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S 1241 113th Congress Senate

Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act

Official title: A bill to establish the interest rate for certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 27, 2013 See on congress.gov
Education Consumer affairsGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationInterest, dividends, interest ratesStudent aid and college costs
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Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 125.
Jun 27, 2013
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Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 125.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set the annual interest rate on Direct Loans at the bond equivalent rate on 91-day Treasury bills plus: (1) 1.85% for Direct Stafford Loans and Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans for undergraduate students, (2) 3.4% for Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans for graduate students, and (3) 4.4% for Direct PLUS Loans.

Fixes the interest rate on such loans for the period of the loan.

Sets the annual interest rate on the unpaid principle balance of Direct Consolidation Loans at the lesser of: (1) the weighted average of the interest rates on the loans consolidated, rounded to the nearest higher one-eighth of 1%; or (2) 8.25%.

Makes these interest rate provisions applicable to loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2013.

Requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to provide student borrowers of title IV loans, prior to or at the time of their departure from school, with information regarding: (1) their options for loan consolidation; (2) the income-based repayment plan, including information about capped monthly payments and loan forgiveness under the plan; and (3) Direct Consolidation Loans.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1241: Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1241/
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"S. 1241: Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1241/.
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S. 1241, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1241/.
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