Residents and Public Interest Attorneys Deferrment Act
Latest action · Jun 22, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 23, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Residents and Public Interest Attorneys Deferment Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide, under the Federal Family Education Loan, Federal Direct Student Loan, and Perkins Loan programs, student loan repayment deferment for borrowers: (1) during a period of medical or dental internship or residency; (2) up to two years of serving in a public service fellowship with any public entity, such as service under certain provisions of the National and Community Service Act of 1990; or (3) up to two years of full-time employment as a public defender or prosecutor.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- May 23, 2005Introduced in House
- May 23, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Collection of accounts
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Dental care
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government lending
- Health
- Higher education
- Medical residents
- National service
- Public defenders
- Public prosecutors
- Social Welfare
- Student loan funds
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 23, 2005Introduced in House
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