,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aaij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ac1       
#bjai,mr4 ,gosar 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,meadows1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4   
,biggs1 ,mr4 ,king of ,iowa1 ,mr4       
,des,jarlais1 ,mr4 ,duncan1 and ,mr4    
,babin7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary1 and in addition to the  
,committee on ,education and ,labor1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit an alien who is not in a lawful
 immigration status in the ,united      
,states from being eligible for         
postsecondary education benefits that   
are not available to all citizens and   
nationals of the ,united ,states4  #a4  
,prohibition of preferential treatment  
for illegal aliens  7a7 ,in general     
,section #eje of the ,illegal           

,immigration ,reform and ,immigrant     
,responsibility ,act of #aiif 7#h       
,u4,s4,c4 #afbc7 is amended to read as  
follows3  #eje4 ,ineligibility for      
aliens not in lawful immigration status 
in the ,united ,states to receive       
preferential postsecondary education    
benefits  7a7 ,in general ,an alien who 
is not in a lawful immigration status in
 the ,united ,states shall not be       
eligible for any postsecondary education
 benefit unless every citizen and       
national of the ,united ,states is      
eligible to receive such a benefit 7in  
no less an amount1 duration1 and scope74
  7b7 ,enforcement through civil action 
7#a7 ,in general ,any citizen or        
national of the ,united ,states who is  
enrolled at a postsecondary educational 
institution in the ,united ,states that 
is alleged to have violated subsection  
7a7 may petition the district court of  
the ,united ,states in which such       
institution is located to enforce the   
restriction described in such subsection

 by commencing a civil action1 on his or
 her own behalf1 in such court against  
any ,state official that oversees such  
institution4  7#b7 ,relief ,if the      
plaintiff in a civil action commenced   
under paragraph 7#a7 proves by a        
preponderance of the evidence that the  
postsecondary educational institution in
 which the plaintiff was enrolled       
violated subsection 7a71 the court      
shall--  7,a7 provide all appropriate   
relief to the plaintiff1 including      
damages equal to the monetary value of  
any benefit provided to an alien who is 
not in a lawful immigration status in   
the ,united ,states that was denied to  
the plaintiff2 and  7,b7 award          
attorneys' fees and court costs to the  
plaintiff4  4  7b7 ,table of contents   
amendment ,the table of contents in     
section #a7;d7 of the ,illegal          
,immigration ,reform and ,immigrant     
,responsibility ,act of #aiif 7#aaj     
,stat4 #cjji-edf7 is amended by striking
 the item relating to section #eje and  

inserting the following3  ,sec4 #eje4   
,ineligibility for aliens not in lawful 
immigration status in the ,united       
,states to receive preferential         
postsecondary education benefits4  4