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HR 2349 113th Congress House

GRAD Act of 2013

Official title: To restore and extend the grace period of Federal Direct Stafford Loans and Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans.

Introduced: September 9, 2013 See on congress.gov
Education Government lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationInterest, dividends, interest ratesStudent aid and college costs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jun 17, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3658)
Jun 13, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jun 13, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 8, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Get Relief from Academic Debt Act of 2013 or the GRAD Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers of Direct Stafford Loans to opt to extend the period before they must begin to repay such loans to one year after they cease to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload. (Currently, the repayment period for Direct Stafford Loans begins six months after borrowers cease to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload.)

Subsidizes the interest that accrues on Direct Stafford Loans for the first six months of that extended grace period.

Makes this Act applicable to Direct Stafford Loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2013.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5399 Related bill Student Loan Repayment Assistance Act of 2014
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Sep 9, 2013
Ellison, Keith
· Sep 9, 2013
FARR, SAM
· Sep 9, 2013
LEWIS, JOHN
· Sep 9, 2013
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 9, 2013
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Sep 9, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2349: GRAD Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2349/
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"H.R. 2349: GRAD Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2349/.
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