1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Congressional Budget Office reports on any overall financial surplus or shortfall in the funding provided for the Federal Pell Grant program. However, in recent years, in order to meet the maximum Federal Pell Grant level with the provided level of funding, Congress has made cuts to the program through imposing additional eligibility requirements for Federal Pell Grants and limiting the availability of year-round Federal Pell Grants, causing significant uncertainty and reducing access to higher education for millions of hardworking college students. (2) The traditional student who attends college for 4 years immediately after high school is now a minority of college students today. Ambitious students now need more flexibility to attend school year-round while juggling work schedules. (3) Section 1860 of the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 ( Public Law 112–10 , 125 Stat. 169) eliminated the provision of the Federal Pell Grant program of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070a et seq.) that allowed more than 1 Federal Pell Grant awards per year, creating significant hardship for many students trying to take courses over the summer or outside the traditional school calendar. Allowing students to continue to receive Federal Pell Grants in successive semesters, without a gap, would reduce the time needed to complete their degrees. 3. Year-Round Federal Pell Grant students Section 401(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070a(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (8) (A) Effective for the 2018–2019 award year and each award year thereafter, the Secretary shall award an eligible student a total of not more than 1½ Federal Pell Grants during a single award year to permit such student to work toward completion of an eligible program if, during that single award year, the student— (i) has received a Federal Pell