SJRES 56
116th Congress
Senate
Education
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Congressional oversight
Department of Education
Educational facilities and institutions
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability".
Introduced: September 26, 2019
Introduced by:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Became law
Mar 11, 2020
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 11, 2020
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1678)
Mar 10, 2020
Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S1660-1661)
Mar 10, 2020
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 41. Record Vote Number: 69.
Mar 10, 2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 439.
Mar 10, 2020
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by petition pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
Sep 26, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5752)
Sep 26, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This joint resolution nullifies a rule issued by the Department of Education (ED) on September 23, 2019. The rule revised the process for a student loan borrower to obtain a discharge from a student loan if an institution of higher education misrepresented a material fact. Among other requirements, the 2019 rule requires each borrower to apply to ED for a defense to repayment. However, under the previous 2016 rule, an application could be submitted on behalf of an entire group (e.g., veterans).
What's happening now
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
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