To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve loans, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-5549| House
| Updated: 5/22/2018
Peter A. DeFazio
Democratic Representative
Oregon
Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee, Ways and Means Committee, Judiciary Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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.
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Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Education
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBankruptcyConsumer affairsDepartment of EducationEducation programs fundingEmployee benefits and pensionsGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationInterest, dividends, interest ratesMarriage and family statusStudent aid and college costsTax administration and collection, taxpayersTax treatment of familiesTeaching, teachers, curriculaTemporary and part-time employmentWages and earnings
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve loans, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-5549| House
| Updated: 5/22/2018
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.
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Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Peter A. DeFazio
Democratic Representative
Oregon
Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee, Ways and Means Committee, Judiciary Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
Education
Related Bills
- S 115-1162: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
- HR 115-2477: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
- HR 115-2526: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reinstate the authority of the Secretary of Education to make Federal Direct Stafford Loans to graduate and professional students.
- S 115-1927: A bill to amend section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to allow adjunct faculty members to qualify for public service loan forgiveness.
- HR 115-2366: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make student loans dischargeable.
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBankruptcyConsumer affairsDepartment of EducationEducation programs fundingEmployee benefits and pensionsGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationInterest, dividends, interest ratesMarriage and family statusStudent aid and college costsTax administration and collection, taxpayersTax treatment of familiesTeaching, teachers, curriculaTemporary and part-time employmentWages and earnings