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S 3207 115th Congress Senate Education Cancer Higher education Interest, dividends, interest rates Student aid and college costs

Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act of 2018

Introduced: July 12, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Jul 12, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 12, 2018
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act of 2018

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers to defer student loans while they are receiving cancer treatment and during the six months after treatment.

What's happening now July 12, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 2976 Related bill Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act of 2017
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  • HR 6470 Related bill Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jul 23, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3207: Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3207/
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"S. 3207: Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3207/.
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S. 3207, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3207/.
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