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Proposed Amendment to the Higher Education Act of 1965
(Commonly known as the Higher Education Act of 1998)

This marijuana reform ad can be seen as you leave Logan Airport and in other areas around the Boston during the Democratic Party's national convention this month.HR 685
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) placed a bill on the House floor that requested an amendment to the Higher Education Act of 1965, which was amended and often referred to the Higher Education Act of 1998. His current amendment asks that the provisions prohibiting persons of convicted drug offences receiving financial aid be repealed. The bill was co-sponsored by the following people:

Rep Abercrombie, Neil - HI
Rep Allen, Thomas H. - ME
Rep Baldwin, Tammy - WI
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. - NY
Rep Boucher, Rick - VA
Rep Capuano, Michael E. - MA
Rep Case, Ed - HI
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - MD
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - CT
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - CA
Rep Farr, Sam - CA
Rep Filner, Bob - CA
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. - AZ
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - NY
Rep Honda, Michael M. - CA
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - TX
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - OH
Rep Lee, Barbara - CA
Rep Majette, Denise L. - GA
Rep Matheson, Jim - UT
Rep McDermott, Jim - WA
Rep McNulty, Michael R. - NY
Rep Miller, George - CA
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. - CA
Rep Olver, John W. - MA
Rep Payne, Donald M. - NJ
Rep Rush, Bobby L. - IL
Rep Sabo, Martin Olav - MN
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - IL
Rep Slaughter, Louise M. - NY
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - CA
Rep Towns, Edolphus - NY
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - NY
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - CA
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - CA

Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - NY
Rep Baca, Joe - CA
Rep Bell, Chris - TX
Rep Blumenauer, Earl - OR
Rep Brown, Sherrod - OH
Rep Carson, Julia - IN
Rep Clyburn, James E. - SC
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - OR
Rep Doyle, Michael F. - PA
Rep Evans, Lane - IL
Rep Fattah, Chaka - PA
Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. - TX
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - FL
Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - PA
Rep Israel, Steve - NY
Rep Jones, Stephanie T. - OH
Rep Lantos, Tom - CA
Rep Lofgren, Zoe - CA
Rep Markey, Edward J. - MA
Rep Matsui, Robert T. - CA
Rep McGovern, James P. - MA
Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - CA
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - NY
Rep Norton, Eleanor H. - DC
Rep Owens, Major R. - NY
Rep Rangel, Charles B. - NY
Rep Ryan, Timothy J. - OH
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. - CA
Rep Scott, Robert C. - VA
Rep Snyder, Vic - AR
Rep Tierney, John F. - MA
Rep Van Hollen, Chris - MD
Rep Watt, Melvin L. - NC
Rep Wexler, Robert - FL

Bill Status:
2/11/2003: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
3/3/2003: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.



   
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