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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1125 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require disclosure of the total amount of interest that would be paid |
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| 6 | 6 | | over the life of a loan for certain Federal student loans. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY21, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. F |
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| 10 | 10 | | EENSTRA(for himself, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, and Mr. NUNNof Iowa) |
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| 11 | 11 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on |
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| 12 | 12 | | Education and the Workforce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To require disclosure of the total amount of interest that |
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| 15 | 15 | | would be paid over the life of a loan for certain Federal |
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| 16 | 16 | | student loans. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Student Transparency 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | for Understanding Decisions in Education Net Terms 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act’’ or the ‘‘STUDENT Act’’. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. INTEREST DISCLOSURE. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 433(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (20 U.S.C. 1083(a)) is amended— 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 1125 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) by redesignating paragraphs (18) and (19) 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | as paragraphs (19) and (20), respectively; and 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) by inserting after paragraph (17) the fol-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | lowing: 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(18) the total amount of interest that would 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | be paid over the life of the loan based on a standard 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 10-year repayment plan;’’. 7 |
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