Expanding Access to Graduate Education Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4337 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4337

  To expand access to graduate education by amending the Federal Pell 
           Grant program to include postbaccalaureate study.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 2023

Ms. Kuster (for herself, Mr. Burchett, and Ms. Schrier) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To expand access to graduate education by amending the Federal Pell 
           Grant program to include postbaccalaureate study.

    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 ``Expanding Access to Graduate 
Education Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL PELL GRANTS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a), as amended by section 703 of the FAFSA 
Simplification Act (division FF of Public Law 116-260) is further 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(8)(A), by inserting ``or as a 
        postbaccalaureate student in accordance with subsection 
        (d)(4),'' after ``as an undergraduate,''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph (4) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(4) Postbaccalaureate programs.--Notwithstanding 
        paragraph (1), the period during which a student may receive 
        Federal Pell Grants shall also include the period required for 
        the completion of the first postbaccalaureate course of study 
        in a case in which--
                    ``(A) the student received a Federal Pell Grant 
                during the period required for the completion of the 
                student's first undergraduate baccalaureate course of 
                study for at least 1 but fewer than 12 semesters, or 
                the equivalent of at least 1 but fewer than 12 
                semesters, as determined under paragraph (5);
                    ``(B) the student would otherwise be eligible for a 
                Federal Pell Grant, but for the completion of such 
                baccalaureate course of study; and
                    ``(C) the period during which the student receives 
                Federal Pell Grants does not exceed the student's 
                duration limits under paragraph (5).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the FAFSA Simplification Act (title VII 
of division FF of Public Law 116-260) and subject to the effective date 
of section 701(b) of such Act, as amended by section 102(a) of the 
FAFSA Simplification Act Technical Corrections Act (division R of 
Public Law 117-103) (including the authorization provided under section 
102(c)(1)(A) of such Act).
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