US Congress House Bill 4286 (Prior Session Legislation)

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September 26 2012 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Student Loan Grace Period Extension Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the grace period before payment must begin on Direct Stafford Loans from 6 months to 12 months after borrowers cease to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload. Extends the federal interest subsidy on Direct Stafford Loans to all of the interest accrued on such loans before the loan repayment period begins. (Currently, the subsidy applies to all of the interest accrued before a borrower ceases to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload.)

Student Loan Grace Period Extension Act

Rep Hahn, Janice	Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z.	Rep Boswell, Leonard L.	Rep Carnahan, Russ
Rep Clarke, Hansen	Rep Clarke, Yvette D.	Rep Ellison, Keith	Rep Filner, Bob
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila	Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.	Rep Larsen, Rick	Rep Lewis, John
Rep Michaud, Michael H.	Rep Moore, Gwen	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes	Rep Olver, John W.
Rep Peters, Gary C.	Rep Rangel, Charles B.	Rep Reyes, Silvestre	Rep Rush, Bobby L.
Rep Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho	Rep Sewell, Terri A.	Rep Towns, Edolphus	Rep Welch, Peter

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2012-03-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2012-03-28	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E465-466)

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN04286:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr4286ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr4286ih.pdf