HR 2161 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Assisting Students with Loans Act

Introduced May 23, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Louie Gohmert R-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 8, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 23, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Assisting Students with Loans Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013, to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2015.

Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal provisions establishing and appropriating funds to the Prevention and Public Health Fund (a Fund to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in private and public sector health care costs). Rescinds any unobligated balances appropriated to such Fund.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
  2. May 24, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. May 23, 2013Introduced in House
  4. May 23, 2013Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Subjects

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

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