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H.R. 7895 117th Congress House

Combating Excessive Student Debt Act of 2022

Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to terminate the authority to make Federal direct PLUS loans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 27, 2022 See on congress.gov
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May 27, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
May 27, 2022
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 Latest action May 27, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Combating Excessive Student Debt Act of 2022

This bill generally prohibits new Federal Direct PLUS Loans from being made to student loan borrowers on or after July 1, 2023. Additionally, the bill limits the percentage of institutional revenue that may be derived from these loans.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7895: Combating Excessive Student Debt Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7895/
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"H.R. 7895: Combating Excessive Student Debt Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7895/.
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H.R. 7895, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7895/.
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