Higher Education Act Legislation
111th Congress
This page contains a list of bills introduced during the 111th Congress (2009-2011) that may impact the Higher Education Act of 1965.
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House Bills
H.R. 1
Title: The American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Obey, David R. [WI] (introduced 1/26/2009)
Cosponsors: (9)
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 111-5
Summary: H.R. 1 is a new piece of economic stimulus legislation intended to provide supplemental appropriations for a variety of initiatives, including job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, and expansion or modification of certain federal student aid programs.
Among the changes in the student aid programs are increases in Pell grant funding and Work-Study funding, as well as simplification and expansion of the current education tax credits.
H.R. 13
Title: TEACH for Our Future Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [CA] (introduced 1/6/2009)
Cosponsors: (6)
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor
Summary: Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program.
H.R. 30
Title: 401Kids Family Savings Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [IL] (introduced 1/6/2009)
Cosponsors: (17)
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means
Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by extending and expanding education savings accounts.
H.R. 106
Title: American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [PA] (introduced 1/6/2009)
Cosponsors: (6)
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means
Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit for higher education expenses.
H.R. 209
Title: Helping Our Students Communicate Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [SC] (introduced 1/6/2009)
Cosponsors: (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor
Summary: Expands the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program to include speech-language pathologists.
H.R. 386
Title: CLASS Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [TX] (introduced 1/9/2009)
Cosponsors: (13)
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2009 Referred to House committee
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means
Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify and improve the current education tax incentives.
H.R. 518
Title: Middle Class College Tuition Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [NY] (introduced 1/14/2009)
Cosponsors: (5)
Latest Major Action: 1/14/2009 Referred to House committee
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means
Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to consolidate the current education tax incentives as one credit against income tax for qualified tuition and related expenses.
H.R. 599
Title: Championship Fairness Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [CA] (introduced 1/16/2009)
Cosponsors: (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/16/2009 Referred to House committee
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor
Summary: Proposes prohibiting the receipt of Federal funds by any institution of higher education with a football team that participates in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, unless the national championship game of such Subdivision is the culmination of a playoff system.
H.R. 627
Title: Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY] (introduced 1/22/2009)
Cosponsors: (128)
Related Bills: H.RES.379, H.RES.456, S.235, S.414
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 111-24
Summary: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan, and for other purposes.
H.R. 945
Title: Hope Scholarship Credit Expansion Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [TX] (introduced 2/10/2009)
Cosponsors: (2)
Latest Major Action: 2/10/2009 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Summary: Hope Scholarship Credit Expansion Act of 2009 — Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the Hope Scholarship tax credit to make certain additional expenses eligible for such credit, including room and board, employment-related expenses, and books, supplies, and equipment.
H.R. 950
Title: To amend chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code, to increase educational assistance for certain veterans pursuing a program of education offered through distance learning.
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [CA] (introduced 2/10/2009)
Cosponsors: (6)
Latest Major Action: 3/4/2009 House committee/subcommittee actions.
Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Summary: Authorizes the use of veterans' educational assistance for the pursuit of an approved program of education offered through distance learning.
H.R. 957
Title: Green Energy Education Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [TX] (introduced 2/10/2009)
Cosponsors: (2)
Latest Major Action: 2/10/2009 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
Summary: Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to contribute energy research and development funds to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program to support graduate education related to such energy projects.
Authorizes the Secretary to contribute funds for advanced energy technology research and development for high performance buildings to the NSF for curriculum development to improve undergraduate or graduate interdisciplinary engineering and architecture education related to the design and construction of such buildings.
H.R. 959
Title: Officer Daniel Faulkner Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [PA] (introduced 2/10/2009)
Cosponsors: (3)
Latest Major Action: 2/10/2009 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Summary: Officer Daniel Faulkner Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2009 — Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the expected family contribution used in determining Pell Grant eligibility in the case of a student applicant whose parent or guardian died as a result of performing service as a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew.
Prohibits any increase in the Pell Grant such students receive by reason of this Act from: (1) factoring into the calculation of their need for other title IV assistance; or (2) reducing the educational assistance some may receive under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 as dependents of civilian federal law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
H.R. 1037
Title: Pilot College Work Study Programs for Veterans Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [SD] (introduced 2/12/2009)
Cosponsors: (1)
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2009 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Summary: Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot project to test the feasibility and advisability of expanding the scope of qualifying veterans' work-study activities, including positions available on site at educational institutions.
