S 4097 119th Congress Senate Education Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Interest, dividends, interest rates State and local government operations Student aid and college costs

State-Based Education Loan Awareness Act

Introduced: March 16, 2026 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov

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Mar 19, 2026

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Mar 16, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 16, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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What's happening now March 19, 2026

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Hearings & markups 1

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Meeting Mar 19, 2026 · 10:00 AM EDT · Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 6

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE (FKA ACCESS GROUP, INC.)
for ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE (FKA ACCESS GROUP, INC.) · Pennsylvania · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
ECMC SHARED SERVICES CO. OBO ECMC
for ECMC SHARED SERVICES CO. OBO ECMC · Minnesota · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION
for AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
SLM CORPORATION
for SLM CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
ECMC SHARED SERVICES CO. OBO ECMC
for ECMC SHARED SERVICES CO. OBO ECMC · Minnesota · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
LEWIS-BURKE ASSOCIATES, LLC
for UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE · New Hampshire · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026

Cosponsors 6

Grassley, Chuck

Iowa · May 21, 2026

Lankford, James

Oklahoma · Apr 14, 2026

Sullivan, Dan

Alaska · Mar 25, 2026

Cassidy, Bill

Louisiana · Mar 16, 2026

Reed, Jack

Rhode Island · Mar 16, 2026

Shaheen, Jeanne

New Hampshire · Mar 16, 2026

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4097: State-Based Education Loan Awareness Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4097/

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"S. 4097: State-Based Education Loan Awareness Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4097/.

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S. 4097, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4097/.

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