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.

(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”.