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HR 5191 113th Congress House

Pell Grant Accessibility Act

Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for an institution of higher education that has previously filed for bankruptcy to apply for the reinstate… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for an institution of higher education that has previously filed for bankruptcy to apply for the reinstatement of eligibility for purposes of Federal Pell Grants.

Introduced: July 24, 2014 See on congress.gov
Education BankruptcyHigher educationStudent aid and college costs
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Jul 24, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jul 24, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 24, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pell Grant Accessibility Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to waive the ban on participation in the Federal Pell Grant program by an institution of higher education (IHE) (or an affiliate that controls the IHE) that has filed for bankruptcy if: (1) that filing occurred at least five years before the IHE seeks a waiver of such ban, (2) the IHE submits to the Secretary such information as the Secretary considers appropriate, and (3) the Secretary determines that the IHE should not be subject to the ban.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5191: Pell Grant Accessibility Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5191/
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"H.R. 5191: Pell Grant Accessibility Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5191/.
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H.R. 5191, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5191/.
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