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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 17, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma:H.R. 3793.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Taxing & Spending Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 1)The Necessary & Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 18)[Page H6000]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Student Loan Accrual Support and Help Act or the SLASH Act</b></p> <p>This bill sets the annual interest rate on all Federal Direct Stafford Loans, Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans, and Federal Direct PLUS Loans disbursed on or after July 1, 2020, at an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the high-yield 10-year Treasury notes, or (2) 5%.</p> <p>The bill also revises the method for calculating the applicable interest rate on a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan.</p> <p>It also fixes the interest rate on such loans for the period of the loan.</p>]]></text>
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