H.R. 5: | College Student Relief Act of 2007 |
110th Congress 2007-2008 |
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reduce interest rates for student borrowers.
OverviewSponsor: | | Text: | Summary
|
Full Text | Status: |  | Introduced | Jan 12, 2007 | | Referred to Committee | View Committee Assignments | | Passed House | Jan 17, 2007 |  | Senate Vote | (did not occur) | | Signed by President | (did not occur) |
This bill never became law.
This bill was proposed in a previous session of Congress. Sessions
of Congress last two years, and at the end of each session all
proposed bills and resolutions that haven't passed are cleared from the books.
Members often reintroduce bills that did not come up for debate
under a new number in the next session.
| Last Action: | Jan 17, 2007:
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Related: | See the Related Legislation page for other bills related to this one and a list of subject terms
that have been applied to this bill.
Sometimes the text of one bill or resolution is incorporated into another, and in those cases the original bill or resolution, as it would appear here, would seem to be abandoned. | Votes: | Jan 17, 2007:
This bill passed in the House of Representatives by roll call vote.
The totals were 356 Ayes, 71 Nays, 8 Present/Not Voting.
Vote Details.
|
|
Question & Answer  |
Sources of Influence
MAPLight.org reports that the following organizations
have taken a stance on this bill:
| Support | Oppose |
|---|
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers National Education Association National Assocation for College Admission Counseling National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators U.S. Public Interest Research Groups American Council on Education National Assocation of College Stores | Consumer Bankers Association Sallie Mae StudentLoanTruth.Org Financial Services Roundtable ScholarPoint Financial Inc. FinAid! |
Follow the link to MAPLight.org to see if campaign contributions from employees of these organizations are correlated with how Members of Congress voted on this bill.
Because the U.S. Congress posts most legislative information online one legislative day after events occur, GovTrack is usually one legislative day behind. For more information about where this data comes from, see
About GovTrack.us.
H.R. 5--110th Congress: College Student Relief Act of 2007.
(2007).
In GovTrack.us (database of federal legislation).
Retrieved Nov 22, 2009, from
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-5
"H.R. 5--110th Congress: College Student Relief Act of 2007."
GovTrack.us (database of federal legislation).
2007.
Nov 22, 2009
<http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-5>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-5
|title=H.R. 5
|accessdate=Nov 22, 2009
|author=110th Congress (2007)
|date=Jan 12, 2007
|work=Legislation
|publisher=GovTrack.us
|quote=College Student Relief Act of 2007
}}
