[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5157 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5157

  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

                            January 29, 2008

 Mr. Frank of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Filner, Ms. 
  Clarke, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
Tierney, Ms. Norton, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Farr, 
 Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Jackson-
  Lee of Texas, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
    Allen, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
 Ackerman, Mr. Hare, Mr. Ellison, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. 
   Towns, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
   Capuano, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Zoe 
 Lofgren of California, Mr. Berman, Mr. Stark, Mr. Al Green of Texas, 
  Mr. Paul, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Watt, Mr. Clay, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
 California, Mr. Payne, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, 
 Ms. Hirono, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Snyder, 
  Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mrs. 
  Christensen, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Rush, and Mr. 
Lewis of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Education and Labor

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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. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. 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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