118th Congress Education
H.R. 4616: Informed Student Borrowing Act of 2023
Introduced
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (not reached)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill revises and expands loan counseling for borrowers of federal student loans.
Specifically, the bill requires an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs to provide loan counseling to a student borrower of a federal student loan at the first disbursement of a loan in each award year. Currently, an IHE must provide one-time entrance counseling to a student who is a first-time federal student loan borrower.
The bill also revises and expands required elements of loan counseling. For example, required elements of loan counseling must include (1) an explanation that the borrower must affirmatively determine and manually enter the federal loan amount that the borrower will borrow for each award year, and (2) sample monthly repayment amounts based on the standard repayment plan and the most commonly used income-driven repayment plan.
Read the full summary
Each IHE must ensure that student borrowers and parent borrowers manually enter the exact dollar amount of the loan that they wish to borrow for the year.
If an IHE provides a student or prospective student with a financial aid award notification that includes funds under the Federal Work-Study Program, then the IHE must ensure that the notification includes an explanation that these funds are not directly awarded to the student or IHE and that such amounts must be earned through the student's completion of work over time.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Who scored on this bill
No member has earned points from it yet.
See all scorers and every scoring event
Introductions and cosponsorships count toward weekly caps and show no points.
Other bills by Glenn Grothman
- H.R. 3342: BOP Direct-Hire Authority Act
- H.R. 9605: Less Bureaucracy, Better Foreign Medical Accreditation Act
- H.R. 8428: Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act
- H.R. 7362: Form 5500 Filing Simplification Act
- H.R. 8736: Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act
- H.R. 7721: CRACKDOWN Act of 2026
History
- Introduced in the House by Glenn Grothman.
Show the full action history (2 actions)
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.