I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 813 
To restore access to year-round Federal Pell Grants. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2017 
Ms. SA´NCHEZ (for herself, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 
SINEMA, Mr. NADLER, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 
NOLAN, Mr. SOTO, Mr. POLIS, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. VELA, 
Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali-
fornia, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHN-
SON of Texas, Mr. HIMES, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. MCNERNEY, 
Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. PETERS, Mr. BEYER, 
Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. LEE, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. AL 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New 
York, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. YAR-
MUTH, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 
VARGAS, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. 
KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. DELANEY, 
Mr. SERRANO, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N 
of New Mexico, Mr. POCAN, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. BERA, Mr. 
KENNEDY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali-
fornia, Mr. KIND, and Mr. DEUTCH) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To restore access to year-round Federal Pell Grants. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Affordability for Con-
stant and Continual Education to Enhance Student Suc-
cess Act’’ or the ‘‘All-Year ACCESS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. YEAR-ROUND FEDERAL PELL GRANT STUDENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 401(b) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) YEAR-ROUND FEDERAL PELL GRANT STU-
DENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this subsection, the Secretary 
shall award, to an eligible student who meets 
the requirements in subparagraph (B) who has 
received a Federal Pell Grant for an award year 
and is enrolled in a program of study for one 
or more additional payment periods during the 
same award year that are not otherwise covered 
by the student’s Federal Pell Grant, an addi-
tional Federal Pell Grant for the additional 
payment periods. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible 
to receive the additional Federal Pell Grant for 
an award year that is described in subpara-
graph (A), a student shall, in addition to meet-
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ing all eligibility requirements for the receipt of 
a Federal Pell Grant— 
‘‘(i) be enrolled on at least a half-time 
basis for a period of more than one aca-
demic year, or more than 2 semesters or 
the equivalent of 2 semesters, during a sin-
gle award year; and 
‘‘(ii) be enrolled in a program of in-
struction at an institution of higher edu-
cation for which the institution awards an 
associate or baccalaureate degree or a cer-
tificate. 
‘‘(C) AMOUNTS.—In the case of a student 
receiving more than one Federal Pell Grant in 
a single award year under subparagraph (A), 
the total amount of the Federal Pell Grants 
awarded to such student for the award year 
shall not exceed an amount equal to 150 per-
cent of the total maximum Federal Pell Grant 
for such award year calculated in accordance 
with paragraph (7)(C)(iv)(II). 
‘‘(D) INCLUSION
IN
DURATION
LIMIT.— 
Any period of study covered by a Federal Pell 
Grant awarded under subparagraph (A) shall 
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