US Congress Senate Bill 1619 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on July 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-07-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4137-4138)
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service. This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the 6% interest rate limitation on debt entered into during a servicemember's military service to any debt entered into to consolidate or refinance one or more student loans incurred before such service.

A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service.

Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4137-4138)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1619/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1619/BILLS-115s1619is.pdf