HR 2561 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Help Student Soldiers Act

Introduced May 21, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Ron Kind D-WI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 22, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.

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. IntroducedMay 21, 2009
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Help Student Soldiers Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to waive the application of the requirement that students return title IV funds which were unearned due to their withdrawal from school to students whose withdrawal is necessitated by service in the Armed Forces.

Provides loan forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan, Direct Loan, and Perkins Loan programs to students for that portion of loan assistance which is unearned due to their withdrawal from school for service in the Armed Forces and which is not returned to such programs by their schools.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2009 to Sep 14, 2010, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-CADuncan HunterOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-PAJason AltmireOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-ILJudy BiggertOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-MNErik PaulsenJun 9, 2009
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenJun 9, 2009
D-PAJoe SestakJun 9, 2009
R-ILTimothy V. JohnsonJun 9, 2009
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyJun 16, 2009
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaJun 16, 2009
D-MAJames P. McGovernJun 18, 2009
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloJun 18, 2009
R-UTJason ChaffetzJun 19, 2009
D-NYTimothy H. BishopJun 19, 2009
D-ILBill FosterJun 23, 2009
D-CABob FilnerJun 23, 2009
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 22, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
  2. May 21, 2009Introduced in House
  3. May 21, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1603VETS Act of 2009Related billAug 6, 2009
HR 2456VETS Act of 2009Related billOct 22, 2009

Subjects

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  1. May 21, 2009Introduced in House

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