To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow for the deferment of certain student loans during a period in which a borrower is receiving treatment for cancer.
Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act of 2017
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers to defer student loans while they are receiving cancer treatment and during the six months after treatment.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Became Public Law No: 115-245.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 667.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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