H.R. 4314: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a student loan repayment program for totally disabled veterans.
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H.R. 4314: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a student loan repayment program for totally disabled veterans.
113th Congress · introduced 2014-03-26 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2014-03-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a student loan repayment program for totally disabled veterans.
Plain summary
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a student loan repayment program in which the Secretary repays the undergraduate student loan amounts that veterans owe on any date they incur a service-connected disability that is rated as total. Makes the repayment program applicable only to: (1) veterans who served in the Armed Forces on or after September 11, 2001, and (2) loans made before the veteran entered the Armed Forces.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a student loan repayment program for totally disabled veterans.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr4314.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr4314 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113