[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8361 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8361

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove all adverse credit 
history related to a loan from the credit history of a borrower who has 
                        rehabilitated the loan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 2026

  Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself, Ms. Ross, Ms. Adams, and Ms. 
   Stevens) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove all adverse credit 
history related to a loan from the credit history of a borrower who has 
                        rehabilitated the loan.

    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 ``Clean Slate through Rehabilitation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFAULT REDUCTION PROGRAM.

    Section 428F(a)(1)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1078-6(a)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ``to remove the record 
of the default from the borrower's credit history'' and inserting ``to 
remove any adverse information relating to such loan from the 
borrower's credit history''.
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