[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3956 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3956

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that interest 
   shall not accrue on Federal Direct Loans for members of the Armed 
     Forces on active duty regardless of the date of disbursement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 2009

Mrs. Davis of California (for herself, Mr. Bishop of New York, and Mr. 
   Filner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that interest 
   shall not accrue on Federal Direct Loans for members of the Armed 
     Forces on active duty regardless of the date of disbursement.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Servicemember Student Loan Interest 
Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. NO ACCRUAL OF INTEREST FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ON 
              ACTIVE DUTY.

    Section 455(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(o)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``paragraphs (2) and (4)'' and 
                inserting ``paragraph (3)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``for which the first disbursement 
                is made on or after October 1, 2008'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
        (2) and (3), respectively.
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