118th Congress Education
S. 2557: Student Loan Interest Elimination Act
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Summary
This bill makes changes to federal student loans, including to interest rates.
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish and implement procedures to (1) modify the terms of Federal Direct Loans so that beginning on July 1, 2024, no interest shall accrue on such a loan; and (2) allow a borrower to opt out of this loan modification.
Additionally, ED must establish and implement procedures to (1) refinance eligible loans that are not Federal Direct Loans (e.g., privately held Federal Family Education Loans and Perkins Loans), and (2) allow a borrower to opt out of this loan refinancing. The bill outlines the terms and conditions of these refinanced loans, including by prohibiting ED from charging origination fees and specifying that no interest shall accrue on these loans.
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Next, the bill creates a tiered interest rate (based on the borrower's total adjusted available income) for federal student loans made on or after July 1, 2024. The bill caps this interest rate at 4%.
The bill establishes the Education Affordability Trust Fund. ED must deposit all payments made on federal student loans into this trust fund. The Trust Fund Board, as established by this bill, must transfer the profits from investments of this trust fund to ED to pay for the administrative costs of carrying out federal student loan programs.
The bill allows ED to use excess amounts of funds in the trust fund to carry out a Supplemental Pell Grant Program.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- John Fetterman D-PA
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Peter Welch.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.