,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djhi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bf1 #bjai,mr4 
,foster 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 
,johnson of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,norton1 and 
,mr4 ,moulton7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and ,labor  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,higher ,education
 ,act of #aife to authorize certain     
students to retain financial aid        
eligibility while completing a drug     
rehabilitation program4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,second ,chance for ,students ,act4  #b4
 ,exception for certain convictions     
,section #dhd7r7 of the ,higher         
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajia7r77 is amended--  7#a7 by         
redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as         
paragraph 7#d72  7#b7 in paragraph 7#a71
 by striking ,a student and inserting   
,subject to paragraph 7#c71 a student2  
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#c7 ,exception ,a student  

whose eligibility has been suspended    
under paragraph 7#a71 or whose          
eligibility1 in the absence of this     
paragraph1 would have been suspended    
under paragraph 7#a71 due to a          
conviction of an offense involving the  
possession of marijuana1 without the    
intent to distribute1 may resume or     
retain eligibility before the end of the
 ineligibility period 7or the period    
that would have been the ineligibility  
period7 determined under such paragraph 
during the period of completion of a    
drug rehabilitation program described in
 subparagraph 7,a7 or 7,b7 of paragraph 
7#b71 except that such period of        
completion shall not exceed #f months4  
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