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Key Votes
HR 5715 - Student Loan Provision Changes - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Frank Wolf voted Yea (Concurrence Vote) on this Legislation.
Read statements Frank Wolf made in this general time period.
Stages
- May 7, 2008 Executive Signed
- May 1, 2008 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- April 30, 2008 Senate Bill Passed
- April 17, 2008 House Bill Passed
- April 8, 2008 Introduced
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Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Became Public Law No. 110-227 - May 7, 2008
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (388-21) - May 1, 2008(Key vote)
Title: Student Loan Provision Changes
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote to pass a bill that increases limits for student loans, changes repayment requirements for parents, and temporarily allows the government to purchase loans from certain lenders.
- Increases the loan limit above the determined financial need for eligible students in the following ways (Sec. 2):
- Increases the limit for graduate students enrolled in an eligible institution from $10,000 to $12,000;
- Allows a limit of up to $2,000 for dependent undergraduate students; and
- Increases the limit amounts for independent undergraduate students from $4,000 to $6,000 for the first two years of study and from $5,000 to $7,000 for the second two years of study (Sec. 2).
- Increases the total federal loan limit for undergraduate studies from $23,000 to $31,000 for dependent students and from $46,000 to $57,500 for independent students (Sec. 2).
- Allows a six-month grace period after a student has less than half of a full time class load before parent borrowers must start making payments (Sec. 3).
- Authorizes the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase loans originated on or after October 1, 2003 from eligible lenders if there is an inadequate availability of loan capital to meet the demand for student loans, with a temporary authority that expires on July 1, 2009 (Sec. 7).
NOTE: THIS VOTE WAS TAKEN UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO CUT OFF DEBATE EARLY AND VOTE TO PASS THE BILL, THEREBY REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY FOR PASSAGE.
Legislation - Bill Passed With Amendment (Senate) - April 30, 2008
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (383-27) - April 17, 2008(Key vote)
Title: Student Loan Provision Changes
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote to pass a bill that changes the limits for student loans, changes repayment requirements for parents, and temporarily allows the government to purchase loans from certain lenders.
- Increases loan limits above the determined financial need for eligible students in the following ways (Sec. 2):
- Increases the limit for graduate students enrolled in an eligible institution from $10,000 to $12,000;
- Allows a limit of up to $2,000 for dependent undergraduate students; and
- Increases the limit amounts for independent undergraduate students from $4,000 to $6,000 for the first two years of study and from $5,000 to $7,000 for the second two years of study.
- Sets the total loan limit for undergraduate studies at $31,000 for dependent students and $57,500 for independent students (Sec. 2).
- Allows a six month grace period after a student has less than half of a full time class load before parent borrowers must start making payments (Sec. 3).
- Authorizes the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase loans originated on or after October 1, 2003 from eligible lenders if there is an inadequate availability of loan capital to meet the demand for student loans, with a temporary authority that expires on July 1, 2009 (Sec. 7).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - April 8, 2008
Title: Student Loan Provision Changes
Sponsors
- George Miller (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Jason Altmire (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Timothy H. 'Tim' Bishop (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Yvette Diane Clarke (NY - D)
- Joseph D. 'Joe' Courtney (CT - D)
- David Davis (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Danny K. Davis (IL - D)
- Keith Maurice Ellison (MN - D)
- Luis Guillermo Fortuño (PR - R) (Out Of Office)
- Raul M. Grijalva (AZ - D)
- Philip G. 'Phil' Hare (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rubén E. Hinojosa Sr. (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mazie K. Hirono (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rush D. Holt Jr. (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX - D)
- Richard Keller (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy (RI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dale E. Kildee (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dennis J. Kucinich (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- John R. Lewis (GA - D)
- David W. 'Dave' Loebsack (IA - D)
- Carolyn McCarthy (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Howard P. 'Buck' McKeon (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- John W. Olver (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Donald M. Payne (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Linda T. Sánchez (CA - D)
- John P. Sarbanes (MD - D)
- Robert C. 'Bobby' Scott (VA - D)
- Joseph A. 'Joe' Sestak Jr. (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Carol Shea-Porter (NH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bennie G. Thompson (MS - D)
- Lynn C. Woolsey (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- David Wu (OR - D) (Out Of Office)