United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5549 (115th)
HIGHER ED Act
Introduced
18 April 2018
Last action
22 May 2018 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Sponsors
Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Subjects
Education
Source updated
11 August 2025
Summary
Helping Individuals Get a Higher Education while Reducing Education Debt Act or the HIGHER ED Act This bill assists certain student borrowers with reducing their debt for higher education. Among other things, the bill allows existing public and private students loans to be refinanced into federal loans, broadly changes loan terms, such as repayment and interest for student loans, authorizes graduate and professional students to receive subsidized Stafford Loans, and makes federal student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy proceedings.
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Timeline
18 April 2018
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
18 April 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 April 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
22 May 2018
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 18 April 2018 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · D · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2017
- related to → POST GRAD Act
- related to → Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act of 2017
- related to → Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
- related to → Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5549
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5549
- us · 115-hr-5549 · source updated 11 August 2025