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HR 5962 114th Congress House

SIMPLE Act

Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the automatic recertification of income for income-driven repayment plans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 28, 2016 Introduced by: Bonamici, Suzanne Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Sep 8, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Sep 8, 2016
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5167-5168)
Sep 8, 2016
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Streamlining Income-driven, Manageable Payments on Loans for Education Act or the SIMPLE Act

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the process for enrolling a borrower in federal student loan repayment plans when the borrower is delinquent on payments for student loans under the Direct Loan program. Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) may use the tax information of certain delinquent borrowers for purposes of calculating their income-driven repayment plan options. ED must notify those borrowers about their delinquency and repayment plan options. ED must also establish and implement procedures for automatically recertifying the income of certain delinquent borrowers for the purpose of determining their repayment obligations.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Sep 28, 2016
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Sep 28, 2016
Meehan, Patrick
· Sep 28, 2016
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Sep 22, 2016
Donovan, Daniel
· Sep 20, 2016
Costello, Ryan
· Sep 8, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5962: SIMPLE Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5962/
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"H.R. 5962: SIMPLE Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5962/.
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H.R. 5962, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5962/.
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