US Congress House Bill 1615 (Prior Session Legislation)

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May 14 2009 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medical Economic Deferment for Students (MEDS) Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to the meaning of economic hardship under the Federal Family Education Loan or Perkins Loan and related loan insurance programs. Considers borrowers under such programs to be suffering economic hardship if they are working full-time, have a federal educational debt burden equal to at least 20% of their adjusted gross income, and the difference between their adjusted gross income minus such debt burden is less than 220% of the greater of: (1) the annual earnings of an minimum wage earner; or (2) 150% of the poverty line applicable to their family size.

Medical Economic Deferment for Students (MEDS) Act

Rep Gordon, Bart	Rep Granger, Kay	Rep Alexander, Rodney	Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G.
Rep Bono Mack, Mary	Rep Hunter, Duncan D.	Rep Boustany, Charles W., Jr.	Rep Chaffetz, Jason
Rep Lance, Leonard	Rep Latham, Tom	Rep Lee, Christopher J.	Rep Rahall, Nick J., II
Rep Snyder, Vic	Rep Terry, Lee	Rep Wilson, Joe	Rep Biggert, Judy
Rep McKeon, Howard P. "Buck"	Rep Ehlers, Vernon J.	Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana	Rep Platts, Todd Russell
Rep Towns, Edolphus	Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr.	Rep Dingell, John D.	Rep Maffei, Daniel B.
Rep Brown, Corrine	Rep Carnahan, Russ	Rep Courtney, Joe	Rep Giffords, Gabrielle
Rep Holt, Rush D.	Rep Honda, Michael M.	Rep Moore, Dennis	Rep Murphy, Patrick J.
Rep Olver, John W.	Rep Rothman, Steven R.	Rep Rush, Bobby L.	Rep Sestak, Joe
Rep Price, Tom

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-05-14		Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
2009-03-19		Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN01615:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr1615ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr1615ih.pdf