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H.R. 685
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- 108th 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
February 11, 2003
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. OLVER,
Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. BROWN of
Ohio, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACKSON-LEE
of Texas, Mr. FARR, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. RANGEL,
Mr. MARKEY, Mr. NADLER, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. RUSH, Ms. DELAURO,
Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. MATSUI,
Mr. PAYNE, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. OWENS, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr.
BACA, Mr. STARK, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr.
FILNER, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. WEXLER,
and Mr. LANTOS) 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. 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1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(r)) is repealed.
The
Bill has 64 cosponsors (as of 1/20/04):
Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 2/11/2003 [HI-1]
Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 3/10/2003 [NY-5]
Rep Allen, Thomas H. - 3/10/2003 [ME-1]
Rep Baca, Joe - 2/11/2003 [CA-43]
Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 2/11/2003 [WI-2]
Rep Bell, Chris - 11/4/2003 [TX-25]
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. - 3/12/2003 [NY-1]
Rep Blumenauer, Earl - 2/11/2003 [OR-3]
Rep Boucher, Rick - 2/25/2003 [VA-9]
Rep Brown, Sherrod - 2/11/2003 [OH-13]
Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 2/11/2003 [MA-8]
Rep Carson, Julia - 3/31/2003 [IN-7]
Rep Case, Ed - 3/31/2003 [HI-2]
Rep Clyburn, James E. - 3/10/2003 [SC-6]
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 2/11/2003 [MD-7]
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 2/11/2003 [OR-4]
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 2/11/2003 [CT-3]
Rep Doyle, Michael F. - 4/9/2003 [PA-14]
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - 3/10/2003 [CA-14]
Rep Evans, Lane - 3/10/2003 [IL-17]
Rep Farr, Sam - 2/11/2003 [CA-17]
Rep Fattah, Chaka - 4/1/2003 [PA-2]
Rep Filner, Bob - 2/11/2003 [CA-51]
Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. - 9/9/2003 [TX-20]
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. - 3/25/2003 [AZ-7]
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 4/9/2003 [FL-23]
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 2/11/2003 [NY-22]
Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 2/11/2003 [PA-13]
Rep Israel, Steve - 4/21/2004 [NY-2]
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 2/11/2003 [TX-18]
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - 2/11/2003 [OH-11]
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 3/10/2003 [OH-10]
Rep Lantos, Tom - 2/11/2003 [CA-12]
Rep Lofgren, Zoe - 2/11/2003 [CA-16]
Rep Majette, Denise L. - 6/2/2003 [GA-4]
Rep Markey, Edward J. - 2/11/2003 [MA-7]
Rep Matheson, Jim - 2/11/2003 [UT-2]
Rep Matsui, Robert T. - 2/11/2003 [CA-5]
Rep McDermott, Jim - 2/11/2003 [WA-7]
Rep McGovern, James P. - 3/12/2003 [MA-3]
Rep McNulty, Michael R. - 6/17/2003 [NY-21]
Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - 6/2/2003 [CA-37]
Rep Miller, George - 2/11/2003 [CA-7]
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 2/11/2003 [NY-8]
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 2/11/2003 [DC]
Rep Olver, John W. - 2/11/2003 [MA-1]
Rep Owens, Major R. - 2/11/2003 [NY-11]
Rep Payne, Donald M. - 2/11/2003 [NJ-10]
Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 2/11/2003 [NY-15]
Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 2/11/2003 [IL-1]
Rep Ryan, Timothy J. - 4/7/2003 [OH-17]
Rep Sabo, Martin Olav - 3/10/2003 [MN-5]
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. - 3/31/2003 [CA-39]
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 2/11/2003 [IL-9]
Rep Scott, Robert C. - 2/11/2003 [VA-3]
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 2/11/2003 [NY-28]
Rep Snyder, Vic - 2/11/2003 [AR-2]
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 2/11/2003 [CA-13]
Rep Tierney, John F. - 2/11/2003 [MA-6]
Rep Towns, Edolphus - 2/11/2003 [NY-10]
Rep Van Hollen, Chris - 4/21/2004 [MD-8]
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 6/2/2003 [NY-12]
Rep Watt, Melvin L. - 2/25/2003 [NC-12]
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 2/11/2003 [CA-30]
Rep Wexler, Robert - 2/11/2003 [FL-19]
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 3/12/2003 [CA-6]
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