H.R. 1595

Student Loan Relief Act of 2013

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113th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1595

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 17, 2013

Mr. Courtney (for himself, Mr. Bishop of New York, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mrs. Bustos, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Edwards, Ms. Esty, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Himes, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Holt, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Loebsack, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Markey, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Peters of Michigan, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Polis, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schrader, Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Shea-Porter, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Vela, Mr. Walz, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Welch, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Peters of California, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Enyart, Mr. Foster, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kind, Mr. Matheson, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. O’Rourke, Mr. Rush, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Capuano, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Student Loan Relief Act of 2013.

2.

Interest rate extension

Subparagraph (D) of section 455(b)(7) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(b)(7)) is amended—

(1)

in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 2013 and inserting 2015; and

(2)

in clause (v), by striking 2013 and inserting 2015.