,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #edea  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bb1
 #bjbf,mr4 ,banks introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,higher ,education
 ,act of #aife to require that          
recipients of ,pell ,grants be citizens 
or nationals of the ,united ,states4    
#a4 ,amendment to the ,higher ,education
 ,act of #aife  7a7 ,pell ,grants       
,section #dja7;a7 of the ,higher        
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajgj;a7a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in the    
subsection heading1 by inserting 2      
,eligible student after ,definitions2   
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      
following new paragraph3  7#c7 ,eligible
 student ,notwithstanding section #dhd1 
or any other provision of law1 for the  
purposes of this section1 the term      
eligible student means a student who--  
7,a7 meets the requirements of          

paragraphs 7#a7 through 7#d7 of section 
#dhd7;a72 and  7,b7 is a citizen or     
national of the ,united ,states4  4  7b7
 ,conforming amendment ,section #dhd7;a7
 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajia7;a77 is amended by
 striking ,in order to receive and      
inserting ,subject to section           
#dja7;a77#c71 in order to receive4