HR 3833 116th Congress House Education Disability and paralysis Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Income tax deductions Student aid and college costs Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Wages and earnings

SIMPLE Act

Introduced: July 18, 2019 Introduced by: Bonamici, Suzanne Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov

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Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 18, 2019

Introduced in House

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Streamlining Income-driven, Manageable Payments on Loans for Education Act or the SIMPLE Act

This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to automatically request from the Internal Revenue Service a borrower's tax return information for purposes of determining (1) the borrower's continued eligibility for discharge of Federal Family Education Loans based on permanent and total disability, or (2) recertification of the borrower's income-contingent or income-based loan repayment plan.

The bill also establishes a process for ED to enroll a delinquent borrower who is in federal student loan repayment in an income-driven repayment plan.

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