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Introduced
September 28, 2016
Latest Action
October 18, 2016
Primary Sponsor
Peter A. DeFazioDemocratic(OR)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
59pct
20d open
vs 6,526 other HR bills in the 114th — cohort avg 56d
Helping Improve Grants for Higher Education & Repayment of Expensive Debt Act or the HIGHER ED Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to: modify the Federal Pell Grant program to increase the maximum award and restore year-round grants, make graduate and professional students eligible to receive subsidized Stafford Loans under the Federal Direct Loan program, direct the Department of Education to refinance outstanding federal student loans for Direct Loan and Federal Family Education Loan program borrowers, include a part-time job as a faculty member within the definition of "public service job" for purposes of the public service loan forgiveness program, and establish additional terms and conditions applicable to the income-based and income-contingent repayment plans. Additionally, the bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to permit a borrower to discharge in bankruptcy a nonprofit, government, or private student loan, or an obligation to repay an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Education
Higher Education Act reauthorization generally; Carl Perkins Act reauthorization, generally; S. 3380, Accreditation Reform and Enhanced Accountability Act, all titles; Access Success and Persistence in Reshaping Education Act, all titles; S. 3521"Respond, Innovate, Succeed and Empower Act," all titles; H.R. 6239, "Helping Improve Grants for Higher Education and Repayment of Expensive Debt Act, all tiles: H.R. 6446, "Student Borrower HELP Act of 2016," all titles; H.R. 6530, No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act: Gainful employment regulation implementation; H.R. 6521, "Students and Families Empowerment Act", all titles; S. 3368, "Access Success and Peristence in Reshaping Education Act," all titles
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Congress.gov source codes: H11100, H11100-A
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
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