Active Reservists and National Guard Student Loan Relief Act of 2003

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1168 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1168

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide deferments and
interest payments for borrowers of student loans who are called to
active duty.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 10, 2003

Mr. Ryan of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr.
Chabot, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Farr, Mr. Ford, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts,
Mr. Frost, Mr. Holden, Mr. Inslee, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Jones of
North Carolina, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kildee, Mr. LaTourette, Mrs. McCarthy
of New York, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. George Miller of
California, Mr. Owens, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Simmons, and Mr.
Smith of Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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A BILL

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide deferments and
interest payments for borrowers of student loans who are called to
active duty.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Active Reservists and National Guard
Student Loan Relief Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. DEFERMENT DURING ACTIVE DUTY.

(a) FFEL and Direct Subidized Loans.--Section 428(b)(1)(M) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078(b)(1)(M)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (ii);
(2) by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon at the end of
clause (iii); and
(3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new
clause:
``(iv) not in excess of 3 years during
which the borrower--
``(I) is on active duty under
section 688, 12301(a), 12301(g), 12302,
12304, 12306, or 12406, or chapter 15
of title 10, United States Code, or any
other provision of law during a war or
during a national emergency declared by
the President or Congress, regardless
of the location at which such active
duty service is performed; or
``(II) in the case of a member of
the National Guard, is on full-time
National Guard duty (as defined in
section 101(d)(5) of title 10, United
States Code) under a call to active
service authorized by the President or
the Secretary of Defense for a period
of more than 30 consecutive days under
section 502(f) of title 32, United
States Code, for purposes of responding
to a national emergency declared by the
President and supported by Federal
funds.''.
(b) Perkins Loans.--Section 464(c)(2)(A) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
1087dd(c)(2)(A)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (iii);
(2) by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon at the end of
clause (iv); and
(3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new
clause:
``(v) not in excess of 3 years during which
the borrower--
``(I) is on active duty under
section 688, 12301(a), 12301(g), 12302,
12304, 12306, or 12406, or chapter 15
of title 10, United States Code, or any
other provision of law during a war or
during a national emergency declared by
the President or Congress, regardless
of the location at which such active
duty service is performed; or
``(II) in the case of a member of
the National Guard, is on full-time
National Guard duty (as defined in
section 101(d)(5) of title 10, United
States Code) under a call to active
service authorized by the President or
the Secretary of Defense for a period
of more than 30 consecutive days under
section 502(f) of title 32, United
States Code, for purposes of responding
to a national emergency declared by the
President and supported by Federal
funds.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

The amendments made by section 2 shall apply with respect to loans
for which the first disbursement is made on or after July 1, 1993, to
an individual who is a new borrower (within the meaning of section 103
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)) on the date such
individual applies for a loan.
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