3.0.0 1775 2023-01-11T13:17:44Z 2023-01-11T13:17:44Z Senate S S 2009-10-13 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-10-13T20:24:04Z Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act 111 3956 HR 2009-12-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Identical bill CRS 2009-10-13 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-10-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN N S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2009-10-13 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2009-10-13 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2009-10-13 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2009-10-13 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-10-13 True N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2009-10-13 True B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2009-10-13 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-10-13 True S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] ARLEN SPECTER D PA 2009-10-13 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2009-10-13 True U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2009-10-13 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2009-10-13 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2009-10-13 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2009-10-14 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2009-12-07 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2010-07-14 False Education Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Interest, dividends, interest rates Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves Student aid and college costs Education 00 2009-10-13 Introduced in Senate 2009-10-21T14:33:21Z Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in hostile areas to benefit from the provision barring the accrual of interest on their student loans under the Federal Direct Loan program regardless of the date their loan was first disbursed. (Currently, their loan must be disbursed on or after October 1, 2008, to qualify for such treatment.)

Eliminates the restriction of such benefit on direct consolidation loans to that portion of the loan which is used to repay direct loans.

]]> Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act Display Title Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act Introduced in Senate 2009-10-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1775is/xml/BILLS-111s1775is.xml 2009-10-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.