3.0.0 3055 2022-10-28T01:45:56Z 2022-10-28T01:45:56Z Senate S 2019-12-16 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-16T22:56:38Z 2019-12-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-12-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2019-12-16 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2019-12-19 False B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2020-02-11 False Education Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Student aid and college costs Wages and earnings Education 00 2019-12-16 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-05T15:03:03Z Student Loan Repayment Freedom Act

This bill authorizes a federal student loan borrower to terminate repayment under an income-based repayment plan and instead elect to repay such loan under any other repayment plan for which they are eligible.

Currently, a federal student loan borrower repaying under an income-based repayment plan may only change to the standard repayment plan.

]]> Student Loan Repayment Freedom Act Display Title Student Loan Repayment Freedom Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Student Loan Repayment Freedom Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit a Federal student loan borrower to elect to terminate repayment pursuant to income-based repayment and repay such loan under any other repayment plan for which the borrower is otherwise eligible. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3055is/xml/BILLS-116s3055is.xml 2019-12-16 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.