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S. 2498 116th Congress Senate

Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2019

Official title: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the Federal Pell Grant duration limits of borrowers who attend an institution of higher education t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the Federal Pell Grant duration limits of borrowers who attend an institution of higher education that closes or commits fraud or other misconduct, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 18, 2019 Introduced by: Elizabeth Warren Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
Education Education programs fundingFraud offenses and financial crimesHigher educationStudent aid and college costs
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Sep 18, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 18, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action September 18, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2019

This bill restores a student's Pell Grant eligibility for any period of time during which the student qualified for, or would have qualified for, federal student loan forgiveness due to school closure, assertion of a defense against repayment, or institutional fraud or misconduct.

Specifically, this bill provides that Pell Grants received by a student during that period of time do not count toward the student's lifetime Pell Grant eligibility period (currently 12 full-time semesters).

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4674 College Affordability Act
  • HR 4298 Pell Grant Restoration Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Sep 18, 2019
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Sep 18, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2498: Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2498/
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"S. 2498: Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2498/.
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S. 2498, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2498/.
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