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113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4081
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 25, 2014
Mr. Collins of New York (for himself, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Gibson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Education or the Department of Justice from
being used to provide postsecondary courses in prisons.
1.
Prohibition on use of funds for college courses in prisons
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds made available to the Department of Education
or the Department of Justice shall be used to provide or assist in
providing a postsecondary course to an inmate in a Federal or State
prison.