[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3535 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3535

To require the Secretary of Education to permit student loan borrowers 
to defer repayment during periods for which the borrower or a spouse is 
   eligible for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 1993

   Mr. Gene Green of Texas (for himself, Mr. Deutsch, Mrs. Mink, Mr. 
 Frost, Mrs. Thurman, and Mr. Becerra) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Education to permit student loan borrowers 
to defer repayment during periods for which the borrower or a spouse is 
   eligible for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REVISION OF STUDENT LOAN DEFERMENT REGULATIONS.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Education shall amend the regulations prescribed under 
sections 427(a)(2)(c)(iii), 428(b)(1)(M)(iii), 455(f)(2)(C), and 
464(c)(2)(A)(iii) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit a 
borrower to obtain a deferment in the repayment of a student loan under 
title IV of that Act during periods when the borrower or the borrower's 
spouse is entitled to leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993.

SEC. 2. PUBLICITY CONCERNING DEFERMENTS.

    The Secretary of Education shall take such steps as may be 
necessary to publicize the availability of the deferment required by 
section 1 of this Act, and of other deferments available (pursuant to 
the sections referred to in section 1 of this Act) to borrowers for 
whom repayment has caused or will cause economic hardship.

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