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To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate origination fees for Federal Direct Loans.

H.R. 5577 · 113th Congress · Sep 18, 2014 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Elimination of origination fees for Federal Direct Loans

(a)
Sense of Congress— It is the sense of Congress that no origination fees should be charged on any future Federal Direct Loans.
(b)
Repeal of origination fees— Subsection (c) of section 455 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(c)) is repealed.
(c)
Effective date— The amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply with respect to loans made under part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) for which the first disbursement of principal is made, or, in the case of a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan, the application is received, on or after July 1, 2015.