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HR 672 116th Congress House Education Appropriations Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Interest, dividends, interest rates Student aid and college costs

To require the Secretary of Education to provide a deferment for certain student loans of Federal employees subject to a lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 17, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Jan 17, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jan 17, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill makes federally owned student loans of federal employees eligible for deferment during governmental shutdowns.

What's happening now January 17, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Jan 23, 2019
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Gomez, Jimmy
California · Jan 17, 2019
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Harder, Josh
California · Jan 17, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 672: To require the Secretary of Education to provide a deferment for certain student loans of Federal employees subject to a lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-672/
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"H.R. 672: To require the Secretary of Education to provide a deferment for certain student loans of Federal employees subject to a lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-672/.
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H.R. 672, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-672/.
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[H.R. 672: To require the Secretary of Education to provide a deferment for certain student loans of Federal employees subject to a lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-672/)
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