Clean Slate through Consolidation Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8356 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8356 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the removal of the record of default from credit history upon obtaining a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan that discharges the defaulted loan. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 16, 2026 Ms. Stevens (for herself, Ms. Adams, Ms. Ross, and Ms. Williams of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the removal of the record of default from credit history upon obtaining a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan that discharges the defaulted loan. 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 ``Clean Slate through Consolidation Act''. SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF RECORD OF DEFAULT FROM CREDIT HISTORY UPON …