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pected family contribution for each such stu-
dent. Each such student financial administrator 
shall—’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘after academic year 
1986–1987’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives, and’’; 
(3) by striking subsections (g) and (h); 
(4) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as 
subsections (g) and (h), respectively; 
(5) in subsection (h), as so redesignated— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by inserting before 
the period the following: ‘‘, or if such institution 
of higher education is subject to an ineligibility 
determination under section 435(a)(9)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘or final 
adjusted cohort default rate’’ before ‘‘deter-
mination’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated, and there are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2019, the greater of— 
‘‘(i) the coverage amount; or 
‘‘(ii) $19,448,200,000; 
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2020, the greater of— 
‘‘(i) the coverage amount; or 
‘‘(ii) $20,610,000,000; 
‘‘(C) for fiscal year 2021, the greater of— 
‘‘(i) the coverage amount; or 
‘‘(ii) $21,887,400,000; 
‘‘(D) for fiscal year 2022, the greater of— 
‘‘(i) the coverage amount; or 
‘‘(ii) $23,305,600,000; 
‘‘(E) for fiscal year 2023, the greater of— 
‘‘(i) the coverage amount; or 
‘‘(ii) $24,609,400,000; 
‘‘(F) for fiscal year 2024, the greater of— 
‘‘(i) the coverage amount; or 
‘‘(ii) $26,119,400,000; 
‘‘(G) for fiscal year 2025, the greater of— 
‘‘(i) the coverage amount; or 
‘‘(ii) $27,776,200,000; 
‘‘(H) for fiscal year 2026, the greater of— 
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‘‘(i) the coverage amount; or 
‘‘(ii) $29,463,000,000; 
‘‘(I) for fiscal year 2027, the greater of— 
‘‘(i) the coverage amount; or 
‘‘(ii) $31,339,200,000; and 
‘‘(J) for each subsequent fiscal year, the 
coverage amount. 
‘‘(2) COVERAGE
AMOUNT
DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘coverage amount’ means, with 
respect to a fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-
essary to cover 60 percent of the costs of the Fed-
eral Pell Grant Program.’’. 
SEC. 4012. AMENDMENTS TO PELL GRANT ELIGIBILITY. 
Section 401(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘except’’ and 
all that follows and inserting ‘‘except— 
‘‘(A) that any period during which the stu-
dent is enrolled in a noncredit or remedial 
course of study as define in paragraph (2) shall 
not be counted for the purpose of this para-
graph; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of a student who received 
Pell Grants during an undergraduate bacca-
laureate course of study, but did not exhaust 
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the maximum period of eligibility as described 
in paragraph (5), the period during which a 
student may receive Federal Pell Grants shall 
also include the period required for the comple-
tion of the first postbaccalaureate course of 
study up to the maximum period of eligibility.’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(5) The period’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘(5) MAXIMUM PERIOD.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the period’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘12’’ each place the term 
appears and inserting ‘‘14’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any Federal Pell 
Grant that a student received during a pe-
riod described in subclause (I) or (II) of 
clause (ii) shall not count toward the stu-
dent’s duration limits under this para-
graph. 
‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE
PERIODS.—Clause 
(i) shall apply with respect to any Federal 
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Pell Grant awarded to a student to attend 
an institution— 
‘‘(I) during a period— 
‘‘(aa) for which the student 
received a loan under this title; 
and 
‘‘(bb) for which the loan de-
scribed in item (aa) is forgiven 
under— 
‘‘(AA) section 437(c)(1) 
or 464(g)(1) due to the clos-
ing of the institution; 
‘‘(BB) section 455(h) 
due to the student’s success-
ful assertion of a defense to 
repayment of the loan; or 
‘‘(CC) 
section 
432(a)(6), section 685.215 
of title 34, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or a successor 
regulation), or any other 
loan forgiveness provision or 
regulation under this Act, as 
a result of a determination 
by the Secretary or a court 
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that the institution com-
mitted fraud or other mis-
conduct; or 
‘‘(II) during a period for which 
the student did not receive a loan 
under this title but for which, if the 
student had received such a loan, the 
student would have qualified for loan 
forgiveness under subclause (I)(bb).’’. 
