3.0.0 3122 2023-01-11T13:32:37Z 2023-01-11T13:32:37Z Senate S 2016-06-29 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-06-29T23:53:34Z REAL Act of 2015 114 2521 HR 2015-11-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Related bill CRS 2016-06-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2016-06-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2016-06-29 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2016-06-29 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2016-06-29 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2016-06-29 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2016-06-29 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2016-06-29 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2016-06-29 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2016-06-29 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2016-06-29 True Education Correctional facilities and imprisonment Education programs funding Higher education Sex offenses Student aid and college costs Education 00 2016-06-29 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-15T13:47:38Z Restoring Education And Learning Act of 2016 or the REAL Act of 2016

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the provision that prohibits Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in a federal or state penal institution and for sex offenders subject to civil commitment following incarceration.

This amendment takes effect in academic year 2016-2017.

]]> REAL Act of 2016 Display Title REAL Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reinstate Federal Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced REAL Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Restoring Education And Learning Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3122is/xml/BILLS-114s3122is.xml 2016-06-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.