PASS Act

Bill: 116-hr-8820
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2020-11-24
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Consumer credit

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Government lending and loan guarantees

Higher education

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2020-11-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-11-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Pandemic Accommodation to Support Students Act or the PASS Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to extend certain temporary relief related to federal student loans.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill extends to September 30, 2021, the suspension of payments and interest due on Federal Direct Loans and Federal Family Education Loans that are held by ED.</p> <p>Further, ED must carry out a program, beginning on August 1, 2021, to provide at least six notices to borrowers that normal payment obligations will resume.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8820 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 24, 2020 Ms. Underwood (for herself, Mrs. Davis of California , Mr. Ryan , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Deutch , Ms. Dean , Mr. Gonzalez of Texas , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Cisneros , Mr. Clay , Mr. Suozzi , Ms. Porter , Mr. Sablan , Mr. Cooper , Mr. Neguse , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Malinowski , Ms. Norton , Mr. Harder of California , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Schrier , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Moulton , Ms. Adams , Ms. Titus , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Morelle , Ms. Houlahan , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Mr. McNerney , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Welch , Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Richmond , Mr. Foster , Mr. Takano , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Cohen , Ms. Meng , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Soto , Ms. Matsui , Mr. Pascrell , Mr. Levin of Michigan , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Scanlon , Mr. Price of North Carolina , Ms. Stevens , Mr. Payne , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Trone , Mr. Cartwright , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Cleaver , Ms. Speier , Mrs. Bustos , Mr. Rush , Mr. Sarbanes , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Ms. DeGette , Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire , Mrs. Hayes , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. Cárdenas , Ms. Judy Chu of California , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mrs. Trahan , Ms. Moore , Ms. Johnson of Texas , and Mr. Raskin ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To extend the temporary relief for Federal student loan borrowers provided under the CARES Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pandemic Accommodation to Support Students Act or the PASS Act . 2. Temporary relief for Federal student loan borrowers Section 3513 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 2020 and inserting 2021 ; and (2) in subsection (g)(2), by striking 2020 and inserting 2021 .