,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fjcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bh1       
#bjbj,mrs4 ,lawrence 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,neguse1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1   
,mr4 ,khanna1 and ,mr4 ,thompson of     
,mississippi7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and ,labor  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,higher ,education
 ,act of #aife to increase the period of
 eligibility for ,federal ,pell ,grants1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,pell to ,grad ,act4  #b4 ,period of    
eligibility for grants ,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 in
 subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 by amending      
paragraph 7#a7 to read as follows3  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 at an 
eligible institution that meets the     
definition of institution of higher     
education in section #aja1 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 #af semesters1  

or the equivalent of at least #a but    
fewer than #af 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  2 and  7,b7 in         
paragraph 7#e71 by striking #ab each    
place it appears and inserting #af4