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INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-337
BIPARTISAN WORKFORCE PELL ACT
DECEMBER 22, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Ms. Foxx, from the Committee on Education and the Workforce,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 6585]
The Committee on Education and the Workforce, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 6585) to amend the Higher Education Act of
1965 to extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility to certain short-term
workforce programs, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as
amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act.
SEC. 2. WORKFORCE PELL GRANTS.
(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 (title VII of divi-
sion FF of Public Law 116-260), is amended by adding at the end the following:
(k) WORKFORCE PELL GRANT PROGRAM.-
(1) IN GENERAL.-For the award year beginning on July 1, 2025, and each
subsequent award year, the Secretary shall award grants (to be known as
'Workforce Pell Grants') to eligible students under paragraph (2) in accordance
with this subsection.
(2) ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.-To be eligible to receive a Workforce Pell Grant
under this subsection for any period of enrollment, a student shall meet the eli-
gibility requirements for a Federal Pell Grant under this section, except that
the student-
(A) shall be enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, in an eligible program
under section 481(b)(3) (hereinafter referred to as an 'eligible workforce pro-
gram'); and
(B) may not-
(i) be enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, in a program of study
that leads to a master's degree, doctoral degree, or other post-graduate
degree; or
(ii) have attained such a degree.
(3) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AWARDS.-The Secretary shall award Work-
force Pell Grants under this subsection in the same manner and with the same
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