S. 5451 — Introduced in Senate

II 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5451 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 22, 2026Mr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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. Amendment to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (a) Pell Grants Section 401(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(a)) is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ; Eligible student after Definitions; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Eligible student Notwithstanding section 484, or any other provision of law, for the purposes of this section, the term eligible student means a student who— (A) meets the requirements of paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 484(a); and (B) is a citizen or national of the United States. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 484(a) (20 U.S.C. 1091(a)) is amended by striking In order to receive and inserting Subject to section 401(a)(3), in order to receive.