,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bf1        
#bjba,mr4 ,morelle 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 change      
certain ,federal ,pell ,grant           
requirements for certain students with  
disabilities1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,amendments to the ,,hea  7a7 ,award
 year #bjbb-bjbc ,section #dja of the   
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;a7 is amended-- 7#a7 in 
subsection 7b77#b7-- 7,a7 in            
subparagraph 7,b71 by striking 7,b7 ,in 
any case and inserting 7,b77i7 ,except  
as provided in clause 7ii71 in any case2
 and  7,b7 by adding at the end the     
following3  7ii7 ,the amount of a       
,federal ,pell ,grant to which a student
 with a disability 7as defined in       
section #c of the ,americans with       
,disabilities ,act of #aiij 7#db        

,u4,s4,c4 #abajb77 who is receiving     
appropriate and reasonable              
accommodations for such disability is   
entitled shall be calculated as if such 
student attends an institution of higher
 education on a full-time basis1 without
 regard to whether the student is       
attending on less than a full-time      
basis4  2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7c7-- 
7,a7 in paragraph 7#e71 by striking 7#e7
 ,the period and inserting 7#e77;,a7    
,except as provided in subparagraph     
7,b71 the period2 and  7,b7 by adding at
 the end the following3  7,b7 ,in the   
case of a student with a disability 7as 
defined in section #c of the ,americans 
with ,disabilities ,act of #aiij 7#db   
,u4,s4,c4 #abajb77 who is receiving     
appropriate and reasonable              
accommodations for such disability1 the 
period during which such student may    
receive ,federal ,pell ,grants may      
exceed #ab semesters or the equivalent  
of #ab semesters if required by such    
accommodations 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 attendance4  4  7b7 ,award
 year #bjbc-bjbd and each subsequent    
award year  7#a7 ,amendments ,section   
#dja of the ,higher ,education ,act of  
#aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;a71 as       
amended by section #gjc of division ,,ff
 of the ,consolidated ,appropriations   
,act1 #bjba 7,public ,law #aaf-bfj71 is 
amended-- 7,a7 in subsection 7b77#b7--  
7i7 by striking ,in any case and        
inserting the following3  7,a7          
,reduction ,in any case  2 and  7ii7 by 
adding at the end the following3  7,b7  
,students with disabilities ,the amount 
of a ,federal ,pell ,grant to which a   
student with a disability 7as defined in
 section #c of the ,americans with      
,disabilities ,act of #aiij 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #abajb77 who is receiving     
appropriate and reasonable              
accommodations for such disability is   
entitled shall be calculated as if such 

student attends an institution of higher
 education on a full-time basis1 without
 regard to whether the student is       
attending on less than a full-time      
basis4  2 and  7,b7 in subsection       
7d77#e77;,a7-- 7i7 by striking ,except  
as provided in subparagraph 7,b7 and    
inserting the following3  7i7 ,period   
,except as provided in clause 7ii7 of   
this subparagraph and in subparagraph   
7,b7  2 and  7ii7 by adding at the end  
the following3  7ii7 ,students with     
disabilities ,in the case of a student  
with a disability 7as defined in section
 #c of the ,americans with ,disabilities
 ,act of #aiij 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #abajb77  
who is receiving appropriate and        
reasonable accommodations for such      
disability1 the period during which such
 student may receive ,federal ,pell     
,grants may exceed #ab semesters or the 
equivalent of #ab semesters if required 
by such accommodations 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  
attendance4  4  7#b7 ,effective date    
,the amendments made by this subsection 
shall take effect as if included in     
section #gjc of division ,,ff of the    
,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1     
#bjba 7,public ,law #aaf-bfj74