109TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 9, 2005

Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. OWENS, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. LEE, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. FILNER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. FARR, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. WATSON, Mr. OLVER, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. CARSON, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. STARK, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr.
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. WATERS, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. WATT, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. LINDA T. SA ´NCHEZ of California, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. NADLER, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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 ’’ or the ‘‘RISE Act’’.

SEC. 2. 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Subsection (r) of section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(r)) is repealed.

 

List of co-sponsors as of 3/18/05

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 3/9/2005
Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] - 3/9/2005
Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] - 3/14/2005
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 3/9/2005
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 3/9/2005
Rep Brown, Sherrod [OH-13] - 3/9/2005
Rep Butterfield, G. K. [NC-1] - 3/14/2005
Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 3/9/2005
Rep Carson, Julia [IN-7] - 3/9/2005
Rep Clyburn, James E. [SC-6] - 3/9/2005
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 3/9/2005
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 3/9/2005
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 3/9/2005
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 3/9/2005
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 3/9/2005
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 3/9/2005
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 3/9/2005
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 3/9/2005
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 3/9/2005
Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 3/9/2005
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 3/9/2005
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [OH-11] - 3/9/2005
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 3/9/2005
Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] - 3/9/2005
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 3/9/2005
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 3/14/2005
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 3/9/2005
Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 3/9/2005
Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] - 3/9/2005
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 3/9/2005
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 3/9/2005
Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21] - 3/14/2005
Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita [CA-37] - 3/9/2005
Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 3/9/2005
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 3/9/2005
Rep Neal, Richard E. [MA-2] - 3/9/2005
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 3/9/2005
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 3/9/2005
Rep Owens, Major R. [NY-11] - 3/9/2005
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 3/9/2005
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 3/9/2005
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] - 3/9/2005
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 3/9/2005
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 3/9/2005
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 3/9/2005
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 3/9/2005
Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 3/9/2005
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 3/9/2005
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 3/9/2005
Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 3/9/2005
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 3/9/2005
Rep Watt, Melvin L. [NC-12] - 3/9/2005
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 3/9/2005
Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 3/9/2005
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 3/14/2005