Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act
Latest action · Oct 13, 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedOct 13, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in hostile areas to benefit from the provision barring the accrual of interest on their student loans under the Federal Direct Loan program regardless of the date their loan was first disbursed. (Currently, their loan must be disbursed on or after October 1, 2008, to qualify for such treatment.)
Eliminates the restriction of such benefit on direct consolidation loans to that portion of the loan which is used to repay direct loans.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 13, 2009 to Jul 14, 2010; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Oct 13, 2009 |
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | Oct 13, 2009 |
| D-NE | Ben Nelson | Original | Oct 13, 2009 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Oct 13, 2009 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Oct 13, 2009 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Oct 13, 2009 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Oct 13, 2009 |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Original | Oct 13, 2009 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Oct 13, 2009 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | Oct 13, 2009 |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Original | Oct 13, 2009 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Oct 13, 2009 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Oct 13, 2009 |
| D-MN | Al Franken | Oct 14, 2009 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Dec 7, 2009 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Jul 14, 2010 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Oct 13, 2009 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 13, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Oct 13, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3956 | Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act | Identical bill | Dec 8, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that interest shall not accrue on Federal Direct Loans for members of the Armed Forces on active duty regardless of the date of disbursement.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 13, 2009Introduced in Senate
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