[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2895 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2895

    To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced 
    interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2013

 Mr. Richmond introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
 Committees on the Judiciary and Homeland Security, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced 
    interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Student Loan Accessibility Act''.

SEC. 2. INTEREST RATE EXTENSION.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 455(b)(7)(D) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(b)(7)(D)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``and 
        before July 1, 2013,'' and inserting ``and before July 1, 
        2014,''; and
            (2) in clause (v), by striking ``and before July 1, 2013,'' 
        and inserting ``and before July 1, 2014,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if enacted on July 1, 2013.

SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF GOOD TIME CONDUCT CALCULATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 3624(b) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)(C), a prisoner who 
        is serving a term of imprisonment of more than 1 year, other 
        than a term of imprisonment for the duration of the prisoner's 
        life, shall receive credit toward the service of the prisoner's 
        sentence, in addition to the time actually served by the 
        prisoner, beginning on the date on which the sentence of the 
        prisoner commences, at the rate of 84 days per year of sentence 
        imposed, if the Bureau of Prisons determines that the prisoner 
        has displayed exemplary compliance with institutional 
        disciplinary regulations.''; and
            (2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(3)(A) This subsection shall apply to all prisoners 
        serving a term of imprisonment for offenses committed on or 
        after November 1, 1987.
            ``(B) With respect to a prisoner serving a term of 
        imprisonment on the date of enactment of the Student Loan 
        Accessibility Act, this subsection shall apply to the entirety 
        of the sentence imposed on the prisoner, including time already 
        served.
            ``(C) A prisoner may not be awarded credit under this 
        subsection that would cause the prisoner to be eligible for 
        release earlier than the time already served by the prisoner on 
        the imposed sentence.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall 
take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF THE TSA ADMINISTRATOR'S AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE, 
              ASSESS, AND DISTRIBUTE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION RELATED 
              TO TRANSPORTATION SECURITY.

    The Transportation Security Administration Administrator shall not 
implement the Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) 
program developed pursuant to the enactment of the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107-71). Any un-obligated funds 
for the SPOT program shall be returned to the United States Treasury in 
an expeditious manner.
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