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Current Student Aid Legislation
House
- H.R.5636 -- To establish a student loan forgiveness program for nurses. (Rep. Tancredo - 10/10/02)
 PDF (36K) - H.R.5501 -- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide greater academic freedom for institutions of higher education, and for other purposes. (Rep. Petri, 9/30/02) PDF (34K)
- H.R.5402 -- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitations on the deduction for interest on education loans and to make the deduction, as amended, permanent. (Rep. Israel 9/18/02) PDF (28K)
- H.R.5133 -- To expand the eligibility of individuals to qualify for loan forgiveness for teachers in order to provide additional incentives for teachers currently employed or seeking employment in economically depressed rural areas, Territories, and Indian Reservations. (Rep. Christensen 7/16/02) PDF (45K)
- H.R.5091 EH -- To increase the amount of student loan forgiveness available to qualified teachears, with an emphasis on special education teachers. (Rep. Graham 07/11/02; Amended 09/12/02) PDF (41K)
- H.R.5072 -- To make technical amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 incorporating the results of the Fed Up Initiative. (Rep. McKeon 07/09/02) PDF (75K)
- H.R.4928 -- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand and extend the eligibility of Hispanic-serving institutions for assistance under title V of that Act. (Rep. Velazquez 6/12/02) PDF (25K)
- H.R.4866 -- To make technical amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 incorporating the results of the Fed Up Initiative. (Rep. McKeon 06/05/02) PDF (73K)
- H.R.4639 -- To eliminate the termination date on authority for schools with low default rates to make single disbursements of student loans. (Rep. Wu 05/01/02) PDF (21K)
- H.R.3777 -- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restrict the disqualification of students for drug offenses to those students who committed offenses while receiving student financial aid. (Rep. Meeks 02/14/02) PDF (24K)
- H.R.3273 -- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation. (Rep. Regula 11/9/01) PDF (24K)
- H.R.2781 -- To make permanent the current student loan interest rates and provisions for lender return. (Rep. McKeon 8/3/01) PDF (26K)
- H.R.2219 -- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Hope Scholarship Credit to cover fees, books, supplies, and equipment and to exempt Pell Grants and SEOG from reducing expenses taken into account for the Hope Scholarship Credit. (Rep. Camp 6/19/01) PDF (28K)
- H.R.1992 -- The Internet Equity and Education Act or 2001. (Rep. Isakson 5/25/01) PDF (31K)
- H.R.1777 -- The Higher Education Affordability and Fairness Act. (Rep. Holt 5/9/01) PDF (50K)
- H.R.1622 -- The Affordable Student Loans Act of 2001 would eliminate student loan fees. (Rep. Miller 4/26/01) PDF (30K)
- H.R.1162 -- The 21st Century Higher Education Act would strengthen minority serving colleges and universities and make higher education more affordable. (Rep. Miller 3/22/01) PDF (162K)
- H.R.1072 -- The Student Debt Relief Act would amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide a credit for higher education loan interest payments. (Rep. Foley 3/15/01) PDF (31K)
- H.R.786 -- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance. (Rep. Frank 2/28/01) PDF (25K)
- H.R.772 -- To amend the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 to establish a program to identify and mentor college eligible high school students and their parents and provide emergency grants to cover the cost of books and supplies not be by colleges' aid packages. (Rep. Capps 2/28/01) PDF (36K)
- H.R.745 -- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent veterans' contributions to GI bill benefits from reducing federal student financial assistance. (Rep. Evans 2/27/01) PDF (24K)
- H.R.703 -- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to public elementary and secondary school teachers by providing a tax credit for teaching expenses, professional development expenses, and student education loans. (Rep. Scott 2/14/01) PDF (34K)
- H.Res.53 -- To express the sense of the House of Representatives that the maximum Pell Grant should be increased to $4,350. (Rep. Wu 2/14/01) PDF (24K)
- H.R.686 -- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 60-month limitation period on the allowance of a deduction of interest on loans for higher education expenses. (Rep. Mink 2/14/01) PDF (25k)
