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HR 5895 112th Congress House

Graduate Success Act

Official title: To provide interest-free deferment on unsubsidized student loans during periods of unemployment, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 5, 2012 See on congress.gov
Education Government lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationInterest, dividends, interest ratesStudent aid and college costsUnemployment
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Sep 26, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jun 5, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jun 5, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 26, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Graduate Success Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to pay the interest that accrues on unsubsidized Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) and Direct Loans (DLs) that are deferred due to a student borrower's lack of full-time employment.

Requires the Secretary to pay the interest that accrues on Federal Consolidation Loans that are in deferment due to a borrower's lack of full-time employment, provided the application for such a loan is received on or after this Act's enactment.

Directs the Secretary to pay the interest that accrues on FFELs and DLs that are subject to income-based repayment provisions and are in deferment due to a borrower's lack of full-time employment.

Limits these interest-free deferment periods to those occurring on or after this Act's enactment and covering no more than three years of full-time unemployment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Democratic 13
BOSWELL, LEONARD
· Jun 21, 2012
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jun 21, 2012
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Jun 21, 2012
Richmond, Cedric
· Jun 21, 2012
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jun 15, 2012
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jun 15, 2012
FILNER, BOB
· Jun 15, 2012
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jun 15, 2012
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Jun 5, 2012
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jun 5, 2012
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 5, 2012
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 5, 2012
HINCHEY, MAURICE
· Jun 5, 2012
JACKSON, JESSE
· Jun 5, 2012
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jun 5, 2012
KUCINICH, DENNIS
· Jun 5, 2012
LEWIS, JOHN
· Jun 5, 2012
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 5, 2012
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 5, 2012
OLVER, JOHN
· Jun 5, 2012
REYES, SILVESTRE
· Jun 5, 2012
Richardson, Laura
· Jun 5, 2012
Sablan, Gregorio
· Jun 5, 2012
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Jun 5, 2012
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jun 5, 2012
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jun 5, 2012
TOWNS, EDOLPHUS
· Jun 5, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5895: Graduate Success Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5895/
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"H.R. 5895: Graduate Success Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5895/.
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H.R. 5895, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5895/.
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