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To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to discharge student loans for borrowers who are determined by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration to be under a disability without expectation of medical or functional improvement.

H.R. 3926 · 113th Congress · Jan 21, 2014 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Discharge of students loans for borrowers who are disabled without expectation of medical improvement

Section 437(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087(a)) is amended—
(1)
in the paragraph heading for paragraph (2), by inserting “by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs” after “determinations”; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:

“(3) Disability determinations by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration—A borrower who has been determined by the Commissioner of Social Security to be under a disability (within the meaning of section 223(d) of the Social Security Act) without expectation of medical or functional improvement and who provides documentation of such determination to the Secretary of Education, shall be considered permanently and totally disabled for the purpose of discharging such borrower’s loans under this subsection, and such borrower shall not be required to present additional documentation for purposes of this subsection.”