[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 696 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 696

       To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restrict the 
 disqualification of students for drug offenses to those students who 
       committed offenses while receiving student financial aid.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2003

Mr. Meeks of New York 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 restrict the 
 disqualification of students for drug offenses to those students who 
       committed offenses while receiving 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 ``Responsible Student Financial 
Assistance Assurance Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION OF DISQUALIFICATION.

     Section 484(r)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1091(r)(1)) is amended by striking everything preceding the table and 
inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--A student who is convicted of any 
        offense under any Federal or State law involving the possession 
        or sale or a controlled substance for conduct that occurred 
        during a period of enrollment for which the student was 
        receiving any grant, loan, or work assistance under this title 
        shall not be eligible to receive such grant, loan, or work 
        assistance from the date of that conviction for the period of 
        time specified in the following table:''.
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