A bill to allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance Federal student loans.

Summary

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Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers that received loans under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (DL) or Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program on or after July 1, 2006, to consolidate those loans as Federal Direct Consolidation Loans. Directs the Secretary of Education to...

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Bill Progress

Bill has been introduced and assigned a number

Introduced(5/23/13)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

Law

Sponsor

Mrs. Gillibrand

Senate (D) New York

Cosponsors (10)

Walsh

(D) MT

Brown

(D) OH

Merkley

Senate (D) Oregon

Begich

(D) AK

Pryor

(D) AR

Booker

Senate (D) New Jersey

Schatz

Senate (D) Hawaii

McCaskill

(D) MO

Tester

(D) MT

Blumenthal

Senate (D) Connecticut

Topics

Education

Government Spending & Operations

Business & Finance

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

May 23, 2013