109 HR 1184 IH: Removing Impediments to Students Education Act U.S. House of Representatives 2005-03-09 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1184 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 9, 2005 Mr. Frank of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Owens, Mr. Markey, Mr. Payne, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lee, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Filner, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Farr, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Watson, Mr. Olver, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Clyburn, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Carson, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Stark, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Israel, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Allen, Mr. Towns, Ms. Waters, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Watt, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Berman, Mr. Nadler, and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Removing Impediments to Students Education Act or the RISE Act.

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Subsection (r) of section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(r)) is repealed.