[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4004 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4004

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the suspension of 
  eligibility for grants, loans, and work assistance for drug-related 
                               offenses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 2015

  Ms. Bass (for herself, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Scott of 
Virginia, and Mr. Young of Alaska) introduced the following bill; which 
      was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the suspension of 
  eligibility for grants, loans, and work assistance for drug-related 
                               offenses.

    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 ``Stopping Unfair Collateral 
Consequences from Ending Student Success Act'' or ``SUCCESS Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SUSPENSION OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION 
              ACT OF 1965 FOR GRANTS, LOANS, AND WORK ASSISTANCE FOR 
              DRUG-RELATED OFFENSES.

    (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Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(r)) is repealed.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.--The Higher Education Act of 1965 is 
amended--
            (1) in section 428(b)(3) (20 U.S.C. 1078(b)(3))--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``485(l)'' and 
                inserting ``485(k)''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``485(l)'' and 
                inserting ``485(k)'';
            (2) in section 435(d)(5) (20 U.S.C. 1085(d)(5))--
                    (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``485(l)'' and 
                inserting ``485(k)''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``485(l)'' and 
                inserting ``485(k)'';
            (3) in section 484 (20 U.S.C. 1091), by redesignating 
        subsections (s) and (t) as subsections (r) and (s), 
        respectively; and
            (4) in section 485 (20 U.S.C. 1092)--
                    (A) by striking subsection (k); and
                    (B) by redesignating subsections (l) and (m) as 
                subsections (k) and (l), respectively.
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