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HR 4845 114th Congress House

Disabled Veterans Student Loan Protection Act of 2016

Official title: To amend the student loan forgiveness program in the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include a greater number of disabled veterans and to facilitate the automa… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the student loan forgiveness program in the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include a greater number of disabled veterans and to facilitate the automatic transfer to the Secretary of Education of information regarding veterans eligible for student loan forgiveness, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 23, 2016 See on congress.gov
Education Disability and paralysisGovernment information and archivesHigher educationStudent aid and college costs
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This bill died when the 114th Congress ended
It never became law before the 114th Congress (2015–2016) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 19, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Mar 23, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 23, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 19, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Disabled Veterans Student Loan Protection Act of 2016

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the federal student loan discharge process for a veteran who has a total and permanent disability.

Specifically, it directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a system to automatically transmit, from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or the Department of Defense (DOD), an applicable determination of unemployability or assignment of a service-connected disability rating of 100%.

ED must accept, as sufficient documentation of a borrower's total and permanent disability, a determination of unemployability by the VA or an assignment of a service-connected disability rating of 100% by the VA or DOD that is transmitted in accordance with such system.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4845: Disabled Veterans Student Loan Protection Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4845/
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"H.R. 4845: Disabled Veterans Student Loan Protection Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4845/.
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H.R. 4845, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4845/.
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