H.R. 1249
Title: Equipping a 21st Century Green Workforce Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [PA] (introduced 3/2/2009)
Cosponsors: (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/2/2009 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Summary: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for charitable contributions of alternative energy property for educational purposes.
H.R. 1351
Title: Savings Enhancement for Education in College Act
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [ND] (introduced 3/5/2009)
Cosponsors: (4)
Latest Major Action: 3/5/2009 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Summary: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat computer technology and equipment as eligible higher education expenses for 529 plans, to allow certain individuals a credit against income tax for contributions to 529 plans, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1388
Title: Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act (GIVE Act)
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [NY] (introduced 3/9/2009)
Cosponsors: (37)
Related Bills: S.277
Latest Major Action: 3/23/2009 Senate floor actions.
Status: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 74 - 14. Record Vote Number: 108.
Summary: Revises under the National and Community Service Act of 1990: (1) the School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning programs and Higher Education Innovative Programs for Community Service (Learn and Serve programs); (2) National Service Trust programs (AmeriCorps); (3) the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC); and (4) the Investment for Quality and Innovation program.
H.R. 1460
Title: Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [IA] (introduced 3/12/2009)
Cosponsors: (17)
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Summary: Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009 — Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to repay education loans in exchange for an individual working as a full-time member of the faculty of an accredited school of nursing.
H.R. 1615
Title: Medical Economic Deferment for Students (MEDS) Act
Sponsor: Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [MI] (introduced 3/19/2009)
Cosponsors: (28)
Latest Major Action: 5/14/2009 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Summary: Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to the meaning of economic hardship under the Federal Family Education Loan or Perkins Loan and related loan insurance programs. Considers borrowers under such programs to be suffering economic hardship if they are working full-time, have a federal educational debt burden equal to at least 20% of their adjusted gross income, and the difference between their adjusted gross income minus such debt burden is less than 220% of the greater of: (1) the annual earnings of an minimum wage earner; or (2) 150% of the poverty line applicable to their family size.
H.R. 1777
Title: To make technical corrections to the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [CA] (introduced 3/30/2009)
Cosponsors: (3)
Latest Major Action: 7/1/2009 Became Public Law No: 111-39
Summary:
- Title I: General Provisions
- Amends the Higher Education Opportunity Act to make the date of such Act's enactment, August 14, 2008, the effective date of its revisions to the general definition of institutions of higher education (IHEs).
- Makes prerequisites for foreign nursing school participation in the Act's Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program inapplicable, until July 1, 2012, to foreign nursing schools that were participating in the FFEL program on August 13, 2008.
- Title II: Teacher Quality Enhancement
- Requires prospective teachers in teaching residency programs to acquire a master's degree within 18 months of beginning the program.
- Permits partnerships that receive a grant under the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program for a teacher preparation program to carry out a pre-baccalaureate teacher preparation program or a fifth year initial licensing program.
- Title III: Institutional Aid
- Excludes Howard University, which receives assistance under other specified federal law, from eligibility for capacity-building grants to Predominantly Black Institutions under title III of the Act.
- Title IV: Student Assistance
- Increases amounts authorized and appropriated in FY 2013 and FY 2015 for increases in the maximum Pell Grant award.
- Directs the Secretary of Education to award scholarships, to be known as Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants, to individuals whose parent or guardian died as a result of performing military service for the U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001. Makes such scholarships equal to the maximum Pell Grant award.
- Revises the FFEL default reduction program to allow guaranty agencies to assign rehabilitated loans to the Secretary of Education, until October 2011, if: (1) they have not been able to sell the loans to eligible lenders; and (2) the Secretary determines that market conditions unduly limit their ability to do so. Requires the holder of a rehabilitated loan to request the consumer reporting agency to which the default of the loan was reported to remove the record of default from a borrower's credit history.
- Prohibits eligible FFEL lenders from offering inducements to any individuals or entities in order to secure FFEL applicants. (Currently, IHEs and their employees may not be offered such inducements.)
- Authorizes the Secretary to purchase, or enter into forward commitments to purchase, rehabilitated FFELs that eligible lenders purchased under the FFEL default reduction program from October 2003 through June 2010, provided such purchase does not result in any net cost to the federal government.
- Conditions the purchase of such loans on the agreement of lenders to use the funds from such purchases to originate new federal loans to students or to purchase rehabilitated loans under the default reduction program.
