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Student Loan Lower Interest Rate and Lower Monthly Payment Refinancing Act of 2017

Introduced: May 25, 2017 See on congress.gov
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May 25, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 25, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Student Loan Lower Interest Rate and Lower Monthly Payment Refinancing Act of 2017

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to address refinancing of student loans, including to authorize states and private lenders to refinance federal student loans at lower market-based variable interest rates.

What's happening now May 25, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jul 17, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2725: Student Loan Lower Interest Rate and Lower Monthly Payment Refinancing Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2725/
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"H.R. 2725: Student Loan Lower Interest Rate and Lower Monthly Payment Refinancing Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2725/.
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H.R. 2725, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2725/.
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