[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3926 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3926

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to discharge student loans 
  for borrowers who are determined by the Commissioner of the Social 
Security Administration to be under a disability without expectation of 
                   medical or functional improvement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2014

 Mr. Grayson 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 discharge student loans 
  for borrowers who are determined by the Commissioner of the Social 
Security Administration to be under a disability without expectation of 
                   medical or functional improvement.

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

SECTION 1. DISCHARGE OF STUDENTS LOANS FOR BORROWERS WHO ARE DISABLED 
              WITHOUT EXPECTATION OF MEDICAL IMPROVEMENT.

    Section 437(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the paragraph heading for paragraph (2), by 
        inserting ``by the secretary of veterans affairs'' after 
        ``determinations''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Disability determinations by the commissioner of the 
        social security administration.--A borrower who has been 
        determined by the Commissioner of Social Security to be under a 
        disability (within the meaning of section 223(d) of the Social 
        Security Act) without expectation of medical or functional 
        improvement and who provides documentation of such 
        determination to the Secretary of Education, shall be 
        considered permanently and totally disabled for the purpose of 
        discharging such borrower's loans under this subsection, and 
        such borrower shall not be required to present additional 
        documentation for purposes of this subsection.''.
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