Shutdown Student Loans for Feds Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Suspends federal student loan payments, interest accrual, and negative credit treatment for covered federal employees and certain contractors during shutdowns lasting at least 14 days, and credits the months toward loan forgiveness programs.
Who Benefits and How
Federal employees and certain shutdown-affected contractors with Direct Loans could get temporary payment relief, no interest accrual, and continued forgiveness credit during prolonged shutdowns.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Education Department and federal finances would absorb the administrative and fiscal cost of suspending payments and interest and crediting the months toward forgiveness.
Key Provisions
- Suspends Direct Loan payments for covered federal workers and certain contractors during shutdowns lasting at least 14 days.
- Stops interest accrual, preserves credit reporting, credits the period toward loan forgiveness, and allows refunds of covered payments.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Suspends federal student loan payments, interest accrual, and negative credit treatment for covered federal employees and certain contractors during shutdowns lasting at least 14 days, and credits the months toward loan forgiveness programs.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Labor, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Suspends federal student loan payments, interest accrual, and negative credit treatment for covered federal employees and certain contractors during shutdowns lasting at least 14 days, and credits the months toward loan forgiveness programs.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Covered federal employees and contractors with Direct Loans during prolonged shutdowns
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Education Department officials and federal finances supporting the loan relief
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Alsobrooks (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, Mr. …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Education Department operations and federal finances supporting the loan suspension and forgiveness credit
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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