S 1176
115th Congress
Senate
Education
Congressional oversight
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings
Repay Act of 2017
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 18, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 18, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Repay Act of 2017
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to expand the student loan repayment options for new borrowers of William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans to include a simplified income-driven repayment plan.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1176: Repay Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1176/
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