S 995
117th Congress
Senate
Education
Computers and information technology
Department of Education
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Lawyers and legal services
Student aid and college costs
Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Technical Corrections Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 25, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Technical Corrections Act
This bill revises the requirements for third-party access to the central database for student aid (i.e., the National Student Loan Data System).
First, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to issue, by July 1, 2021, its guidance on the use of access devices.
Additionally, the bill provides ED with discretion to approve applications from authorized persons or entities for third-party data access to the system.
The bill also expands the categories of persons or entities that are authorized to access the system to include certain for-profit organizations.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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