US Congress House Bill 2349 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on June 13 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-07-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Get Relief from Academic Debt Act of 2013 or the GRAD Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers of Direct Stafford Loans to opt to extend the period before they must begin to repay such loans to one year after they cease to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload. (Currently, the repayment period for Direct Stafford Loans begins six months after borrowers cease to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload.) Subsidizes the interest that accrues on Direct Stafford Loans for the first six months of that extended grace period. Makes this Act applicable to Direct Stafford Loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2013.

Get Relief from Academic Debt Act of 2013

Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2013-06-17	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3658)
2013-06-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

HB5399 (Related) 2014-11-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2349/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2349/BILLS-113hr2349ih.pdf