To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal provisions which make persons convicted of drug offenses ineligible to receive student financial assistance for a certain period.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 786 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 786

  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

                           February 28, 2001

Mr. Frank (for himself, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Scott, Mr. 
    Payne, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
  Tierney, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
  Fattah, Ms. Lee, Mr. Sabo, Ms. Norton, Mr. Olver, Mr. Meeks of New 
 York, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Morella, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Underwood, 
 Mr. Stark, Mr. Lantos, and Ms. Waters) 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 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. 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(20 U.S.C. 1091(r)) is repealed.
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