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Section 83001 · Sec. 83001 ·

What this chapter is about

This part narrows who may get a Pell Grant. Income from abroad now counts toward the test. A student with a very high aid index is shut out. Both changes start on July 1, 2026.

2 proposals indexed from this chapter.

Foreign income counts toward Pell Grant eligibility

The document says “means”Who acts: Secretary of EducationHow: statuteSec. 83001 in the PDF
What the document says

“for Federal Pell Grant determinations made for academic years beginning on or after July 1, 2026, the foreign income (as described in section 480(b)(5)) of the student's parents; and”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 83001

The section rewrites section 401(a)(2)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(a)(2)(A)) so that adjusted gross income means, for a dependent student, the parents' adjusted gross income for the second tax year before the academic year plus, for academic years beginning on or after July 1, 2026, their foreign income, and for an independent student the same figures for the student and any spouse.

What the document actually says

“for Federal Pell Grant determinations made for academic years beginning on or after July 1, 2026, the foreign income (as described in section 480(b)(5)) of the student's parents; and”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 83001
That sentence, in plain words

Income earned abroad now counts. That is for grants from July 1, 2026.

What this is about

For a dependent student it is the parents' foreign income. For an independent student it is their own. It is added to their other income.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

A student aid index twice the maximum grant rules a student out

The document says “shall not”Who acts: Secretary of EducationHow: statuteSec. 83001 in the PDF
What the document says

“a student shall not be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant under this subsection for an academic year in which the student has a student aid index that equals or exceeds twice the amount of the total maximum Federal Pell Grant for such academic year.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 83001

The section adds a new subparagraph (F) to section 401(b)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 barring a Pell Grant for an academic year in which the student's student aid index is at least twice the total maximum grant for that year. The change takes effect on July 1, 2026.

What the document actually says

“a student shall not be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant under this subsection for an academic year in which the student has a student aid index that equals or exceeds twice the amount of the total maximum Federal Pell Grant for such academic year.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 83001
That sentence, in plain words

A student may not get the grant in such a year. It turns on their student aid index.

What this is about

The index must be twice the top grant or more. Then no grant is paid. The rule starts on July 1, 2026.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out

Both things the section does: bring foreign income into the adjusted gross income used for Pell, and bar a student whose student aid index is at least twice the maximum grant.

The conforming amendment striking a clause from section 479A(b)(1)(B) and the redesignation that follows it.

The section works by amending sections 401 and 479A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and points to section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, neither of which is indexed here.