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S 2895 110th Congress Senate Education Economics and Public Finance Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Foreclosure Higher education Housing and Community Development Loan defaults Mortgages Student loan funds

PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act of 2008

Introduced: April 21, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Apr 21, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3208-3209)
Apr 21, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3208)
Apr 21, 2008
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965, with respect to eligibility for a PLUS Federal Family Education Loan, to specify an extenuating circumstance for purposes of determining if a borrower has an adverse credit history on the basis of a mortgage loan delinquency or foreclosure.

Declares that an extenuating circumstance exists if, at any time from January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2112, the borrower is 90 or more days delinquent on mortgage loan payments, or foreclosure proceedings have been initiated, with respect to the borrower's primary residence.

What's happening now April 21, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3208-3209)

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Independent 1
D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Apr 23, 2008
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Apr 21, 2008
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 21, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2895: PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2895/
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"S. 2895: PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2895/.
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