[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1348 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1348
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the computation of
eligibility for certain Federal Pell Grants, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 26, 2003
Ms. Cantwell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the computation of
eligibility for certain Federal Pell Grants, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Pell Grant Eligibility
Clarification Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF CURRENT YEAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
Section 480(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1087vv(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and
inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Consideration of current year circumstances for
certain pell grant awards.--
``(A) In general.--If a student is a resident of a
State that is in an extended benefit period (within the
meaning of section 203 of the Temporary Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-
147)), then for purposes of calculating total income
under paragraph (1) for a student seeking assistance
under subpart 1 of part A, the Secretary shall reduce
the student's total income by an amount by which--
``(i) the adjusted gross income plus
untaxed income and benefits for the preceding
tax year minus excludable income (as defined in
subsection (e)), exceeds
``(ii) the projected gross income plus
untaxed income and benefits for the current tax
year minus the projected excludable income (as
defined in subsection (e)).
``(B) Anti-fraud procedures.--The Secretary shall establish
procedures to ensure that computations made pursuant to
subparagraph (A) are not fraudulent.''.
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