[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3122 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3122

      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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 29, 2016

 Mr. Schatz (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Franken, Mr. Booker, and Mr. 
    Cardin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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 2016'' or the ``REAL Act of 2016''.

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);
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (6); and
            (3) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking ``(7)(B)'' and 
        inserting ``(6)(B)''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall be effective for academic 
year 2016-2017 and succeeding academic years.
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