[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2051 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2051

    To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced 
            interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 31, 2012

  Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Franken, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
  Sanders, and Ms. Stabenow) introduced the following bill; which was 
 read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
                              and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced 
            interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans.

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

SECTION 1. INTEREST RATE EXTENSION.

    Section 455(b)(7)(D) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(b)(7)(D)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``and 
        before July 1, 2012,''; and
            (2) in clause (v), by striking ``and before July 1, 
        2012,''.
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