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Shift Back to Society Act of 2021

USA117th CongressHR-5016| House 
| Updated: 8/13/2021
J. French Hill

J. French Hill

Republican Representative

Arkansas

Cosponsors (13)
Dwight Evans (Democratic)David J. Trone (Democratic)Sanford D. Bishop (Democratic)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Don Bacon (Republican)André Carson (Democratic)Dean Phillips (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Michael R. Turner (Republican)Deborah K. Ross (Democratic)Jason Crow (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Shift Back to Society Act of 2021 This bill directs the Department of Education to establish a pilot program that awards matching grants to historically Black colleges and universities to provide educational programs for eligible offenders to facilitate reentry into the community. An eligible offender is a convicted criminal offender who has been released from incarceration for not longer than one year or who is scheduled to be released from incarceration within one year. The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the results of the pilot program.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-4252
Shift Back to Society Act of 2019
Aug 13, 2021
Introduced in House
Aug 13, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-4252
    Shift Back to Society Act of 2019


  • August 13, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • August 13, 2021
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Education

Shift Back to Society Act of 2021

USA117th CongressHR-5016| House 
| Updated: 8/13/2021
Shift Back to Society Act of 2021 This bill directs the Department of Education to establish a pilot program that awards matching grants to historically Black colleges and universities to provide educational programs for eligible offenders to facilitate reentry into the community. An eligible offender is a convicted criminal offender who has been released from incarceration for not longer than one year or who is scheduled to be released from incarceration within one year. The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the results of the pilot program.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-4252
Shift Back to Society Act of 2019
Aug 13, 2021
Introduced in House
Aug 13, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-4252
    Shift Back to Society Act of 2019


  • August 13, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • August 13, 2021
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
J. French Hill

J. French Hill

Republican Representative

Arkansas

Cosponsors (13)
Dwight Evans (Democratic)David J. Trone (Democratic)Sanford D. Bishop (Democratic)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Don Bacon (Republican)André Carson (Democratic)Dean Phillips (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Michael R. Turner (Republican)Deborah K. Ross (Democratic)Jason Crow (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

Education

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted