Pell Grant Flexibility Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2733 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2733

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain Federal 
Pell Grant requirements for certain students with disabilities, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 8, 2025

Mr. Morelle (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain Federal 
Pell Grant requirements for certain students with disabilities, 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 ``Pell Grant Flexibility Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.

    Section 401(b)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``In any case'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) Reduction.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), in any case''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Students with disabilities.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In the case of a student 
                        with a disability (as defined in section 3 of 
                        the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
                        U.S.C. 12102)) for whom a reduced course load 
                        has been determined appropriate by the 
                        institution of higher education, the student's 
                        enrollment in the reduced course load or 5 
                        credits (or the equivalent), whichever is 
                        greater, shall be deemed to be enrollment on a 
                        full-time basis for purposes of calculating the 
                        amount of the Federal Pell Grant to which the 
                        student is entitled.
                            ``(ii) Limited application.--A 
                        determination under clause (i) shall not be 
                        used in the calculation of Federal Pell Grant 
                        semester eligibility under subsection 
                        (d)(5).''.
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