3.0.0 254 2023-01-11T13:34:34Z 2023-01-11T13:34:34Z House HR 2017-01-04 115 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:H.R. 254.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I of the Constitution and its subsequent amendmentsand further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court ofthe United States.[Page H96]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-01-04T15:03:25Z REAL Act of 2018 115 2423 S 2018-02-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act 115 2451 HR 2017-05-16 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2017-01-04 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2017-01-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-01-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 N S000185 Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] Robert Scott D VA C. "Bobby" 3 2017-01-04 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] BARBARA LEE D CA 13 2017-01-04 True D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 2017-01-04 True R000588 Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] Cedric Richmond D LA L. 2 2017-01-04 True C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2017-07-24 False Education Correctional facilities and imprisonment Education programs funding Higher education Sex offenses Student aid and college costs Education 00 2017-01-04 Introduced in House 2017-02-01T21:21:38Z Restoring Education And Learning Act of 2017 or the REAL Act of 2017

This bill amends title IV (Student Aid) 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.

]]> REAL Act of 2017 Display Title REAL Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To reinstate Federal Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced REAL Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Restoring Education And Learning Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr254ih/xml/BILLS-115hr254ih.xml 2017-01-04 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 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.