 receive the additional ,federal ,pell  
,grant for an award year that is        
described in subparagraph 7,a71 a       
student shall1 in addition to meeting   
all eligibility requirements for the    
receipt of a ,federal ,pell ,grant--    
7i7 be enrolled on at least a half-time 
basis for a period of more than one     

academic year1 or more than #b semesters
 or the equivalent of #b semesters1     
during a single award year2 and  7ii7 be
 enrolled in a program of instruction at
 an institution of higher education for 
which the institution awards an         
associate or baccalaureate degree or a  
certificate4  7,c7 ,amounts ,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 the ,federal ,pell ,grants    
awarded to such student for the award   
year shall not exceed an amount equal to
 #aej percent of the total maximum      
,federal ,pell ,grant for such award    
year calculated in accordance with      
paragraph 7#g77;,c77iv77,,ii74  7,d7    
,inclusion in duration limit ,any period
 of study covered by a ,federal ,pell   
,grant awarded under subparagraph 7,a7  
shall be included in determining a      
student's duration limit under          
subsection 7c77#e74  7#i7 ,crossover    
period ,in any case where an eligible   

student is receiving a ,federal ,pell   
,grant for a payment period that spans  
#b award years1 the ,secretary shall    
allow the eligible institution in which 
the student is enrolled to determine the
 award year to which the additional     
period shall be assigned4  4  7b7       
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall take effect on     
,july #a1 #bjag4