3.0.0 1066 2023-01-11T19:47:34Z 2023-01-11T19:47:34Z Senate S S 2007-03-29 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-29T20:49:34Z 2007-03-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4207) IntroReferral 2007-03-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4207) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-03-29 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-03-29 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-03-29 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-06-13 False Education Administrative procedure Collection of accounts Dentists Department of Education Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Federal aid to education Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government lending Health Higher education Law Licenses Medical education Medical residents Scholarships Social Welfare Student loan funds Education 00 2007-03-29 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-02T14:41:07Z Medical Education Affordability Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to revise specified regulations regarding student loan repayment deferment under certain programs of the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to borrowers who qualify for such deferment on the basis of economic hardship and are in postgraduate medical or dental internship, residency, or fellowship programs.

Revises such regulations to: (1) make such deferment available to such borrowers for the duration of postgraduate medical or dental internship, residency, or fellowship programs if they must be successfully completed to begin work in the profession, or they lead to a degree or certificate from a health professional school or facility that offers postgraduate training; and (2) make it unnecessary for borrowers to apply annually for such deferments while participating in such programs.

]]> Medical Education Affordability Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Education to revise regulations regarding student loan repayment deferment with respect to borrowers who are in postgraduate medical or dental internship, residency, or fellowship programs. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Medical Education Affordability Act Short Titles as Introduced Medical Education Affordability Act Introduced in Senate 2007-03-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1066is/xml/BILLS-110s1066is.xml 2007-03-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4207) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.