[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2521 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2521

      To reinstate Federal Pell Grant eligibility for individuals 
  incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2015

Ms. Edwards (for herself, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
 Scott of Virginia, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Richmond, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lewis, 
Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
     Conyers, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Ted Lieu of 
California, and Mr. Hastings) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
      To reinstate Federal Pell Grant eligibility for individuals 
  incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions, 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 ``Restoring Education And Learning Act 
of 2015'' or the ``REAL Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF FEDERAL PELL GRANT ELIGIBILITY.

    Section 401(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (6) and redesignating paragraph 
        (7) as paragraph (6); and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking ``(7)(B)'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``(6)(B)''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall be effective for academic 
year 2015-2016 and succeeding academic years.
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