- States that, beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, the expected family contribution, used in determining a student's eligibility for federal student aid, shall be zero for students who are eligible for Pell grants and whose parent or guardian was killed while performing military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001.
- Updates the list of programs providing veterans' education benefits that are to be excluded from students' income in determining their eligibility for student aid under title IV.
- Advances the date, from July 2010 to July 2009, by which veterans' education benefits not received under title IV must be excluded from consideration as available financial assistance in title IV need analyses.
- Delays the implementation of the EZ FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), a simplified format for use in applying for federal student aid, until the 2010-2011 school year.
- Requires the Secretary to determine that an IHE's participation as an experimental site under the Quality Assurance program (which allows certain IHEs to implement their own comprehensive student aid management systems) is a success if such participation has reduced the IHEs administrative burdens and benefited its students, without creating costs for the taxpayer. Gives existing sites that have not yet been deemed successful until June 30, 2010, to reach that goal.
- Makes certain rulemaking requirements and the master calendar of actions the Secretary must take regarding student aid inapplicable to amendments made by this title or regulations promulgated under such amendments.
- Title V: Developing Institutions — Makes a technical amendment to title V of the Act.
- Title VI: International Education Programs — Makes technical amendments to title VI of the Act.
- Title VII: Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement — Makes technical amendments to title VII of the Act.
- Requires IHEs offering comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities to integrate such students socially and academically with non-disabled students, to the maximum extent possible.
- Title VIII: Additional Programs — Makes technical amendments to title VIII of the Act.
- Makes technical amendments to the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 and the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986.
H.R. 2456
Title: VETS Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [CA] (introduced 5/18/2009)
Cosponsors: (8)
Latest Major Action: 5/18/2009 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Summary: To amend section 484B of Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to students who withdraw from an institution of higher education to serve in the uniformed services, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2474
Title: Veterans Educational Equity Act
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [CA] (introduced 5/19/2009)
Cosponsors: (36)
Latest Major Action: 5/19/2009 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Summary: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that in the case of an individual entitled to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program who is enrolled at an institution of higher education in a State in which the public institutions charge only fees in lieu of tuition, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall allow the individual to use all or any portion of the amounts payable for the established charges for the program of education to pay any amount of the individual's tuition or fees for that program of education.
H.R. 2492
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based.
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [MI] (introduced 5/19/2009)
Cosponsors: (8)
Latest Major Action: 5/19/2009 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income discharges of student loan indebtedness based on repayments which are income contingent or income based. The amendment would apply to discharges of loans after June 30, 2009.
H.R. 2561
Title: Help Student Soldiers Act
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [WI] (introduced 5/21/2009)
Cosponsors: (3)
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2009 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Summary: To amend section 484B of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to forgive certain loans for servicemembers who withdraw from an institution of higher education as a result of service in the uniformed services.
H.R. 3221
Title: Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [CA] (introduced 7/15/2009)
Cosponsors: (41)
Latest Major Action: 9/21/09: Passed by the House. 9/21/2009: Received in the Senate.
Status: 9/22/2009: Read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Summary: H.R. 3221 proposes to:
- Repeal the FFELP as of July 1, 2010
- Appropriate $600 million for each fiscal year during the period of 2010 through 2014 for a College Completion and Innovation Fund
- Clarify that borrower services, such as delinquency prevention, default aversion, collections, financial aid counseling, career and education counseling, financial literacy, guidance counselor and financial aid officer training services, and outreach services, are allowed uses of grant funds. Also explicitly authorized ED to contract directly with guarantors for such services.
- Increase the annual maximum Pell grant to $5,500 and permit year-round Pell grants for part-time students
- Provide an additional $2.55 billion in Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions to provide students with the support they need to stay in school and graduate.
- Revise the interest rate on Stafford loans made on or after July 1, 2012, to a variable annual rate equal to the 91-day Treasury bill rate determined at the last T-Bill auction in May plus 2.5 percent, capped at 6.8 percent
- Create a new program called Federal Direct Perkins Loans which would offer, unless otherwise specified, the same terms and conditions of Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
Please see TG's Legislative Report for more information.
