I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3497 
To extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-term programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2019 
Mr. RICHMOND (for himself, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, 
Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. KATKO, and Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
Labor 
A BILL 
To extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short- 
term programs. 
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 2019’’ or the 
‘‘JOBS Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENDING FEDERAL PELL GRANT ELIGIBILITY OF 
CERTAIN SHORT-TERM PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 401 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) is amended by in-
serting after subsection (j) the following: 
‘‘(k) JOB TRAINING FEDERAL PELL GRANT PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE
CAREER
PATHWAY
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘eligible career pathway pro-
gram’ means a program that— 
‘‘(i) meets the requirements of section 
484(d)(2); 
‘‘(ii) is listed on the provider list 
under section 122(d) of the Workforce In-
novation and Opportunity Act; 
‘‘(iii) is part of a career pathway, as 
defined in section 3 of that Act; and 
‘‘(iv) is aligned to a program of study 
as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Per-
kins Career and Technical Education Act 
of 2006. 
‘‘(B) 
ELIGIBLE
JOB
TRAINING
PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 
job training program’ means a career and 
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technical education program at an institu-
tion of higher education that— 
‘‘(I) provides not less than 150, 
and not more than 600, clock hours of 
instructional time over a period of not 
less than 8 weeks and not more than 
15 weeks; 
‘‘(II) provides training aligned 
with the requirements of high-skill, 
high-wage, or in-demand industry sec-
tors or occupations in the State or 
local area, as determined by an indus-
try or sector partnership; 
‘‘(III) is a program of training 
services, and provided through an eli-
gible training provider, as described 
under section 122(d) of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act; 
‘‘(IV) provides a student, upon 
completion of the program, with a rec-
ognized postsecondary credential that 
is recognized by employers in the rel-
evant industry, including credentials 
recognized by industry or sector part-
nerships in the relevant industry in 
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the State or local area where the in-
dustry is located and the job training 
program is provided; 
‘‘(V) has been determined by the 
institution of higher education (after 
validation of that determination by an 
industry or sector partnership) to pro-
vide academic content, an amount of 
instructional time, and a recognized 
postsecondary credential that are suf-
ficient to— 
‘‘(aa) meet the hiring re-
quirements of potential employ-
ers; and 
‘‘(bb) satisfy any applicable 
educational prerequisite require-
ment for professional licensure or 
certification, so that the student 
who completes the program and 
seeks employment qualifies to 
take any licensure or certification 
examination needed to practice or 
find employment in an occupa-
tion that the program prepares 
students to enter; 
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‘‘(VI) may include integrated 
education and training; 
‘‘(VII) may be offered as part of 
an eligible career pathway program; 
‘‘(VIII) does not exceed by more 
than 50 percent the minimum number 
of clock hours required for training if 
the State has established such a re-
quirement; and 
‘‘(IX) shall include institutional 
credit articulation for a student en-
rolled in a noncredit job training pro-
gram. 
‘‘(ii) 
APPROVAL
BY
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—In the case of a program that is 
seeking to establish eligibility as an eligible 
job training program under this subpara-
graph, the Secretary shall make a deter-
mination about whether the program meets 
the requirements of this subparagraph not 
more than 60 days after the date on which 
such program is submitted for consider-
ation as an eligible job training program. 
‘‘(iii) ADDITIONAL ASSURANCE.—The 
Secretary shall not determine that a pro-
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gram is an eligible job training program in 
accordance with clause (ii) unless the Sec-
retary receives a certification from the ap-
propriate State board containing an assur-
ance that the program meets the require-
ments of clause (i). 
‘‘(C) 
INSTITUTION
OF
HIGHER
EDU-
CATION.—The term ‘institution of higher edu-
cation’ means— 
‘‘(i) an institution of higher education, 
as defined in section 101; or 
‘‘(ii) a postsecondary vocational insti-
tution, as defined in section 102(c). 
‘‘(D) INSTITUTIONAL
CREDIT
ARTICULA-
TION.—The term ‘institutional credit articula-
tion’ means an institution of higher education 
provides a student who has completed a non-
credit program with the equivalent academic 
credit that may be applied to a subsequent 
credit-bearing certificate or degree program 
upon enrollment in such program at such insti-
tution. 
‘‘(E) WIOA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘in-
dustry or sector partnership’, ‘in-demand indus-
try sector or occupation’, ‘recognized postsec-
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ondary credential’, and ‘State board’ have the 
meanings given such terms in section 3 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 
‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—For the award year begin-
ning on July 1, 2019, and each subsequent award 
year, the Secretary shall carry out a program 
through which the Secretary shall award Federal 
Pell Grants to students in eligible job training pro-
grams (referred to as a ‘job training Federal Pell 
Grant’). Each eligible job training Federal Pell 
Grant awarded under this subsection 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 postbacca-
laureate degree; 
‘‘(ii) attends an institution of higher 
education; 
‘‘(iii) is enrolled, or accepted for en-
rollment, in an eligible job training pro-
gram at such institution of higher edu-
cation; and 
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‘‘(iv) meets all other eligibility re-
quirements for a Federal Pell Grant (ex-
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), except that sub-
section (b)(4) shall not apply. 
‘‘(3) 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 the eligibility requirements re-
garding students who are enrolled in an under-
graduate program on less than a full-time basis shall 
similarly apply to students who are enrolled in an el-
igible job training program at an eligible institution 
on less than a full-time basis.’’. 
(b) ACCREDITING AGENCY RECOGNITION OF ELIGI-
BLE JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Section 496(a)(4) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099b(a)(4)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
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(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) if such agency or association has or 
seeks to include within its scope of recognition 
the evaluation of the quality of institutions of 
higher education participating in the job train-
ing Federal Pell Grant program under section 
401(k), such agency or association shall, in ad-
dition to meeting the other requirements of this 
subpart, demonstrate to the Secretary that, 
with respect to such eligible job training pro-
grams (as defined in that subsection)— 
‘‘(i) the agency or association’s stand-
ards include a process for determining if 
the institution has the capability to effec-
tively offer an eligible job training pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(ii) the agency or association re-
quires a demonstration that the program— 
‘‘(I) has identified each recog-
nized postsecondary credential offered 
and the corresponding industry or sec-
tor partnership that actively recog-
nizes each credential in the relevant 
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industry in the State or local area 
where the industry is located; and 
‘‘(II) provides the academic con-
tent and amount of instructional time 
that is sufficient to— 
‘‘(aa) meet the hiring re-
quirements of potential employ-
ers; and 
‘‘(bb) satisfy any applicable 
educational prerequisites for pro-
fessional licensure or certification 
requirements so that the student 
who completes the program and 
seeks employment qualifies to 
take any licensure or certification 
examination that is needed to 
practice or find employment in 
an occupation that the program 
prepares students to enter.’’. 
(c) INTERAGENCY DATA SHARING.—The Secretary 
of Education shall coordinate and enter into a data shar-
ing agreement with the Secretary of Labor to ensure ac-
cess to data related to indicators of performance collected 
under section 116 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141). Under such data sharing 
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agreement, the Commissioner of the National Center for 
Education Statistics shall collect and review the contents 
of performance reports for eligible providers of training 
services described in section 116(d)(4) of that Act not less 
frequently than once each year. 
(d) MINIMUM
FEDERAL
PELL
GRANT.—Section 
401(b)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070a(b)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘ten percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section, and the amend-
ments made by this section, shall take effect on July 1, 
2019. 
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