HR 3295 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

RISE Act of 2009

Introduced Jul 22, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Barney Frank D-MA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 22, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 22, 2009
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Removing Impediments to Students Education Act of 2009 or the RISE Act of 2009 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal a provision which makes persons convicted of drug offenses ineligible to receive federal student financial assistance for specified periods.

Requires institutions of higher education to notify students who lost eligibility for such assistance due to a drug conviction and had not regained it prior to this Act's enactment that they are now eligible for such assistance.

Cosponsors 46

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2009 to Jan 12, 2010, with 35 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJul 22, 2009
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJul 22, 2009
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJul 22, 2009
D-CABob FilnerOriginalJul 22, 2009
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalJul 22, 2009
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalJul 22, 2009
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJul 22, 2009
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalJul 22, 2009
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalJul 22, 2009
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJul 22, 2009
D-NYEric J. J. MassaOriginalJul 22, 2009
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalJul 22, 2009
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalJul 22, 2009
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalJul 22, 2009
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalJul 22, 2009
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 22, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
  2. Jul 22, 2009Introduced in House
  3. Jul 22, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

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  1. Jul 22, 2009Introduced in House

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