[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1529 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1529

   To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to exempt certain State-
     provided loan programs from being subject to preferred lender 
                       arrangement requirements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 2013

   Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself 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 exempt certain State-
     provided loan programs from being subject to preferred lender 
                       arrangement requirements.

    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 ``Student Aid Expansion Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN STATE-PROVIDED LOAN PROGRAMS FROM 
              PREFERRED LENDER ARRANGEMENT REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 151(8)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1019(8)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(iii) arrangements or agreements with 
                        respect to interest-free private education 
                        loans that are provided and administered by a 
                        State and that are eligible for complete 
                        forgiveness under conditions determined by such 
                        State.''.
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