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HR 4639 107th Congress House Education Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to higher education Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Government lending Higher education Loan defaults Student loan funds

To eliminate the termination date on authority for schools with low default rates to make single disbursements of student loans.

Introduced: May 1, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Jul 10, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
May 2, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E683-684)
May 1, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 1, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 to eliminate a termination date for certain provisions, and thus continue to authorize schools with low default rates to make single disbursements of student loans.
What's happening now July 10, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 22, 2002
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4639: To eliminate the termination date on authority for schools with low default rates to make single disbursements of student loans.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4639/
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"H.R. 4639: To eliminate the termination date on authority for schools with low default rates to make single disbursements of student loans.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4639/.
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H.R. 4639, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4639/.
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