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HR 3346 115th Congress House Education Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Income tax exclusion Interest, dividends, interest rates Student aid and college costs User charges and fees

Student Opportunity Act

Introduced: July 20, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Jul 20, 2017
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.
Jul 20, 2017
Introduced in House
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Student Opportunity Act

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to establish a program to refinance the outstanding principal, interest, and late charges on Federal Direct Loans (DLs) and Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) in order to give a borrower a fixed interest rate equal to the 10-year Treasury note rate plus .5 percentage point.

What's happening now July 20, 2017

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.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4001 Related bill Student Loan Refinancing and Recalculation Act
  • HR 3835 Related bill Eliminating the Hidden Student Loan Tax Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 11
D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Jul 28, 2017
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Jul 28, 2017
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Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Jul 28, 2017
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Jul 28, 2017
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jul 28, 2017
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 28, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 28, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jul 28, 2017
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jul 28, 2017
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Jul 28, 2017
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jul 28, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3346: Student Opportunity Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3346/
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"H.R. 3346: Student Opportunity Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3346/.
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H.R. 3346, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3346/.
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