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HR 1937 115th Congress House

Student Security Act of 2017

Official title: To provide loan forgiveness to borrowers of Federal student loans who agree to delay eligibility to collect social security benefits, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 5, 2017 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Government lending and loan guaranteesGovernment trust fundsHigher educationIncome tax exclusion
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Social security and elderly assistanceStudent aid and college costs
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This bill died when the 115th Congress ended
It never became law before the 115th Congress (2017–2018) 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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Apr 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Apr 5, 2017
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.
Apr 5, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 17, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Student Security Act of 2017

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education and the Social Security Administration to jointly carry out a student loan forgiveness program that will forgive Federal Direct loans in exchange for delayed eligibility for old-age insurance benefits under the Social Security Act.

In addition, the bill authorizes the transfer of amounts from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund into the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund if borrowing is necessary to pay full benefit payments from the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.

The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of student loan indebtedness to include indebtedness discharged under the program.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1937: Student Security Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1937/
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"H.R. 1937: Student Security Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1937/.
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H.R. 1937, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1937/.
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