3.0.0 2728 2022-02-08T23:19:27Z 2022-02-08T23:19:27Z House HR 2019-05-14 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 14, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:H.R. 2728.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:As described in Article 1, Section 1, ``all legislativepowers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of theUnited States, which shall consist of a Senate and House ofRepresentatives.''Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution providesCongress with the authority to ``provide for the commonDefense and general Welfare'' of Americans. In the Departmentof Education Organization Act (P.L. 96-88), Congress declaredthat ``the establishment of a Department of Education is inthe public interest, will promote the general welfare of theUnited States, will help ensure that education issues receiveproper treatment at the Federal level, and will enable theFederal Government to coordinate its education activitiesmore effectively.'' The Department of Education's mission isto ``promote student achievement and preparation for globalcompetitiveness by fostering educational excellence andensuring equal access.''[Page H3791]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-05-14T16:08:05Z Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act 116 1489 S 2019-05-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS Affordable Loans for Any Student Act 116 2065 HR 2019-04-03 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Financial Services, 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. Related bill CRS Affordable Loans for Any Student Act 116 1002 S 2019-04-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2019-05-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-05-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-05-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 N B001289 Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1] Bradley Byrne R AL 1 2019-05-14 True S001215 Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] Haley Stevens D MI M. 11 2019-05-14 True C001112 Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] Salud Carbajal D CA O. 24 2019-09-09 False Education Consumer credit Domestic violence and child abuse Higher education Marriage and family status Student aid and college costs Education 00 2019-05-14 Introduced in House 2019-05-31T22:21:15Z Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act

This bill allows two borrowers, who had previously received a joint consolidation loan for their student debt under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, to submit a joint application to sever their consolidated loan. One borrower may submit a separate application in the event that the individual is experiencing domestic or economic abuse from the other individual borrower, or is unable to reasonably reach or access the loan information of the other borrower.

]]> Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act Display Title Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize borrowers to separate joint consolidation loans. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2728ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2728ih.xml 2019-05-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.