,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dccg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bc1 #bjbc,ms4 
,kuster 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,burchett1   
and ,ms4 ,schrier7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce  ,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 #bjbc4  #b4 ,federal 
,pell ,grants for graduate students  7a7
 ,in general ,section #dja of the       
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;a71 as amended by       
section #gjc of the ,,fafsa             
,simplification ,act 7division ,,ff of  
,public ,law #aaf-bfj7 is further       
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection            
7b77#h77;,a71 by inserting or as a      
postbaccalaureate student in accordance 
with subsection 7d77#d71 after as an    

undergraduate12 and  7#b7 in subsection 
7d71 by amending paragraph 7#d7 to read 
as follows3  7#d7 ,postbaccalaureate    
programs ,notwithstanding paragraph     
7#a71 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-- 7,a7 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  7,b7 the student 
would otherwise be eligible for a       
,federal ,pell ,grant1 but for the      
completion of such baccalaureate course 
of study2 and  7,c7 the period during   
which the student receives ,federal     
,pell ,grants does not exceed the       
student's duration limits under         

paragraph 7#e74  4  7b7 ,effective date 
,the amendments made by subsection 7a7  
shall take effect as if included in the 
,,fafsa ,simplification ,act 7title     
,,vii of division ,,ff of ,public ,law  
#aaf-bfj7 and subject to the effective  
date of section #gja7;b7 of such ,act1  
as amended by section #ajb7;a7 of the   
,,fafsa ,simplification ,act ,technical 
,corrections ,act 7division ,r of       
,public ,law #aag-ajc7 7including the   
authorization provided under section    
#ajb7;c77#a77;,a7 of such ,act74