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If It's Good Enough For the Banks, It's Good Enough For Students Act

USA116th CongressS-1845| Senate 
| Updated: 6/13/2019
Jeff Merkley

Jeff Merkley

Democratic Senator

Oregon

Cosponsors (2)
Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
If It's Good Enough For the Banks, It's Good Enough For Students Act This bill establishes a program that allows qualified borrowers to refinance their Federal Direct Loans down to the lower interest rates offered to banks by the Federal Reserve System (i.e., through the discount window). The refinanced interest rate is fixed for the period of the loan. The bill also directs the Department of Education and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to carry out a campaign to notify qualified borrowers who are not in default on their loans that they are eligible to apply for refinancing under the program within a two-year period.
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Timeline
Jun 13, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Jun 13, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • June 13, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 13, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Education

Related Bills

  • HR 116-6397: Coronavirus Emergency Student Loan Refinancing Act
  • S 116-768: Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
  • HR 116-4674: College Affordability Act
  • HR 116-3102: HIGHER ED Act
  • HR 116-1707: Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
Education programs fundingGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationInterest, dividends, interest ratesStudent aid and college costs

If It's Good Enough For the Banks, It's Good Enough For Students Act

USA116th CongressS-1845| Senate 
| Updated: 6/13/2019
If It's Good Enough For the Banks, It's Good Enough For Students Act This bill establishes a program that allows qualified borrowers to refinance their Federal Direct Loans down to the lower interest rates offered to banks by the Federal Reserve System (i.e., through the discount window). The refinanced interest rate is fixed for the period of the loan. The bill also directs the Department of Education and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to carry out a campaign to notify qualified borrowers who are not in default on their loans that they are eligible to apply for refinancing under the program within a two-year period.
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Timeline
Jun 13, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Jun 13, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • June 13, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 13, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jeff Merkley

Jeff Merkley

Democratic Senator

Oregon

Cosponsors (2)
Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Education

Related Bills

  • HR 116-6397: Coronavirus Emergency Student Loan Refinancing Act
  • S 116-768: Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
  • HR 116-4674: College Affordability Act
  • HR 116-3102: HIGHER ED Act
  • HR 116-1707: Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Education programs fundingGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationInterest, dividends, interest ratesStudent aid and college costs