[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 685 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 685

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the provisions 
 prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student 
                         financial assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2003

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. Towns, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
  McDermott, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
Waxman, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Farr, 
Ms. Slaughter, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Markey, Mr. Nadler, 
   Mr. Tierney, Mr. Rush, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
Abercrombie, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Payne, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Owens, 
    Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Baca, Mr. Stark, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. 
   Lofgren, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Filner, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
 Matheson, Mr. Wexler, and Mr. Lantos) 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 repeal the provisions 
 prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student 
                         financial assistance.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF PROVISIONS PROHIBITING PERSONS CONVICTED OF DRUG 
              OFFENSES FROM RECEIVING STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

    Subsection (r) of section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1091(r)) is repealed.
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