United States · Bill · S
S. 1002 (116th)
Affordable Loans for Any Student Act
Introduced
3 April 2019
Last action
3 April 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Subjects
Education
Source updated
20 January 2026
Summary
Affordable Loans for Any Student Act This bill addresses repayment options, loan disclosures, and loan counseling for student loans. The bill revises requirements concerning repayment options for student loan borrowers. For instance, the bill terminates interest capitalization and origination fees for Federal Direct Loans, provides assistance to low-income borrowers or borrowers who are delinquent on loan payments, and replaces the existing income-based repayment plans with two new plans. Under the new plans, borrowers may choose (1) a fixed repayment plan with equal monthly payments paid over a period of 10 years, or (2) an income-based repayment plan with monthly payments equal to 10% percent of their income above the poverty level. The income-based plan is capped at 20 years of payments. The bill also revises requirements concerning student loan disclosures and student loan counseling for borrowers. For instance, the bill requires the Department of Education to maintain online counseling tools that provide borrowers with annual and exit student loan counseling.
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Timeline
3 April 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
3 April 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 3 April 2019 · Download file
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Sponsors
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Student Aid Simplification Act
- related to ← Affordable Loans for Any Student Act
- related to ← Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act
- related to ← Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act
- related to ← Student Loan Tax Elimination Act
- related to ← Eliminating the Hidden Student Loan Tax Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1002
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1002
- us · 116-s-1002 · source updated 20 January 2026