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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2895 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest 

rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 31, 2013 

Mr. RICHMOND introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary and Homeland Security, 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 amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend 

the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford 

Loans, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Student Loan Accessi5 bility Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INTEREST RATE EXTENSION. 

2 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 455(b)(7)(D) of the 

3 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

4 1087e(b)(7)(D)) is amended— 

5 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik6 ing ‘‘and before July 1, 2013,’’ and inserting ‘‘and 

7 before July 1, 2014,’’; and 

8 (2) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘and before July 

9 1, 2013,’’ and inserting ‘‘and before July 1, 2014,’’. 

10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

11 subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on July 1, 

12 2013. 

13 SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF GOOD TIME CONDUCT CALCULA14 TION. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3624(b) of title 18, 

16 United States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)(C), a 

20 prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment of 

21 more than 1 year, other than a term of imprison22 ment for the duration of the prisoner’s life, shall re23 ceive credit toward the service of the prisoner’s sen24 tence, in addition to the time actually served by the 

25 prisoner, beginning on the date on which the sen26 tence of the prisoner commences, at the rate of 84 


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1 days per year of sentence imposed, if the Bureau of 

2 Prisons determines that the prisoner has displayed 

3 exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary 

4 regulations.’’; and 

5 (2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and in6 serting the following: 

7 ‘‘(3)(A) This subsection shall apply to all pris8 oners serving a term of imprisonment for offenses 

9 committed on or after November 1, 1987. 

10 ‘‘(B) With respect to a prisoner serving a term 

11 of imprisonment on the date of enactment of the 

12 Student Loan Accessibility Act, this subsection shall 

13 apply to the entirety of the sentence imposed on the 

14 prisoner, including time already served. 

15 ‘‘(C) A prisoner may not be awarded credit 

16 under this subsection that would cause the prisoner 

17 to be eligible for release earlier than the time al18 ready served by the prisoner on the imposed sen19 tence.’’. 

20 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

21 paragraph (1) shall take effect 90 days after the date of 

22 enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF THE TSA ADMINISTRATOR’S AU2 THORITY TO RECEIVE, ASSESS, AND DIS3 TRIBUTE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION RE4 LATED TO TRANSPORTATION SECURITY. 

5 The Transportation Security Administration Admin6 istrator shall not implement the Screening of Passengers 

7 by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program developed 

8 pursuant to the enactment of the Aviation and Transpor9 tation Security Act (Public Law 107–71). Any un-obli10 gated funds for the SPOT program shall be returned to 

11 the United States Treasury in an expeditious manner. 

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