3.0.0 2718 2023-01-11T13:30:57Z 2023-01-11T13:30:57Z House HR 2015-06-10 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 10, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. DUCKWORTH:H.R. 2718.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section I of the Constitution of the UnitedStates of America:``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested ina Congress of the United States, which shall consist of aSenate and House of Representatives.''[Page H4137]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Referred to 2015-06-30T21:55:57Z Referred to 2015-06-10T14:03:30Z Servicemember Student Loan Affordability Act of 2015 114 1557 S 2015-06-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4107-4108) Related bill CRS 2015-06-30 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Committee 2015-06-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4237) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2015-06-10 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2015-06-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-06-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8] Tammy Duckworth D IL 8 N B001257 Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] Gus Bilirakis R FL M. 12 2015-06-10 True Armed Forces and National Security Interest, dividends, interest rates Military personnel and dependents Student aid and college costs Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-06-10 Introduced in House 2015-06-22T15:18:25Z Servicemember Student Loan Affordability Act

Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the 6% interest rate limitation on debt entered into during a servicemember's military service to any debt entered into to consolidate or refinance one or more student loans incurred before such service.

]]> Servicemember Student Loan Affordability Act Display Title Servicemember Student Loan Affordability Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Servicemember Student Loan Affordability Act Introduced in House 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr2718ih/xml/BILLS-114hr2718ih.xml 2015-06-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. 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.