[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 877 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 877

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent students called to 
         active duty from entering repayment on student loans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 1997

  Mr. Klug (for himself, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Saxton, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. 
Kleczka, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Kind, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Canady 
  of Florida, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
   Foglietta, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Ney, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. 
  DeLauro, and Mr. Hinojosa) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent students called to 
         active duty from entering repayment on student loans.

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

SECTION 1. DELAY IN COMMENCEMENT OF REPAYMENT PERIOD.

    Section 428(b)(7) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1078(b)(7)) is amended by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 
following new subparagraph:
            ``(D) There shall be excluded from the 6 months determined 
        under subparagraph (A)(i) any period during which the student 
        was called or ordered to active duty in a reserve component of 
        the Armed Forces of the United States.''.
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