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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to allow borrowers consolidating student loans to choose: (1) a variable or fixed interest rate; and (2) the loan consolidator.</p> <p>Provides for the Federal Government's recapture of excess interest charged by lenders, under HEA provisions for special allowances for lenders of student loans. </p>]]></text>
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    <title>To allow borrowers consolidating student loans to choose a variable or fixed interest rate, and for other purposes.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.</text>
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