A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit a Federal student loan borrower to elect to terminate repayment pursuant to income-based repayment and repay such loan under any other repayment plan for which the borrower is otherwise eligible.
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Latest Action · December 16, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Student Loan Repayment Freedom Act
This bill authorizes a federal student loan borrower to terminate repayment under an income-based repayment plan and instead elect to repay such loan under any other repayment plan for which they are eligible.
Currently, a federal student loan borrower repaying under an income-based repayment plan may only change to the standard repayment plan.
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