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H.R. 1617

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To allow borrowers consolidating student loans to choose a variable or fixed interest rate, and for other purposes.
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Committee
Latest Action · April 29, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Congress
109th (2005–2007)
Introduced
April 13, 2005
Cosponsors (0)
None
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Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to allow borrowers consolidating student loans to choose: (1) a variable or fixed interest rate; and (2) the loan consolidator. Provides for the Federal Government's recapture of excess interest charged by lenders, under HEA provisions for special allowances for lenders of student loans.

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