H.R. 3554
Title: National Guard Education Equality Act
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [IA] (introduced 9/10/2009)
Cosponsors: (30)
Latest Major Action: 9/11/2009 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Summary: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain active duty service in the reserve components as qualifying service for purposes of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3577
Title: Education Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX] (introduced 9/15/2009)
Cosponsors: (3)
Latest Major Action: 9/15/2009 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Summary: To amend title 38, United State Code, to provide authority for certain members of the Armed Forces who have served 20 years on active duty to transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to their dependents.
H.R. 4103
Title: To extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed student loans for an additional year, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Kline, John [MN] (introduced 11/18/2009)
Cosponsors: (10)
Latest Major Action: 11/18/2009 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Summary: Proposes to extend for an additional year the loan purchase programs authorized under the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008. NOTE: At this time, the passage of this legislation is uncertain.
Senate Bills
S. 7
Title: Education Opportunity Act of 2009
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 1/6/2009)
Cosponsors: (20)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2009 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders.
Summary: Highlights of this bill include:
- S.7 is a non-binding Sense of Congress that calls for the Senate and the House of Representatives to pass, and the President to sign, legislation that would "expand educational opportunities for all Americans by increasing access to high-quality early childhood education and after school programs, advancing reform in elementary and secondary education, strengthening mathematics and science instruction, and ensuring that higher education is more affordable, and for other purposes." In regards to higher education, the bill calls for increasing Federal grant aid to students and their families; improving the rate of postsecondary degree completion; and providing tax incentives to make higher education more affordable.
S. 165
Title: Student Credit Card Protection Act of 2009
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [WI] (introduced 1/7/2009)
Cosponsors: (1)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2009 Referred to Senate committee
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Summary: Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prevent credit card issuers from taking unfair advantage of college students and their parents.
S. 250
Title: Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2009
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Chuck [D-NY] (introduced 1/14/2009)
Cosponsors: (13)
Latest Major Action: 1/14/2009 Referred to Senate committee
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a higher education opportunity credit in place of existing education tax incentives.
S. 277
Title: Serve America Act
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 1/16/2009)
Cosponsors: (37)
Related Bills: H.R.1388
Latest Major Action: 3/18/2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 34.
Summary: Among other changes, amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to create two new service-learning programs: (1) a Youth Engagement Zones to Strengthen Communities program, providing competitive grants to partnerships between local educational agencies that serve high-need, low-income communities and certain community-based or state entities to engage students and out-of-school youth in service-learning addressing specific challenges faced by their communities; and (2) a Campus of Service program, which annually grants up to 30 institutions of higher education (IHEs) with exemplary service-learning programs the funds to assist their students' pursuit of public service careers, and the right to nominate additional individuals for ServeAmerica Fellowships.
S. 413
Title: Graduate for a Better Future Act
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [NC] (introduced 2/11/2009)
Cosponsors: (1)
Latest Major Action: 2/11/2009 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Summary: Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states, educational nonprofit organizations, or partnerships of such entities for their use in providing competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) that have a high school graduation rate of no more than 60% in the aggregate or among at least two subgroups consisting of the poor or major racial or ethnic groups.
Requires each LEA subgrantee to use the funds to implement: (1) a college-preparatory curriculum aligned with rigorous secondary school studies; (2) accelerated remedial programs that allow underperforming students to become proficient in mathematics, reading and language arts, and science and thereby graduate in a timely manner; (3) systems to measure student progress in the core subjects and quickly identify students who are dropout risks; (4) a comprehensive college guidance program; (5) a program offering students opportunities for work-based and experiential learning; (6) a program providing students with access to courses in which they may earn college credit; (7) a program providing each student with an academic teacher advisor with whom the student regularly meets; and (8) a program of teacher professional development and institutional leadership that includes diagnostic and formative assessments.
Requires nonfederal matching contributions equal to the grant amount.
Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent evaluation of, and report to Congress on, the impact this program has on high school graduation rates, college attendance rates, and academic achievement.
S. 646
Title: Medical Economic Deferment for Students Act MEDS Act
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [NC] (introduced 3/19/2009)
Cosponsors: (4)
Latest Major Action: 3/19/2009 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Summary: Amends section 435(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding the definition of economic hardship, to permit deferment based on the borrower's debt to income ratio.
Related bill: H.R.1615
S. 1775
Title: Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [IN] (introduced 10/13/2009)
Cosponsors: (14)
Latest Major Action: 10/13/2009 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Summary: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that interest shall not accrue on Federal Direct Loans for members of the Armed Forces on active duty regardless of the date of disbursement.