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H.R. 5895: Graduate Success Act

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H.R. 5895: Graduate Success Act

112th Congress · introduced 2012-06-05 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2012-06-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-33] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Graduate Success Act

Plain summary

Graduate Success Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to pay the interest that accrues on unsubsidized Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) and Direct Loans (DLs) that are deferred due to a student borrower's lack of full-time employment. Requires the Secretary to pay the interest that accrues on Federal Consolidation Loans that are in deferment due to a borrower's lack of full-time employment, provided the application for such a loan is received on or after this Act's enactment. Directs the Secretary to pay the interest that accrues on FFELs and DLs that are subject to income-based repayment provisions and are in deferment due to a borrower's lack of full-time employment. Limits these interest-free deferment periods to those occurring on or after this Act's enactment and covering no more than three years of full-time unemployment.

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Official text

Graduate Success Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-33] · 39 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), André Carson (D-IN), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr5895 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112