HR 2535 · 105th Congress · Education

Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1997

Introduced 1997-09-24· Sponsored by Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.(1997-11-13)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1997 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to allow until October 1, 1998, the consolidation, under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), of all of a student's loans under both the FFELP and the Direct Loan Program. (Authorizes such consolidation of loans under both programs into single FFELP consolidation loans, which may be administered by entities other than the Department of Education, for an emergency period until October 1, 1998, to provide time to reduce a backlog in processing consolidation of both types of loans into Direct Lending Consolidation loans administered by the Department of Education.) Reduces the amount of certain funds available for administrative expenses under HEA student assistance provisions.…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 2535, Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1997

Oct 7, 1997

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on October 1, 1997

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Republicans