Contact Congress about H.R. 937: Protecting Taxpayers from Student Loan Bailouts Act

The Education Department could not issue major student aid rules or actions that raise federal subsidy costs. That could make future loan relief or repayment changes harder unless Congress acts.

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Protecting Taxpayers from Student Loan Bailouts Act is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Latest action on H.R. 937: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects people and groups tied to federal student aid. Borrowers could see fewer large loan relief or repayment changes made by the Education Department alone. Taxpayers could face fewer cost increases from major student aid rules that raise federal subsidy costs. Schools and loan servicers could see fewer large rule changes unless Congress approves them through a new law.

Why this matters: This bill matters because it could slow or block future federal student loan changes that cost the government more. Today, the Education Department can use rules and executive actions to change parts of federal student aid programs within legal limits. This bill would add a new barrier for big cost-raising changes. The real effect would depend on how often future policies meet both tests: large economic impact and higher subsidy costs.

Key provisions in H.R. 937

• The bill adds a new rule to the Higher Education Act of 1965. It would create section 492A in Part G of Title IV, the part that covers federal student aid.
• The Secretary of Education must check major draft rules for cost increases. The check applies to Title IV rules that are economically significant, meaning large enough to meet the bill’s economic-impact test.
• The Department must stop a draft rule if it raises federal subsidy costs. In that case, the Secretary may take no more action on that rule.
• The Secretary could not issue a major proposed rule, final rule, or executive action under Title IV if it raises subsidy costs. Both things must be true: the action is economically significant and it increases those costs.
• A rule or action is economically significant if it is likely to affect the economy by $100 million or more in a year. It also counts if it is likely to seriously harm the economy, an economic sector, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or governments and communities.

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Questions people ask about H.R. 937

What is H.R. 937?

The Education Department could not issue major student aid rules or actions that raise federal subsidy costs. That could make future loan relief or repayment changes harder unless Congress acts.

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