I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3894
To provide enhanced Pell Grants for State Scholars. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2004
Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. KELLER, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. 
ISAKSON, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. CARTER, 
Mr. FORBES, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, and Mrs. NORTHUP) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To provide enhanced Pell Grants for State Scholars.
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 ‘‘Pell Grants Plus Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PELL GRANTS PLUS: ACHIEVEMENT GRANTS FOR 
STATE SCHOLARS PROGRAM. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subpart 1 of part A of title IV 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by in-
serting after section 401 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) the following 
new section:
‘‘SEC. 401A. PELL GRANTS PLUS: ACHIEVEMENT GRANTS 
FOR STATE SCHOLARS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From sums appro-
priated to carry out section 401, the Secretary shall estab-
lish a program to award Pell Grants Plus to students 
who—
‘‘(1) have successfully completed a rigorous 
high school program of study established by a State 
or local educational agency in consultation with a 
State coalition assisted with funds from the Center 
for State Scholars; 
‘‘(2) are enrolled full-time in the first academic 
year of undergraduate education, and have not been 
previously enrolled in a program of undergraduate 
education; and 
‘‘(3) are eligible to receive Federal Pell Grants 
for the year in which the grant is awarded. 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amount of the grant awarded under 
this section shall be $1,000. 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE NOT TO EXCEED COST OF AT-
TENDANCE.—A grant awarded under this section to 
any student, in combination with the Federal Pell 
Grant assistance and other student financial assist-
ance available to such student, may not exceed the 
student’s cost of attendance. 
‘‘(c) SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS.—
‘‘(1) PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY REGULA-
TION.—The Secretary shall establish by regulation 
procedures for the determination of eligibility of stu-
dents for the grants awarded under this section. 
Such procedures shall include measures to ensure 
that eligibility is determined in a timely and accu-
rate manner consistent with the requirements of sec-
tion 482 and the submission of the financial aid 
form required by section 483. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—Each eligible student de-
siring an award under this section shall submit at 
such time and in such manner such information as 
the Secretary may reasonably require. 
‘‘(3) CONTINUATION
OF
GRANT
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—In order for a student to continue to be el-
igible to receive an award under this section for the 
second year of undergraduate education, the eligible 
student must—
‘‘(A) maintain eligibility to receive a Fed-
eral Pell Grant for that year; 
‘‘(B) obtain a grade point average of at 
least 3.0 (or the equivalent as determined under
regulations prescribed by the Secretary) for the 
first year of undergraduate education; and 
‘‘(C) be enrolled full-time and fulfill the re-
quirements for satisfactory progress described 
in section 484(c). 
‘‘(d) SUNSET, EVALUATION, AND REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) SUNSET.—The provisions of this section 
shall cease to be effective on October 1, 2011, except 
as the Congress may hereafter provide by law if 
Congress determines, after analysis of the evaluation 
and reports provided for in paragraph (2), that ex-
tension or expansion of the program is warranted. 
‘‘(2) EVALUATION
AND
REPORTS.—The Sec-
retary shall monitor the progress, retention, and 
completion rates of the students to whom awards are 
provided under this section. In doing so, the Sec-
retary shall evaluate the impact of the Pell Grants 
Plus Program and report, not less than biennially, 
to the authorizing committees of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Chapter 3 of sub-
part 2 of part A of title IV (20 U.S.C. 1070a–31 through 
1070a–35) is repealed.
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