# 114-hr-5898: Know Your Repayment Options Act

114-hr-5898, Know Your Repayment Options Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5898
- Congress: 114
- Title: Know Your Repayment Options Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Introduced: 2016-07-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] (D-NY), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2016-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016
- 114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.
- 114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- 114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act
- 114-hr-3381: Childhood Cancer STAR Act
- 114-hr-3268: PAST Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-5898 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5898)

## Related
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- [114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika viru…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5044)
- [114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4592)
- [114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4479)
- [114-hr-3381: Childhood Cancer STAR Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3381)
- [114-hr-3268: PAST Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3268)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5898 (as of 2025-11-18).