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Student Loan Fairness Act

USA116th CongressHR-3257| House 
| Updated: 6/13/2019
Karen Bass

Karen Bass

Democratic Representative

California

Cosponsors (20)
Brenda L. Lawrence (Democratic)Stacey E. Plaskett (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Robin L. Kelly (Democratic)Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Sanford D. Bishop (Democratic)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)G. K. Butterfield (Democratic)Jahana Hayes (Democratic)Marcia L. Fudge (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)James E. Clyburn (Democratic)Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democratic)Cedric L. Richmond (Democratic)Bennie G. Thompson (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Financial Services Committee, Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Student Loan Fairness Act This bill addresses repayment plans, forgiveness, and applicable interest rates for student loans. Among other things, the bill establishes an income-based 10/10 Loan Repayment Plan and specifies the calculation of monthly loan payments under the plan for borrowers of Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) and Direct Loans; establishes a 10/10 Loan Forgiveness Program that provides FFEL and Direct Loan forgiveness to borrowers who, over 10 years, have made 120 monthly payments under the 10/10 Loan Repayment Plan or under another repayment plan that required them to make payments at least as large as those they would have made under the 10/10 Loan Repayment Plan; caps the interest rate on new Direct Loans at 3.4%; revises the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program to forgive the Direct Loans of participants who have made 60 (rather than 120) monthly payments on such loans pursuant to specified repayment plans; includes primary care physicians in medically underserved areas in the PSLF program; allows certain borrowers to consolidate their private education loans as Direct Consolidation Loans; directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to issue regulations that require private education lenders to sell private education loans to the Department of Education (ED) for consolidation as Direct Consolidation Loans; and requires ED to pay the interest that accrues on certain student loans due to the borrower's lack of full-time employment for an interest-free deferment period of up to three years.
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Timeline
Jun 13, 2019
Introduced in House
Jun 13, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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.
Jul 21, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 116-4237
Introduced in Senate
  • June 13, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • June 13, 2019
    Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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.


  • July 21, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 116-4237
    Introduced in Senate

Education

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresConsumer Financial Protection BureauEducation programs fundingGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnelHigher educationIncome tax exclusionInterest, dividends, interest ratesMedical educationStudent aid and college costs

Student Loan Fairness Act

USA116th CongressHR-3257| House 
| Updated: 6/13/2019
Student Loan Fairness Act This bill addresses repayment plans, forgiveness, and applicable interest rates for student loans. Among other things, the bill establishes an income-based 10/10 Loan Repayment Plan and specifies the calculation of monthly loan payments under the plan for borrowers of Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) and Direct Loans; establishes a 10/10 Loan Forgiveness Program that provides FFEL and Direct Loan forgiveness to borrowers who, over 10 years, have made 120 monthly payments under the 10/10 Loan Repayment Plan or under another repayment plan that required them to make payments at least as large as those they would have made under the 10/10 Loan Repayment Plan; caps the interest rate on new Direct Loans at 3.4%; revises the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program to forgive the Direct Loans of participants who have made 60 (rather than 120) monthly payments on such loans pursuant to specified repayment plans; includes primary care physicians in medically underserved areas in the PSLF program; allows certain borrowers to consolidate their private education loans as Direct Consolidation Loans; directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to issue regulations that require private education lenders to sell private education loans to the Department of Education (ED) for consolidation as Direct Consolidation Loans; and requires ED to pay the interest that accrues on certain student loans due to the borrower's lack of full-time employment for an interest-free deferment period of up to three years.
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Timeline
Jun 13, 2019
Introduced in House
Jun 13, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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.
Jul 21, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 116-4237
Introduced in Senate
  • June 13, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • June 13, 2019
    Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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.


  • July 21, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 116-4237
    Introduced in Senate
Karen Bass

Karen Bass

Democratic Representative

California

Cosponsors (20)
Brenda L. Lawrence (Democratic)Stacey E. Plaskett (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Robin L. Kelly (Democratic)Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Sanford D. Bishop (Democratic)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)G. K. Butterfield (Democratic)Jahana Hayes (Democratic)Marcia L. Fudge (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)James E. Clyburn (Democratic)Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democratic)Cedric L. Richmond (Democratic)Bennie G. Thompson (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Financial Services Committee, Education and Workforce Committee

Education

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresConsumer Financial Protection BureauEducation programs fundingGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnelHigher educationIncome tax exclusionInterest, dividends, interest ratesMedical educationStudent aid and college costs