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I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5157 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. Sánchez 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 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Subsection (r) of section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(r)) is repealed.