3.0.0 3556 2022-02-08T23:16:25Z 2022-02-08T23:16:25Z Senate S 2020-03-20 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-20T19:57:41Z COVID-19 Graduate Relief Act 116 6502 HR 2020-04-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Identical bill CRS 2020-03-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-03-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000615 Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT] Mitt Romney R UT N Education Cardiovascular and respiratory health Economic performance and conditions Emergency medical services and trauma care Government lending and loan guarantees Health promotion and preventive care Higher education Infectious and parasitic diseases Student aid and college costs Unemployment Education 00 2020-03-20 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-13T13:38:45Z COVID-19 Graduate Relief Act

This bill allows students who graduate from institutions of higher education in 2020 to defer payments on their federal student loans for up to three years.

The Department of Education (ED) may extend deferment eligibility to students who graduate in 2021 and 2022, if ED determines that the anticipated economic impact of the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19 or another coronavirus with pandemic potential) on these graduates necessitates an extension. ED must consider certain factors, such as recent unemployment statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, when determining whether to extend deferment eligibility to these graduates.]]> COVID-19 Graduate Relief Act Display Title COVID-19 Graduate Relief Act Short Title(s) as Introduced COVID-19 Graduate Relief Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for deferral of loan repayment for graduates during the period of the coronavirus. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3556is/xml/BILLS-116s3556is.xml 2020-03-20 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.