Restoring Education And Learning Act of 2016

S. 3122 · 114th Congress · Jun 29, 2016 · Lineage

A BILL

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

This Act may be cited as the “Restoring Education And Learning Act of 2016” or the “REAL Act of 2016”.

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)”.

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

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Jun 29, 2016viewing Introduced in Senate 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