118th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To require disclosure of the total amount of interest that would be paid over the life of a loan for certain Federal student loans.
February 16, 2023
Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Manchin, and Mr. Kaine) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To require disclosure of the total amount of interest that would be paid over the life of a loan for certain Federal student loans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Student Transparency for Understanding Decisions in Education Net Terms Act” or the “STUDENT Act”.
Section 433(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1083(a)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (18) and (19) as paragraphs (19) and (20), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (17) the following:
“(18) the total amount of interest that would be paid over the life of the loan based on a standard 10-year repayment plan;”.