Servicemember Student Loan Affordability Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Extends Servicemembers Civil Relief Act interest-rate protections to certain student-loan consolidation or refinancing debt incurred during military service.
Who Benefits and How
Servicemembers and some joint servicemember-spouse borrowers could cap interest at 6 percent on qualifying student-loan refinancing or consolidation debt incurred during service.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Lenders and refinancing providers would face reduced interest revenue on covered obligations and must apply the expanded SCRA limitation.
Key Provisions
- Adds a new 6 percent interest-rate limitation for qualifying student-loan refinancing or consolidation debt incurred during military service.
- Applies the relief to federal and private education loans refinanced or consolidated under the specified terms.
- Updates effective-date and definitional provisions within the SCRA.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Extends Servicemembers Civil Relief Act interest-rate protections to certain student-loan consolidation or refinancing debt incurred during military service.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Finance, Education
Primary Purpose
Extends Servicemembers Civil Relief Act interest-rate protections to certain student-loan consolidation or refinancing debt incurred during military service.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Servicemembers refinancing or consolidating student loans during military service
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Lenders and refinancing providers subject to the 6 percent cap
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Durbin (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Servicemembers refinancing or consolidating student loans during military service
Lenders and refinancing providers subject to the expanded rate cap
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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