,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfah  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #cj1 #bjbf    
,mr4 ,menefee introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and ,workforce 
,a ,,bill  ,to increase the total       
maximum ,federal ,pell ,grant and extend
 flexibility for eligibility4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,college ,affordability and         
,accessibility ,act4  #b4 ,increase in  
the maximum amount of a federal pell    
grant  7a7 ,award year #bjbf-bjbg and   
subsequent award years  7#a7 ,amendment 
to award amount ,section                
#dja7;b77#e77;,a7 of the ,higher        
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajgj;a7b77#e77;,a771 is amended to read
 as follows3  7,a7  7i7 ,award years    
#bjbf-bjbg and #bjbg- #bjbh ,for award  
years #bjbf-bjbg and #bjbg- #bjbh1 the  
total maximum ,federal ,pell ,grant     
award per student shall be equal to     
#ad1hjj1 reduced by the amount specified

 as the maximum ,federal ,pell ,grant in
 the last enacted appropriation ,act    
applicable to that award year4  7ii7    
,subsequent award years ,for award year 
#bjbh-bjbi1 and each subsequent award   
year1 the total maximum ,federal ,pell  
,grant award per student shall be equal 
to the amount that is equal to #ad1hjj1 
increased by a percentage equal to the  
annual adjustment percentage for the    
award year for which the amount under   
this subparagraph is being determined1  
then reduced by the amount specified as 
the maximum ,federal ,pell ,grant in the
 last enacted appropriation ,act        
applicable to that award year4  4  7#b7 
,definition ,section #dja7;a77#b7 of the
 ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj  
,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;a7a77#b77 is amended--  
7,a7 in subparagraph 7,e71 by striking  
and after the semicolon2  7,b7 in       
subparagraph 7,f71 by striking the      
period and inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by
 adding at the end the following3  7,g7 
the term annual adjustment percentage as

 applied to an award year1 is equal to  
the estimated percentage change in the  
,consumer ,price ,index 7as determined  
by the ,secretary1 using the definition 
in section #dgh7;f771 for the most      
recent calendar year ending prior to the
 beginning of that award year4  4  7b7  
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsection 7a7 shall take effect on     
,july #a1 #bjbf1 and shall apply with   
respect to each award year 7as defined  
in section #dha of the ,higher          
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajhh77 beginning on or after such date4
  #c4 ,extension in the 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 7b77#h77;,a71 by     
inserting or as a postbaccalaureate     
student in accordance with sub-section  
7d77#a71 after as an undergraduate12    
7#b7 in subsection 7d7-- 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 study1 as described in        
paragraph 7#b71 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 is an         
institution of higher education as      
defined 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#e72  2 and  7,b7 in         
paragraph 7#e77;,a71 by striking #ab    
each place it appears and inserting #af4