3.0.0 646 2023-01-11T13:19:42Z 2023-01-11T13:19:42Z Senate S S 2009-03-19 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-19T19:04:55Z 2009-03-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-03-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze N A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2009-03-19 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2009-03-19 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2009-03-19 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2009-03-19 True C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2009-05-11 False Education Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Student aid and college costs Wages and earnings Education 00 2009-03-19 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-10T18:43:09Z Medical Economic Deferment for Students Act or the MEDS Act - 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.

]]> MEDS Act Display Title MEDS Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 435(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding the definition of economic hardship. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced MEDS Act Short Titles as Introduced Medical Economic Deferment for Students Act Introduced in Senate 2009-03-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s646is/xml/BILLS-111s646is.xml 2009-03-19 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.