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119th Congress

S. 5451

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require that recipients of Pell Grants be citizens or nationals of the United States.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Jim Banks(R-IN)
Introduced
Sep 22, 2026
Policy area
Education
Committees
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Official text
Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (0)

No cosponsors.

Summary

No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.

Latest action(Sep 22, 2026): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

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