To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the automatic recertification of income for income-driven repayment plans, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-3554| House
| Updated: 7/28/2017
Suzanne Bonamici
Democratic Representative
Oregon
Cosponsors (5)
Ways and Means Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Streamlining Income-driven, Manageable Payments on Loans for Education Act or the SIMPLE Act This bill requires the Department of Education to establish and implement a process for automatically recertifying a borrowers' income to determine eligibility for a loan discharge due to permanent and total disability under the Federal Family Education Loan Program. In addition, the bill establishes a process for enrolling a delinquent borrower in federal student loan repayment in an income-driven repayment plan.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Education
Disability and paralysisGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationIncome tax deductionsStudent aid and college costsTax administration and collection, taxpayersWages and earnings
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the automatic recertification of income for income-driven repayment plans, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-3554| House
| Updated: 7/28/2017
Streamlining Income-driven, Manageable Payments on Loans for Education Act or the SIMPLE Act This bill requires the Department of Education to establish and implement a process for automatically recertifying a borrowers' income to determine eligibility for a loan discharge due to permanent and total disability under the Federal Family Education Loan Program. In addition, the bill establishes a process for enrolling a delinquent borrower in federal student loan repayment in an income-driven repayment plan.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Suzanne Bonamici
Democratic Representative
Oregon
Cosponsors (5)
Ways and Means Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
Education
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Disability and paralysisGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationIncome tax deductionsStudent aid and college costsTax administration and collection, taxpayersWages and earnings