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S 1238 113th Congress Senate

Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013

Official title: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the current reduced interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans for 1 year, to mod… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the current reduced interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans for 1 year, to modify required distribution rules for pension plans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 27, 2013 Introduced by: Reed, Jack Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
Education Employee benefits and pensionsGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationInterest, dividends, interest ratesStudent aid and college costs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 17, 2013
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5717-5718)
Jul 16, 2013
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5691)
Jul 15, 2013
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5675)
Jul 11, 2013
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5625-5628)
Jul 10, 2013
Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure (Record Vote No. 171) made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5595)
Jul 10, 2013
Cloture on the motion to proceed to measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 49. Record Vote Number: 171. (consideration: CR S5595; text: CR S5595)
Jul 10, 2013
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5584-5602, S5603-5615)
Jul 9, 2013
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5531-5537, S5543-5564)
Jul 8, 2013
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S5522-5524; text: CR S5522)
Jul 8, 2013
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5513-5514)
Jun 27, 2013
Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 124.
Jun 27, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5317, S5476)
Jun 27, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 17, 2013

Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5717-5718)

 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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1238: Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1238/
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S. 1238, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1238/.
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