3.0.0 2161 2022-03-03T21:31:57Z 2022-03-03T21:31:57Z House H HR 2013-05-23 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOHMERT:H.R. 2161.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall havepower to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,to pay the Debts and provide for the . . . general Welfare ofthe United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shallbe uniform throughout the United States''Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United StatesConstitution provides spending authority for Congress toissue debt and set the interest rates thereof to insure thatsuch debt will be paid, and under the ``general welfare''clause the authority to pass laws that provide loans tostudents.[Page H2957]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2013-07-08T20:52:45Z Referred to 2013-05-23T13:01:40Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2013-05-24T15:55:04Z Referred to 2013-05-23T13:01:45Z hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-05-23T13:01:50Z 2013-07-08 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Committee 2013-05-24 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2013-05-23 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2013-05-23 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2013-05-23 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2013-05-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-05-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000552 Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] Louie Gohmert R TX 1 N Education Appropriations Government lending and loan guarantees Government trust funds Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Higher education Interest, dividends, interest rates Student aid and college costs Education 00 2013-05-23 Introduced in House 2013-07-03T13:47:23Z Assisting Students with Loans Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013, to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2015.

Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal provisions establishing and appropriating funds to the Prevention and Public Health Fund (a Fund to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in private and public sector health care costs). Rescinds any unobligated balances appropriated to such Fund.

]]> Assisting Students with Loans Act Short Titles as Introduced Assisting Students with Loans Act Display Title Assisting Students with Loans Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rates for Federal Direct Stafford Loans. Introduced in House 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z 2013-07-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. 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.