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S 2861 108th Congress Senate

Student Loan Abuse Prevention Act

Official title: A bill to prevent abuse of the special allowance subsidies under the Federal Family Education Loan Program.

Introduced: September 29, 2004 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
Education Economics and Public FinanceFederal aid to educationHigher educationStudent loan funds
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Sep 29, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 29, 2004
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action September 29, 2004

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Student Loan Abuse Prevention Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reduce certain special allowance payments to holders of student loans.

Appropriates, for each fiscal year after enactment of this Act, an additional amount to increase the maximum Pell grant for that fiscal year. Makes such amount equal to the amount by which expenditures for such special allowances are reduced by this Act for that fiscal year, as determined by the Congressional Budget Office.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5113 Related bill Emergency Loan Abuse Prevention Act of 2004
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 29, 2004
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Sep 29, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2861: Student Loan Abuse Prevention Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2861/
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