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H.R. 6125 117th Congress House

No Double Debt for Disaster Survivors Act of 2021

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Education to discharge or cancel Federal student loan liability for borrowers of disaster loans under section 7(b) of the Small B… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Education to discharge or cancel Federal student loan liability for borrowers of disaster loans under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act made on or after January 1, 2020, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 2, 2021 Introduced by: Troy A. Carter Democratic · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Double Debt for Disaster Survivors Act of 2021

This bill directs the Department of Education to discharge the outstanding federal student loan debt for a borrower who received, on or after January 1, 2020, a Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster loan. Further, the bill specifies that the amount of student loan debt discharged may not exceed the amount of the SBA disaster loan.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6125: No Double Debt for Disaster Survivors Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6125/
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"H.R. 6125: No Double Debt for Disaster Survivors Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6125/.
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H.R. 6125, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6125/.
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[H.R. 6125: No Double Debt for Disaster Survivors Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6125/)
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