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H.R. 5898: Know Your Repayment Options Act

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H.R. 5898: Know Your Repayment Options Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-07-14 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-07-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] · 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.
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Official title

Know Your Repayment Options Act

Plain summary

Know Your Repayment Options Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education (ED) to annually give federal student loan borrowers who have graduated or departed from school detailed information, including monthly amount and lifetime payment amount, for each repayment option available to the borrower. To provide this individualized information to borrowers, ED must establish a process for annual verification of the borrower's annual income and the outstanding balance of principal and interest due on federal loans. Borrowers may opt out of being provided this information.

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Official text

Know Your Repayment Options Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] · 8 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Grace Meng (D-NY), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Ted Lieu (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr5898 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114