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(4) 
in 
paragraph 
(3), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$220,000,000’’; and 
(5) 
in 
paragraph 
(4)(A), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$185,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$225,000’’. 
TITLE IV—STUDENT ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 4001. EFFECTIVE DATE FOR TITLE IV. 
Except as otherwise provided in this title or the 
amendments made by this title, this title and the amend-
ments made by this title shall take effect on July 1, 2019. 
PART A 
SEC. 4011. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PELL GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070a) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY AND METHOD OF DIS-
TRIBUTION.— 
‘‘(1) For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
pay to each eligible institution such sums as may be 
necessary to pay to each eligible student (defined in 
accordance with section 484) for each academic year 
during which that student is in attendance at an in-
stitution of higher education, as an undergraduate, 
a Federal Pell Grant in the amount for which that 
student is eligible, as determined pursuant to sub-
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section (b). Not less than 85 percent of such sums 
shall be advanced to eligible institutions prior to the 
start of each payment period and shall be based 
upon an amount requested by the institution as 
needed to pay eligible students until such time as 
the Secretary determines and publishes in the Fed-
eral Register with an opportunity for comment, an 
alternative payment system that provides payments 
to institutions in an accurate and timely manner, ex-
cept that this sentence shall not be construed to 
limit the authority of the Secretary to place an insti-
tution on a reimbursement system of payment. 
‘‘(2) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted 
to prohibit the Secretary from paying directly to stu-
dents, in advance of the beginning of the academic 
term, an amount for which they are eligible, in cases 
where the eligible institution elects not to participate 
in the disbursement system required by paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(3) Grants made under this subpart shall be 
known as ‘Federal Pell Grants’. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE AND AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) AMOUNT.—The amount of the Federal 
Pell Grant for a student eligible under this subpart 
shall be— 
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‘‘(A) the maximum Federal Pell Grant de-
scribed in paragraph (6); less 
‘‘(B) the amount equal to the amount de-
termined to be the expected family contribution 
with respect to such student for such year. 
‘‘(2) In any case where a student attends an in-
stitution of higher education on less than a full-time 
basis (including a student who attends an institution 
of higher education on less than a half-time basis) 
during any academic year, the amount of the Fed-
eral Pell Grant to which that student is entitled 
shall be reduced in proportion to the degree to which 
that student is not so attending on a full-time basis, 
in accordance with a schedule of reductions estab-
lished by the Secretary for the purposes of this divi-
sion, computed in accordance with this subpart. 
Such schedule of reductions shall be established by 
regulation and published in the Federal Register in 
accordance with section 482 of this Act. 
‘‘(3) No Federal Pell Grant under this subpart 
shall exceed the difference between the expected 
family contribution for a student and the cost of at-
tendance (as defined in section 472) at the institu-
tion at which that student is in attendance. If, with 
respect to any student, it is determined that the 
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amount of a Federal Pell Grant plus the amount of 
the expected family contribution for that student ex-
ceeds the cost of attendance for that year, the 
amount of the Federal Pell Grant shall be reduced 
until the combination of expected family contribution 
and the amount of the Federal Pell Grant does not 
exceed the cost of attendance at such institution. 
‘‘(4) No Federal Pell Grant shall be awarded to 
a student under this subpart if the amount of that 
grant for that student as determined under this sub-
section for any academic year is less than ten per-
cent of the maximum Federal Pell Grant described 
in paragraph (6) for such academic year. 
‘‘(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this subpart, the Secretary shall allow the amount of 
the Federal Pell Grant to be exceeded for students 
participating in a program of study abroad approved 
for credit by the institution at which the student is 
enrolled when the reasonable costs of such program 
are greater than the cost of attendance at the stu-
dent’s home institution, except that the amount of 
such Federal Pell Grant in any fiscal year shall not 
exceed the maximum amount of a Federal Pell 
Grant award described in paragraph (6), for which 
a student is eligible during such award year. If the 
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preceding sentence applies, the financial aid admin-
istrator at the home institution may use the cost of 
the study abroad program, rather than the home in-
stitution’s cost, to determine the cost of attendance 
of the student. 
‘‘(6) MAXIMUM FEDERAL PELL GRANT.— 
‘‘(A) AWARD YEAR 2019–2020.—For award 
year 2019–2020, the maximum Federal Pell 
Grant shall be $6,595. 
‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT
AWARD
YEARS.—For 
award year 2020–2021 and each subsequent 
award year, the maximum Federal Pell Grant 
shall be equal to the total maximum Federal 
Pell Grant for the preceding award year under 
this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) increased by the annual adjust-
ment percentage for the award year for 
which the amount under this subparagraph 
is being determined; and 
‘‘(ii) rounded to the nearest $5. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION
OF
ANNUAL
ADJUST-
MENT
PERCENTAGE.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘annual adjustment percentage’, as applied 
to an award year, is equal to the estimated per-
centage increase in the Consumer Price Index 
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(as determined by the Secretary, using the defi-
nition in section 478(f)) for the most recent cal-
endar year ending prior to the beginning of that 
award year. 
‘‘(7)(A) Effective in the 2017–2018 award year 
and thereafter, the Secretary shall award an eligible 
student not more than one and one-half Federal Pell 
Grants during a single award year to permit such 
student to work toward completion of an eligible 
program if, during that single award year, the stu-
dent— 
‘‘(i) has received a Federal Pell Grant for 
an award year and is enrolled in an eligible pro-
gram for one or more additional payment peri-
ods during the same award year that are not 
otherwise fully covered by the student’s Federal 
Pell Grant; and 
‘‘(ii) is enrolled on at least a half-time 
basis while receiving any funds under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(B) 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 Fed-
eral Pell Grants awarded to such student for the 
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award year may exceed the maximum Federal Pell 
Grant available for an award year. 
‘‘(C) Any period of study covered by a Federal 
Pell Grant awarded under subparagraph (A) shall be 
included in determining a student’s duration limit 
under subsection (c)(5). 
‘‘(D) In any case where an eligible student is 
receiving a Federal Pell Grant for a payment period 
that spans two award years, the Secretary shall 
allow the eligible institution in which the student is 
enrolled to determine the award year to which the 
additional period shall be assigned, as it determines 
is most beneficial to students.’’; 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking the mat-
ter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting 
the following: ‘‘After receiving an application 
for a Federal Pell Grant under this subpart, the 
Secretary (including any contractor of the Sec-
retary processing applications for Federal Pell 
Grants under this subpart) shall, in a timely 
manner, furnish to the student financial aid ad-
ministrator at each institution of higher edu-
cation that a student awarded a Federal Pell 
Grant under this subpart is attending, the ex-
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ing homeless children and youths and foster care 
children and youth.’’. 
SEC. 4021. POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM 
AUTHORITY. 
Section 402E of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a–15) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘summer’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or faculty-led research 
experiences’’ before the semicolon; 
(2) in subsection (d)(4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘summer’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or faculty-led experiences 
who have stipends’’ after ‘‘internships’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘$2,800’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$4,000’’. 
SEC. 4022. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTERS. 
Section 402F of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a–16) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘pursue’’ 
and inserting ‘‘begin or re-enter’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘students;’’ 
and inserting ‘‘students, including— 
‘‘(A) financial planning for postsecondary 
education, including loan burdens required, re-
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