HR 3163 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

September 11 Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act

Introduced Oct 23, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Carolyn McCarthy D-NY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Oct 23, 2001 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedOct 23, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

September 11 Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to discharge or cancel the Federal student loan indebtedness of spouses of individuals who died (or die) or who became (or become) permanently and totally disabled from injuries suffered in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

Cosponsors 68

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 23, 2001 to Nov 28, 2001; 50 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalOct 23, 2001
R-NYBenjamin A. GilmanOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalOct 23, 2001
R-CTChristopher ShaysOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-ORDavid WuOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalOct 23, 2001
R-NYFelix J. Grucci Jr.OriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalOct 23, 2001
R-NYJack QuinnOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-CTJames H. MaloneyOriginalOct 23, 2001
R-NYJames T. WalshOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalOct 23, 2001
R-NYJohn E. SweeneyOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-MEJohn Elias BaldacciOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NYJohn J. LaFalceOriginalOct 23, 2001
R-NYJohn M. McHughOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-ILLane EvansOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-CANancy PelosiOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-HIPatsy T. MinkOriginalOct 23, 2001
R-NYPeter T. KingOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalOct 23, 2001
R-NYSue W. KellyOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalOct 23, 2001
R-NYThomas M. ReynoldsOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-INTim RoemerOriginalOct 23, 2001
R-NYVito FossellaOriginalOct 23, 2001
D-NYEliot L. EngelNov 1, 2001
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Nov 1, 2001
D-NYMichael R. McNultyNov 1, 2001
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnNov 6, 2001
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsNov 6, 2001
D-CABarbara LeeNov 6, 2001
D-ORDarlene HooleyNov 6, 2001
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenNov 6, 2001
D-MAJames P. McGovernNov 6, 2001
D-ILJerry F. CostelloNov 6, 2001
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldNov 6, 2001
D-MAMartin T. MeehanNov 6, 2001
R-NYSherwood BoehlertNov 6, 2001
D-TXMartin FrostNov 8, 2001
D-VAJames P. MoranNov 16, 2001
D-CAJoe BacaNov 16, 2001
D-NYNita M. LoweyNov 16, 2001
D-PAChaka FattahNov 28, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Oct 23, 2001

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 23, 2001Introduced in House
  2. Oct 23, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 107-1085NOMINATIONS TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE87 pagesCommerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeMay 16, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide student loan forgiveness to the surviving spouses of the victims of the September 11, 2001, tragedies.
Short Titles as Introduced
September 11 Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 23, 2001Introduced in House

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