[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4302 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4302

  To provide that individuals convicted of certain crimes relating to 
  institutions of higher education are ineligible for Federal student 
  financial assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
                     1965, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 9, 2024

    Mr. Tillis (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. 
    Blackburn, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Daines, Mr. Hawley, and Mr. Cruz) 
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 provide that individuals convicted of certain crimes relating to 
  institutions of higher education are ineligible for Federal student 
  financial assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
                     1965, 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 ``No Higher education Assistance for 
Mobs of Antisemitic and terrorist Sympathizing Students Act'' or the 
``No HAMAS Act''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE 
              HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1091) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(u) Individuals Convicted of Trespassing or Damaging 
Institutional Property.--
            ``(1) In general.--An individual described in paragraph (2) 
        shall not be eligible to receive any grant, loan, or work 
        assistance under this title.
            ``(2) Affected individuals.--An individual described in 
        this paragraph is an individual who is convicted of any offense 
        under any Federal or State law--
                    ``(A) based on conduct occurring at and during the 
                course of a protest that occurs at an institution of 
                higher education; and
                    ``(B) involving--
                            ``(i) unlawful assembly, rioting, or 
                        trespassing on the campus (as such term is 
                        defined in section 485(f)(6)) of an institution 
                        of higher education; or
                            ``(ii) damaging property of an institution 
                        of higher education.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act and apply with respect to 
any grant, loan, or work assistance provided under title IV of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) on or after July 
1, 2025.
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