Bill > HR2451

Introduced Session

Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act This bill amends the title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the Federal Pell Grant Program. Specifically, it: converts the Pell Grant program into a mandatory spending program; increases the maximum Pell Grant award for academic year 2019-2020 and adjusts it in subsequent award years to account for inflation; allows federal financial aid for higher education to be given to dreamer students (students who entered the country when they were under the age of 16 and who meet certain educational criteria) and students convicted for the possession or sale of illegal drug; requires the Department of Education (ED) to carry out a program that awards Federal Pell Grants to students in job training programs; requires ED to award Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants under the Pell Grant program to assist veterans' dependents with the costs of attending institutions of higher education; increases, in academic year 2018-2019, the income protection allowance levels for students who are dependent, independent without non-spouse dependents (e.g., children), and independent with non-spouse dependents to reduce such students' income available (and increase need for financial assistance) to cover postsecondary educational expenses; increases the income threshold for an automatic zero expected family contribution from $23,000 to $34,000; and increases from 12 to 15 the total number of semesters a student may receive a Federal Pell Grant.

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Susan Davis (D)*,  Joyce Beatty (D),  Don Beyer (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Madeleine Bordallo (D),  Michael Capuano (D),  André Carson (D),  Judy Chu (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Lacy Clay (D),  Joseph Crowley (WFP),  Elijah Cummings (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Val Demings (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Theodore Deutch (D),  Keith Ellison (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Elizabeth Esty (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  John Garamendi (D),  Vicente Gonzalez (D),  Al Green (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Luis Gutiérrez (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Robin Kelly (D),  Ruben Kihuen (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  James Langevin (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Al Lawson (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  John Lewis (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Ben Ray Luján (D),  Michelle Lujan Grisham (D),  Sean Maloney (D),  Doris Matsui (D),  Donald McEachin (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Seth Moulton (D),  Richard Nolan (D),  Donald Norcross (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Beto O'Rourke (D),  Frank Pallone (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Ed Perlmutter (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Jared Polis (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Cedric Richmond (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  Kilili Sablan (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Adam Schiff (D),  Bobby Scott (D),  Carol Shea-Porter (D),  Albio Sires (D),  Louise Slaughter (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Mike Thompson (D),  Norma Torres (D),  Filemón Vela (D),  Timothy Walz (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Peter Welch (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (on 05/16/2017)

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