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.

Bill: 113-hr-3926
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-01-21
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disability and paralysis

Government lending and loan guarantees

Higher education

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to discharge a student borrower's loan under the Federal Family Education Loan program if the borrower: (1) has been determined by the Commissioner of Social Security to be under a disability without expectation of medical or functional improvement, and (2) provides the Secretary with documentation of that determination.</p> <p>Considers such a borrower to be permanently and totally disabled.</p> <p>Prohibits such a borrower from being required to present additional documentation regarding his or her disability.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3926 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 21, 2014 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL 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.

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. .