- H.R.678 -- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of the student loan interest deduction and to allow more taxpayers to claim that deduction. (Rep. McCarthy 2/14/01) PDF (28K)
- H.R.589 -- The Pell Grant Full Funding Act would fully fund the Pell Grant Program. (Rep. Mink 2/13/01) PDF (29k)
- H.R.489 -- The Math and Science Teacher Recruitment Act of 2001 would expand loan forgiveness for math and science teachers up to $2,500 for each year of teaching completed or a total of $10,000. (Rep. Gallegly 2/07/01) PDF (40K)
- H.R.414 -- Would amend Internal Revenue Code to make the Hope and Lifetime Learning Credits refundable and allow short-term student loans. (Rep. Andrews 2/6/01) PDF (31K)
- H.R.402 -- The bill would adjust the expected family contribution formula used in the Higher Education Act for families of adopted children. (Rep. Andrews 2/6/01) PDF (24K)
- H.R.343 -- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide Perkins Loan forgiveness to members of the armed forces. (Rep. Frank 1/31/01) PDF (20K)
- H.R.342 -- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make higher education more affordable by providing a full tax deduction for higher education expenses and interest on student loans. (Rep. Ford 1/31/01) PDF (38K)
- H.R.124 -- To provide for the full funding of Federal Pell Grants. (Rep. Keller 1/3/01) PDF (90)
- H.R.84 -- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for education. Specifically, the bill would exclude withdrawals from state college savings plans and prepaid tuition plans from gross income for tax purposes. (Rep. English 1/3/01) PDF (96K)
Senate
- S.2916 -- A bill to put a college education within reach, and for other purposes. (Sen. Biden, 9/9/2002) PDF (35K)
- S.2650 -- A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation. (Sen. Landrieu, 6/20/02) PDF (24K)
- S.1806 ES -- A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to health professions programs regarding the practice of pharmacy, and provide pharmacists with loan forgiveness. (Sen. Reed, 12/11/01; As passed by the Senate on 10/3/02 ) PDF (55K)
- S.1762 -- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers; to extend the current law with respect to special allowances for lenders and for other purposes. (Sen. Johnson, 12/04/01) PDF (36K)
- S.888 -- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide assistance to students and families coping with costs of higher education. (Sen. Lieberman, 5/15/01) PDF (49K)
- S.687 -- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make higher education more affordable by providing a tax deduction for higher education expenses, and for other purposes. (Sen. Torricelli, 4/4/01) PDF (49K)
- S.458 -- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make higher education more affordable. The bill would allow families to deduct up to $12,000 in college costs on their tax returns and student borrowers a tax credit of up to $1,500 on student loan interest. (Sen. Schumer, 3/06/01) PDF (49K)
- S.323 -- To provide grants to states to offer scholarships for students who agree to teach in high-need schools. (Sen. Schumer 2/14/01) PDF (59K)
- S.300 -- Would increase the amount of student loans eligible for forgiveness for teachers from $5,000 to $17,750. (Sen. Schumer 2/8/01) PDF (24K)
- S.289 -- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to make qualified tuition programs eligible for the same tax credit as education IRAs. (Sen. Sessions 2/8/01) PDF (36K)
- S.225 -- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to public elementary and secondary school teachers by providing a tax credit for teaching expenses, professional development expenses,and student education loans. (Sen. Warner, 1/31/01) PDF (38K)
- S.152 -- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the 60-month limit and increase the income limitation on the student loan interest deduction. (Sen. Grassley, 1/23/01) PDF (91K)
- S.133 -- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance programs, and for other purposes. (Sen. Baucus, 1/22/01) PDF (90K)
- S.131 -- To amend title 38, US Code to modify the annual determination of the rate of the basic benefit of active duty educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill. (Sen. Johnson, 1/22/01) PDF (93K)
- S.9 -- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for families. The bill would allow students or their families to deduct up to $12,000 in college expenses from gross income for tax purposes. (Sen. Daschle, 1/22/01) PDF (220K)
Higher Education Amendments of 1998
Email: ADV_COMSFA@ed.gov
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