No Financial Aid for Sex Offenders Act

No Financial Aid for Sex Offenders Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the award of Pell grants and student loans to individuals subject to an involuntary civil commitment upon completion of a period of incarceration for a sexual offense.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 132 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 132

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent sex offenders 
subject to involuntary civil commitments from receiving Federal student 
                             financial aid.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2005

 Mr. Keller (for himself, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Crenshaw, Ms. 
Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Miller of Florida, and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent sex offenders 
subject to involuntary civil commitments from receiving Federal student 
                             financial aid.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``No Financial Aid for Sex Offenders 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AID.

    (a) Pell Grants.--Section 401(b)(8) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(8)) is amended by inserting before the period 
the following: ``or who is subject to an involuntary civil commitment 
upon completion of a period of incarceration for a sexual offense (as 
determined under regulations of the Secretary)''.
    (b) Loans.--Section 484(b)(5) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1091(b)(5)) is 
amended by inserting before the period the following: ``and no student 
who is subject to an involuntary civil commitment upon completion of a 
period of incarceration for a sexual offense (as determined under 
regulations of the Secretary) is eligible to receive a loan under this 
title''.
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