Degrees Not Debt Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7488 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7488 To increase the total maximum Federal Pell Grant, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 29, 2024 Mr. Carbajal (for himself and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To increase the total maximum Federal Pell Grant, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Degrees Not Debt Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF A FEDERAL PELL GRANT. (a) Award Year 2024-2025.--Section 401(b)(7)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(C)) is amended-- (1) in clause (i)(I), by striking ``clause (iv)(II)'' and inserting ``clause (v)(II)''; (2) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ``clause (iv)(II)'' and inserting…