HIGHER ED Act

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Bill Number

HR 5549

Introduced

Apr 18, 2018

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

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Administrative law and regulatory procedures Bankruptcy Consumer affairs Department of Education Education Education programs funding Employee benefits and pensions Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Higher education Interest, dividends, interest rates Marriage and family status Student aid and college costs Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Tax treatment of families Teaching, teachers, curricula Temporary and part-time employment Wages and earnings

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Helping Individuals Get a Higher Education while Reducing Education Debt Act or the HIGHER ED Act

This bill assists certain student borrowers with reducing their debt for higher education. Among other things, the bill allows existing public and private students loans to be refinanced into federal loans, broadly changes loan terms, such as repayment and interest for student loans, authorizes graduate and professional students to receive subsidized Stafford Loans, and makes federal student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy proceedings.

Actions

May 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Apr 18, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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.
Apr 18, 2018

Introduced in House

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