[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 254 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 254

      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

                            January 4, 2017

Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. 
  Lee, Ms. DeLauro, and Mr. Richmond) 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 2017'' or the ``REAL Act of 2017''.

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)'' and 
        inserting ``(6)(B)''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall be effective for academic 
year 2017-2018 and succeeding academic years.
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