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Federal Issues

Federal Issues Index | Year-End Report Index
Important Federal Resources Index | Committee Information

End of the Year Report
Important Federal Resources

Pending Legislation Affecting Higher Education
September 2003 Issue of The Greentree Gazette

H.R. 2437
Child Protection Services Workforce Improvement Act - Loan forgiveness for child welfare workers.
H.R. 2484
Assistance for higher education institutions serving Indian tribes.
H.R. 2485
Ensuring College Access For All Americans Act - Limits applicability of annual updates to the allowance for state and other taxes in tables used for federal needs analysis for 2004-05.
H.R. 2504
Providing Student Loan Consolidation at Reasonable Interest Rates; Lets borrowers consolidate student loans at ‘reasonable’ interest rates.
H.R. 2505
Amends the Higher Education Act to permit refinancing of consolidation loans and increase Pell grant maximum awards.
H.R. 2543
Eliminates the two-year wait-out for grant recipients under the Hispanic-Serving Institutions program.
H.R. 2562
Financial assistance to law school graduates who choose public interest employment.
H.R. 2674
Student loan forgiveness for librarians in low-income areas.
H.R. 2678
Expanded loan forgiveness for teachers.
H.R. 2711
Permits refinancing of consolidation loans and repeals the single-holder rule, giving borrowers the freedom to select a student loan consolidator.
H.R. 2892
Loan forgiveness for school administrators in low-income areas.
H.R. 2913
Distance education amendments to the Higher Education Act.
H.R. 2956
Financial Aid Simplification Act - Directs the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance to conduct a study on how to simplify the Higher Education Act’s need-analysis formula and the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
S. 926
Federal Employee Student Loan Assistance Act - Increases, from $6,000 to $10,000, the annual limit on student loan repayments by Federal Agencies, and increases, from $40,000 to $60,000, the aggregate limit on such repayments. The Committee on Governmental Affairs approved this bill by voice vote on June 17.
S. 1246
Amends Internal Revenue Code related to collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.
S. 1265
Limits ED’s ability to change the federal needs analysis methodology for 2004-05 regarding state and other tax tables
S. 1273
Initiates a study to ensure students are not adversely affected by ED’s changes to the needs analysis tables, and to require the Secretary of Education to consult with the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance regarding such changes in the future.
S. 1287
Amends the definition of “Hispanic-serving institution” in section 502(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act.

 





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