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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4902 

To improve college affordability. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 19, 2014 

Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California (for herself, Mr. RICHMOND, Mrs. DAVIS

of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ

of California, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, 

Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. KIND, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. CLARKE of New York, 

Mr. ENGEL, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. COHEN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MOORE, 

Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mrs. NEGRETE MCLEOD, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. 

HONDA, Mr. ENYART, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RAHALL, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. SIRES, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. PINGREE

of Maine, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. 

MEEKS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. SERRANO, Mrs. 

KIRKPATRICK, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. NADLER, and Mr. 

LOWENTHAL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To improve college affordability. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Creating Higher Edu5 cation Affordability Necessary to Compete Economically 

6 Act’’ or the ‘‘Middle Class CHANCE Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF A FED2 ERAL PELL GRANT. 

3 Section 401(b)(7)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 

4 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(C)) is amended by striking 

5 clauses (ii) and (iii) and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(ii) AWARD YEAR 2014–2015.—For 

7 award year 2014–2015, the amount deter8 mined under this subparagraph for pur9 poses of subparagraph (B)(iii) shall be in10 creased to $4,040. 

11 ‘‘(iii) SUBSEQUENT AWARD YEARS.— 

12 For award year 2015–2016 and each sub13 sequent award year, the amount deter14 mined under this subparagraph for pur15 poses of subparagraph (B)(iii) shall be 

16 equal to— 

17 ‘‘(I) the amount determined 

18 under this subparagraph for the pre19 ceding award year; increased by 

20 ‘‘(II) a percentage equal to the 

21 annual adjustment percentage for the 

22 award year for which the amount 

23 under this subparagraph is being de24 termined; and 

25 ‘‘(III) rounded to the nearest 

26 $5.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. YEAR-ROUND FEDERAL PELL GRANT STUDENTS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 401(b) of the Higher 

3 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)) is amended 

4 by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(8) YEAR-ROUND FEDERAL PELL GRANT STU6 DENTS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

8 provision of this subsection, the Secretary shall 

9 award, to an eligible student who meets the require10 ments in subparagraph (B) who has received a Fed11 eral Pell Grant for an award year and is enrolled in 

12 a program of study for one or more additional pay13 ment periods during the same award year that are 

14 not otherwise covered by the student’s Federal Pell 

15 Grant, an additional Federal Pell Grant for the ad16 ditional payment periods. 

17 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible to 

18 receive the additional Federal Pell Grant for an 

19 award year that is described in subparagraph (A), a 

20 student shall, in addition to meeting all eligibility re21 quirements for the receipt of a Federal Pell Grant— 

22 ‘‘(i) be enrolled full-time in an institution 

23 of higher education; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) have successfully completed at least a 

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1 eral Pell Grant award as described in subpara2 graph (A). 

3 ‘‘(C) AMOUNTS.—In the case of a student re4 ceiving more than one Federal Pell Grant in a single 

5 award year under subparagraph (A), the total 

6 amount of the Federal Pell Grants awarded to such 

7 student for the award year shall not exceed an 

8 amount equal to 150 percent of the total maximum 

9 Federal Pell Grant for such award year calculated in 

10 accordance with paragraph (7)(C)(iv)(II). 

11 ‘‘(D) INCLUSION IN DURATION LIMIT.—Any pe12 riod of study covered by a Federal Pell Grant 

13 awarded under subparagraph (A) shall be included 

14 in determining a student’s duration limit under sub15 section (c)(5). 

16 ‘‘(9) CROSSOVER PERIOD.—In any case where an eli17 gible student is receiving a Federal Pell Grant for a pay18 ment period that spans 2 award years, the Secretary shall 

19 allow the eligible institution in which the student is en20 rolled to determine the award year to which the additional 

21 period shall be assigned.’’. 

22 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

23 subsection (a) shall take effect on July 1, 2014. 


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1 SEC. 4. PELL GRANT DURATION LIMIT. 

2 Section 401(c)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 

3 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(c)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘12 

4 semesters’’ and inserting ‘‘15 semesters’’ each place the 

5 term appears. 

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