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HR 2574 113th Congress House Education Employee benefits and pensions Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Interest, dividends, interest rates Student aid and college costs

Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013

Introduced: June 28, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Became law
Sep 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jul 23, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jun 28, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 28, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013, to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2014.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify rules for required distributions from tax-exempt pension plans to an employee who dies before such employee's entire interest is distributed to require such interest to be distributed within five years after the death of such employee, subject to exceptions for an eligible designated beneficiary and surviving spouse of such employee. Defines "eligible designated beneficiary" to include a disabled or chronically-ill individual. Exempts from such modification a binding annuity contract in effect on the enactment date of this Act.

What's happening now September 13, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1238 Identical bill Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 12
D
Chu, Judy
California · Jul 11, 2013
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 11, 2013
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jul 11, 2013
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Jul 11, 2013
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 11, 2013
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jul 11, 2013
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jul 11, 2013
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Jul 9, 2013
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Jul 9, 2013
ANDREWS, ROBERT
· Jun 28, 2013
Bishop, Timothy
· Jun 28, 2013
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Jun 28, 2013
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jun 28, 2013
DAVIS, SUSAN
· Jun 28, 2013
Fudge, Marcia
· Jun 28, 2013
HINOJOSA, RUBEN
· Jun 28, 2013
HOLT, RUSH
· Jun 28, 2013
Loebsack, David
· Jun 28, 2013
MCCARTHY, CAROLYN
· Jun 28, 2013
Polis, Jared
· Jun 28, 2013
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jun 28, 2013
TIERNEY, JOHN
· Jun 28, 2013
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jun 28, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2574: Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2574/
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"H.R. 2574: Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2574/.
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H.R. 2574, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2574/.
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