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H.R. 6698, The Preventing Student Loan Discrimination Act

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

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H.R. 6698 would provide for nondiscrimination by eligible lenders in the Robert T. Stafford Federal Student Loan Program.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inPreventing Student Loan Discrimination Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to editprohibit lenders under the wiki and beFederal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program from receiving special allowance payments (made to such lenders to compensate them for the firstdifference between FFEL interest rates and market rates) if they deny FFELs to provide a detailed summaryeligible borrowers because of their education program length or attendance at a particular school participating in the bill!)FFEL program.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 7/31/2008: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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