,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ijj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,april #g1 #bjag,ms4
 ,hirono 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4 
,franken1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1 ,mr4 ,markey1 
,mr4 ,heinrich1 and ,ms4 ,klobuchar7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
improve the ,federal ,pell ,grant       
program1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,year-,round ,pell ,grant           
,restoration ,act4  #b4 ,findings       
,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,the
 ,congressional ,budget ,office reports 
on any overall financial surplus or     
shortfall in the funding provided for   
the ,federal ,pell ,grant program4      
,however1 in recent years1 in order to  
meet the maximum ,federal ,pell ,grant  
level with the provided level of        
funding1 ,congress has made cuts to the 
program through imposing additional     

eligibility requirements for ,federal   
,pell ,grants and limiting the          
availability of year-round ,federal     
,pell ,grants1 causing significant      
uncertainty and reducing access to      
higher education for millions of        
hardworking college students4  7#b7 ,the
 traditional student who attends college
 for #d years immediately after high    
school is now a minority of college     
students today4 ,ambitious students now 
need more flexibility to attend school  
year-round while juggling work          
schedules4  7#c7 ,section #ahfj of the  
,department of ,defense and ,full-,year 
,continuing ,appropriations ,act1 #bjaa 
7,public ,law #aab-aj1 #abe ,stat4 #afi7
 eliminated the provision of the        
,federal ,pell ,grant program of the    
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;a et seq47 that allowed 
more than #a ,federal ,pell ,grant      
awards per year1 creating significant   
hardship for many students trying to    
take courses over the summer or outside 

the traditional school calendar4        
,allowing students to continue to       
receive ,federal ,pell ,grants in       
successive semesters1 without a gap1    
would reduce the time needed to complete
 their degrees4  #c4 ,year-,round       
,federal ,pell ,grant students ,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 7,a7 ,effective for the
 #bjah-bjai award year and each award   
year thereafter1 the ,secretary shall   
award an eligible student a total of not
 more than #a ,federal ,pell ,grants    
during a single award year to permit    
such student to work toward completion  
of an eligible program if1 during that  
single award year1 the student--  7i7   
has received a ,federal ,pell ,grant for
 the award year and is enrolled in an   
eligible program for one or more        
additional payment periods during the   
same award year that are not otherwise  
fully covered by the student's ,federal 

,pell ,grant2 and  7ii7 is enrolled on  
at least a half-time basis while        
receiving any funds under this section4 
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 the ,federal  
,pell ,grants awarded to such student   
for the award year may exceed the       
maximum ,federal ,pell ,grant available 
for an award year4  7,c7 ,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 ,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 assigned1 as it         
determines is most beneficial to        
students4  4