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S 1619 115th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Higher education Interest, dividends, interest rates Military personnel and dependents Student aid and college costs

A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or…

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A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service.

Introduced: July 24, 2017 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Jul 24, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4137-4138)
Jul 24, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the 6% interest rate limitation on debt entered into during a servicemember's military service to any debt entered into to consolidate or refinance one or more student loans incurred before such service.

What's happening now July 24, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4137-4138)

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jul 27, 2017
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jul 25, 2017
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Jul 24, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1619: A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1619/
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"S. 1619: A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1619/.
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S. 1619, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1619/.
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[S. 1619: A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1619/)
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