I 
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 Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on the Judiciary and Homeland Security, for a period to be subse-
quently 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Student Loan Accessi-
bility Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INTEREST RATE EXTENSION. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 455(b)(7)(D) of the 
Higher 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1087e(b)(7)(D)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik-
ing ‘‘and before July 1, 2013,’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
before July 1, 2014,’’; and 
(2) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘and before July 
1, 2013,’’ and inserting ‘‘and before July 1, 2014,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on July 1, 
2013. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF GOOD TIME CONDUCT CALCULA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3624(b) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)(C), a 
prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment of 
more than 1 year, other than a term of imprison-
ment for the duration of the prisoner’s life, shall re-
ceive credit toward the service of the prisoner’s sen-
tence, in addition to the time actually served by the 
prisoner, beginning on the date on which the sen-
tence of the prisoner commences, at the rate of 84 
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days per year of sentence imposed, if the Bureau of 
Prisons determines that the prisoner has displayed 
exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary 
regulations.’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(3)(A) This subsection shall apply to all pris-
oners serving a term of imprisonment for offenses 
committed on or after November 1, 1987. 
‘‘(B) With respect to a prisoner serving a term 
of imprisonment on the date of enactment of the 
Student Loan Accessibility Act, this subsection shall 
apply to the entirety of the sentence imposed on the 
prisoner, including time already served. 
‘‘(C) A prisoner may not be awarded credit 
under this subsection that would cause the prisoner 
to be eligible for release earlier than the time al-
ready served by the prisoner on the imposed sen-
tence.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
paragraph (1) shall take effect 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF THE TSA ADMINISTRATOR’S AU-
THORITY TO RECEIVE, ASSESS, AND DIS-
TRIBUTE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION RE-
LATED TO TRANSPORTATION SECURITY. 
The Transportation Security Administration Admin-
istrator shall not implement the Screening of Passengers 
by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program developed 
pursuant to the enactment of the Aviation and Transpor-
tation Security Act (Public Law 107–71). Any un-obli-
gated funds for the SPOT program shall be returned to 
the United States Treasury in an expeditious manner. 
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