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September 11 Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act

Introduced: October 23, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Oct 23, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Oct 23, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
September 11 Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to discharge or cancel the Federal student loan indebtedness of spouses of individuals who died (or die) or who became (or become) permanently and totally disabled from injuries suffered in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
What's happening now October 23, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 10
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Nov 6, 2001
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Nov 1, 2001
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Oct 23, 2001
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Oct 23, 2001
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Oct 23, 2001
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Oct 23, 2001
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 23, 2001
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Oct 23, 2001
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Oct 23, 2001
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Oct 23, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3163: September 11 Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3163/
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"H.R. 3163: September 11 Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3163/.
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H.R. 3163, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3163/.
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