SEC. 4013. EXTENDING FEDERAL PELL GRANT ELIGIBILITY 
OF CERTAIN SHORT-TERM PROGRAMS. 
Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070a) is further amended by inserting after sub-
section (h) the following: 
‘‘(i) 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 a program of training services 
listed under section 122(d) of the Work-
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force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3152(d)); and 
‘‘(iii) is part of a career pathway, as 
defined in section 3 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
3102). 
‘‘(B) JOB TRAINING PROGRAM.—The term 
‘job training program’ means a career and tech-
nical education program at an institution of 
higher education that— 
‘‘(i) provides not less than 150, and 
not more than 600, clock hours of instruc-
tional time over a period of not less than 
8, and not more than 15, weeks; 
‘‘(ii) provides training aligned with 
the requirements of employers in the State 
or local area, which may include in-demand 
industry sectors or occupations, as defined 
in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102), in 
the State or local area (as defined in such 
section); 
‘‘(iii) is a program of training serv-
ices, and provided through an eligible pro-
vider of training services, listed under sec-
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tion 122(d) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
3152(d)); 
‘‘(iv) provides a student, upon comple-
tion of the program, with a recognized 
postsecondary credential, as defined in sec-
tion 3 of such Act, that is recognized by 
employers in the relevant industry, includ-
ing credentials recognized by industry or 
sector partnerships in the State or local 
area where the industry is located; 
‘‘(v) has been determined, by the in-
stitution of higher education, to provide 
academic content, an amount of instruc-
tional time, and a recognized postsec-
ondary credential that are sufficient to— 
‘‘(I) meet the hiring requirements 
of potential employers; and 
‘‘(II) satisfy any applicable edu-
cational prerequisite requirement for 
professional licensure or certification, 
so that the student who completes the 
program and seeks employment quali-
fies to take any licensure or certifi-
cation examination needed to practice 
or find employment in an occupation 
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that the program prepares students to 
enter; 
‘‘(vi) may include integrated or basic 
skills courses; and 
‘‘(vii) may be offered as part of an eli-
gible career pathway program. 
‘‘(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 job training 
Federal Pell Grants to students in job training pro-
grams. Each job training Federal Pell Grant award-
ed 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 bacca-
laureate degree or postbaccalaureate de-
gree; 
‘‘(ii) attends an institution of higher 
education; 
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‘‘(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-
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)(1), 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)(5) applicable to that award 
year; and 
‘‘(ii) subsection (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 any regulations under such sub-
section regarding students who are enrolled in an 
undergraduate program on less than a full-time 
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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.’’. 
SEC. 4014. PROVIDING FEDERAL PELL GRANTS FOR IRAQ 
AND AFGHANISTAN VETERAN’S DEPENDENTS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Part A of title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a et seq.) is 
amended in section 401 by inserting after subsection (i) 
the following: 
‘‘(j) SCHOLARSHIPS
FOR
VETERAN’S
DEPEND-
ENTS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE VETERAN’S DE-
PENDENT.—In this subsection, the term ‘eligible vet-
eran’s dependent’ means a dependent or an inde-
pendent student— 
‘‘(A) whose parent or guardian was a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United 
States and died as a result of performing mili-
tary service in Iraq or Afghanistan after Sep-
tember 11, 2001; and 
‘‘(B) who, at the time of the parent or 
guardian’s death, was— 
‘‘(i) less than 24 years of age; or 
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‘‘(ii) enrolled at an institution of high-
er education on a part-time or full-time 
basis. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
award a Federal Pell Grant, as modified in ac-
cordance with the requirements of this sub-
section, to each eligible veteran’s dependent to 
assist in paying the eligible veteran’s depend-
ent’s cost of attendance at an institution of 
higher education. 
‘‘(B) DESIGNATION.—Federal Pell Grants 
made under this subsection may be known as 
‘Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants’. 
‘‘(3) PREVENTION OF DOUBLE BENEFITS.—No 
eligible veteran’s dependent may receive a grant 
under both this subsection and subsections (a) or (i). 
‘‘(4) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary 
shall award Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants 
under this subsection in the same manner and with 
the same terms and conditions, including the length 
of the period of eligibility, as the Secretary awards 
Federal Pell Grants under subsection (a), except 
that— 
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