US Congress Senate Bill 2366 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 22-0)
Status: Introduced on April 25 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-04-25 - Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Interest Rate Reduction Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012, applicable to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013. Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal provisions establishing and appropriating funds to the Prevention and Public Health Fund (a Fund to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in private and public sector health care costs). Rescinds any unobligated balances appropriated to such Fund.

Interest Rate Reduction Act

Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]
Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]	Sen. Jon Kyl [R-AZ]
Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]
Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-25	Senate	Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370.
2012-04-25	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2733-2734)

HB1217 (Related) 2011-04-14 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB3826 (Related) 2012-03-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
HB4628 (Same As) 2012-05-08 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 393.
SB2051 (Related) 2012-01-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB2343 (Related) 2012-05-24 - Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 365.
HB4816 (Related) 2012-09-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
SB2834 (Related) 2012-05-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
HB5812 (Related) 2012-09-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/2366/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s2366/BILLS-112s2366pcs.pdf