[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3295 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3295

  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

                             July 22, 2009

 Mr. Frank of Massachusetts (for himself, Ms. Edwards of Maryland, Mr. 
  Paul, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Berman, Ms. Waters, Mr. Serrano, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Waxman, 
 Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Stark, Mr. Rush, Mr. Honda, Mr. Boucher, Ms. Eshoo, 
   Mr. Massa, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
 Abercrombie, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Clarke, Ms. 
 Norton, Mr. Filner, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Hirono, Ms. 
Slaughter, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, and Ms. Lee 
of California) 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 of 2009'' or the ``RISE Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PROVISIONS PROHIBITING PERSONS CONVICTED OF DRUG 
              OFFENSES FROM RECEIVING STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Repeal.--Subsection (r) of section 484 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(r)) is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 485(k) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1092(k)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(k) Notice to Students Concerning Penalties for Drug 
Violations.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of the 
RISE Act of 2009, an institution of higher education shall provide to 
each student who lost eligibility for any grant, loan, or work-study 
assistance under this title as a result of the penalties listed under 
484(r)(1) as in effect before the date of enactment of such Act, and 
who has not regained eligibility for such assistance before such date 
of enactment, a separate, clear, and conspicuous written notice that 
notifies the student of the repeal of section 484(r) and advises the 
student that the student has regained eligibility for such assistance 
as of such date of enactment.''.
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