,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cccd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ai1 #bjai,ms4 
,kuster of ,new ,hampshire 7for herself1
 ,mr4 ,burchett1 ,ms4 ,schrier1 ,mr4    
,upton1 and ,mr4 ,rouda7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor 
,a ,,bill  ,to expand access to graduate
 education by amending the ,federal     
,pell ,grant program to include         
postbaccalaureate study4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,expanding ,access to ,graduate         
,education ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,federal 
,pell ,grants for graduate students     
,section #dja of the ,higher ,education 
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;a7 is
 amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by  
inserting or as a postbaccalaureate     
student in accordance with subsection   
7c77#a71 after as an undergraduate12 and
  7#b7 by amending subsection 7c77#a7 to
 read as follows3  7c7 ,period of       
eligibility for grants  7#a7 ,the period

 during which a student may receive     
,federal ,pell ,grants shall be the     
period required for the completion of   
the first undergraduate baccalaureate   
course of study being pursued by that   
student at the institution at which the 
student is in attendance except that--  
7,a7 any period during which the student
 is enrolled in a noncredit or remedial 
course of study as defined in paragraph 
7#b7 shall not be counted for the       
purpose of this paragraph2 and  7,b7 the
 period during which a student may      
receive ,federal ,pell ,grants shall    
also include the period required for the
 completion of the first                
postbaccalaureate course of study in a  
case in which--  7i7 the student        
received a ,federal ,pell ,grant during 
the period required for the completion  
of the student's first undergraduate    
baccalaureate course of study for at    
least #a but fewer than #ab semesters1  
or the equivalent of at least #a but    
fewer than #ab semesters1 as determined 

under paragraph 7#e72  7ii7 the student 
would otherwise be eligible for a       
,federal ,pell ,grant1 but for the      
completion of such baccalaureate course 
of study2 and  7iii7 the period during  
which the student receives ,federal     
,pell ,grants does not exceed the       
student's duration limits under         
paragraph 7#e74  4