US Congress House Bill 2161 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on May 23 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-07-08 - 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]

Assisting Students with Loans Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013, to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2015. Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal provisions establishing and appropriating funds to the Prevention and Public Health Fund (a Fund to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in private and public sector health care costs). Rescinds any unobligated balances appropriated to such Fund.

Assisting Students with Loans Act

Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2013-05-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-05-23	House	Referred to House Budget
2013-05-23	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-05-23	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2013-05-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2161/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2161/BILLS-113hr2161ih.pdf