I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3985 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the Secretary of 
Education to award job training Federal Pell Grants. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 5, 2015 
Mr. RICHMOND (for himself and Mrs. LAWRENCE) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the 
Secretary of Education to award job training Federal 
Pell Grants. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jumpstart Our Busi-
nesses by Supporting Students Act of 2015’’ or the 
‘‘JOBS Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. JOB TRAINING FEDERAL PELL GRANTS. 
Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070a) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(k) JOB TRAINING FEDERAL PELL GRANT PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For award years beginning 
on or after award year 2016–2017, the Secretary 
shall carry out a program through which the Sec-
retary shall award job training Federal Pell Grants 
to students in job training programs. Each job train-
ing Federal Pell Grant awarded under this sub-
section shall have the same terms and conditions, 
and be awarded in the same manner, as a Federal 
Pell Grant awarded under subsection (a), except as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) A student who is eligible to receive a 
job training Federal Pell Grant under this sub-
section is a student who— 
‘‘(i) has not yet attained a bacca-
laureate degree or postbaccalaureate de-
gree; 
‘‘(ii) attends an institution of higher 
education as defined in section 102; 
‘‘(iii) is enrolled, or accepted for en-
rollment, in a job training program at such 
institution of higher education; and 
‘‘(iv) meets all other eligibility re-
quirements for a Federal Pell Grant (ex-
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cept with respect to the type of program of 
study, as provided in clause (iii)). 
‘‘(B) The amount of a job training Federal 
Pell Grant for an eligible student shall be deter-
mined 
under 
subsection 
(b)(2)(A), 
except 
that— 
‘‘(i) the maximum Federal Pell Grant 
awarded under this subsection for an 
award year shall be 50 percent of the max-
imum Federal Pell Grant awarded under 
subsection (b) applicable to that award 
year; 
‘‘(ii) no increase shall be calculated 
under subsection (b)(7)(B) for a student 
receiving a job training Federal Pell Grant 
under this subsection; and 
‘‘(iii) subsection (b)(4) shall not 
apply. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSION
IN
TOTAL
ELIGIBILITY
PE-
RIOD.—Any period during which a student receives 
a job training Federal Pell Grant under this sub-
section shall be included in calculating the student’s 
period of eligibility for Federal Pell Grants under 
subsection (c), and any regulations under such sub-
section regarding students who are enrolled in an 
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undergraduate program on less than a full-time 
basis shall similarly apply to students who are en-
rolled in a job training program at an eligible insti-
tution on less than a full-time basis. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol-
lowing definitions apply: 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE CAREER PATHWAYS PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘eligible career pathway pro-
gram’ means a program that is part of a career 
pathway, as defined under section 3(7) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3102(7)), that is a combination of rig-
orous and high-quality education, training, and 
other services that— 
‘‘(i) aligns with the skill needs of in-
dustries in the State or regional economy 
involved; 
‘‘(ii) prepares an individual to be suc-
cessful in any of a full range of secondary 
or postsecondary education options, includ-
ing apprenticeships registered under the 
Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known 
as the ‘National Apprenticeship Act’; 50 
Stat. 664; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.); 
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