[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2423 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2423

      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

                           February 13, 2018

   Mr. Schatz (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
  Whitehouse, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Coons, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Ms. 
     Warren, Mr. Booker, Ms. Harris, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. 
 Gillibrand, and Mr. Markey) 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 2018'' or the ``REAL Act of 2018''.

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 2018-2019 and succeeding academic years.
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