Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Promoting Academic Success Sustainably Act of 2018” or the “PASS Act of 2018”.
Promoting Academic Success Sustainably Act of 2018
A BILL
To revise the amounts for discretionary Federal Pell Grant funding, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Amount of discretionary Federal Pell Grant funding
HEA Amendment— Section 401(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:
“(i)
“(I) the maximum Pell Grant, which shall be $5,135 for award year 2019–2020; or
“(II) the maximum Federal Pell Grant, which, for an award year subsequent to the 2019–2020 award year, shall be the amount specified in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), plus”
Rule of construction— Nothing in this section, or the amendment made by this section, shall be construed to prohibit an appropriations Act from increasing the maximum Federal Pell Grant award above the level specified in section 401(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(2)(A)(i)) (as amended by subsection (a)) for future award years.
Conforming amendments—
Section 401(b)(7)(C)(iv)(II)(aa) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(C)(iv)(II)(aa)) is amended by striking “as specified in the last enacted appropriation Act applicable to that preceding award year” and inserting “as determined under paragraph (2)(A)(i) for that preceding award year”.
Section 401(g) is amended by striking “specified in such appropriation”.
Sec. 3 Rescission
Section 401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(IX) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(IX)) is amended by striking ‘‘$1,409,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,370,000,000’’.