3.0.0 1712 2023-01-11T13:38:48Z 2023-01-11T13:38:48Z Senate S 2017-08-02 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-08-02T20:30:11Z SIMPLE Act 115 3554 HR 2017-07-28 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. Identical bill CRS 2017-08-02 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2018-05-23 False J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2018-07-17 False Education Disability and paralysis Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Higher education Income tax deductions Student aid and college costs Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Wages and earnings Education 00 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2019-06-19T13:09:58Z Streamlining Income-driven, Manageable Payments on Loans for Education Act or the SIMPLE Act

This bill requires the Department of Education to establish and implement a process for automatically recertifying a borrowers' income to determine eligibility for a loan discharge due to permanent and total disability under the Federal Family Education Loan Program.

In addition, the bill establishes a process for enrolling a delinquent borrower in federal student loan repayment in an income-driven repayment plan.

]]> SIMPLE Act Display Title SIMPLE Act Short Titles as Introduced SIMPLE Act Short Titles as Introduced Streamlining Income-driven, Manageable Payments on Loans for Education Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the automatic recertification of income for income-driven repayment plans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1712is/xml/BILLS-115s1712is.xml 2017-08-02 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.