H.R. 9414

Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2026

54 cosponsors

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Introduced Jun 23
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Introduced Jun 23
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Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (Jun 23)

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Sec. 1. Short title

Sec. 2. Findings

Sec. 3. Table of contents; references

Sec. 4. Doubling Federal Pell Grants and providing all Federal Pell Grants through mandatory funding

Sec. 5. Providing increased Federal Pell Grants and other assistance for recipients of means-tested benefits

Sec. 6. Federal aid eligibility for dreamer students

Sec. 7. Restoring the total semesters of Federal Pell Grant eligibility

Sec. 8. Reducing financial aid penalties from satisfactory academic progress determinations

Sec. 9. Restoring Pell Grant eligibility for certain students with scholarships

Sec. 10. Conforming amendments

Sec. 11. Effective date

Except as otherwise provided, this Act, and the amendments made by this Act to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) shall take effect on July 1, 2026, and apply with respect to award year 2026–2027 and each subsequent award year, as determined under the Higher Education Act of 1965. The Secretary of Education shall have the authority to take such steps as are necessary before July 1, 2026, to provide for the orderly implementation on such date of the amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 made by this Act.