SIMPLE Act
Latest action · Jul 18, 2019 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
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.
- IntroducedJul 18, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Streamlining Income-driven, Manageable Payments on Loans for Education Act or the SIMPLE Act
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to automatically request from the Internal Revenue Service a borrower's tax return information for purposes of determining (1) the borrower's continued eligibility for discharge of Federal Family Education Loans based on permanent and total disability, or (2) recertification of the borrower's income-contingent or income-based loan repayment plan.
The bill also establishes a process for ED to enroll a delinquent borrower who is in federal student loan repayment in an income-driven repayment plan.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 18, 2019 to Sep 25, 2019, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jul 18, 2019 |
| R-MI | Paul Mitchell | Original | Jul 18, 2019 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Jul 18, 2019 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Sep 25, 2019 |
Actions 2
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- Jul 18, 2019Introduced in House
- Jul 18, 2019Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
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- Jul 18, 2019Introduced in House
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