# 115-hr-4000: Student Loan Relief Act of 2017

115-hr-4000, Student Loan Relief Act of 2017, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10] (R-VA); status Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4000
- Congress: 115
- Title: Student Loan Relief Act of 2017
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Introduced: 2017-10-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10] (R-VA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Student Loan Relief Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to establish a temporary three-year program to facilitate federal student loan refinancing into the private market, at no cost to the federal government, to ensure payment of lower interest rates on student loans. Private lenders under such refinancing program shall be eligible to receive a federal government guarantee of 95% of loans. Treasury shall, in consultation with the Department of Education, begin a national awareness campaign to alert student loan borrowers about such refinancing program with a disclosure that a private loan that results from such refinancing is not eligible for income driven repayment or loan forgivingness. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an exclusion from gross income for the payment of an employer, either to an employee or a lender, of any indebtedness of an employee under a qualified education refinance loan or any interest relating to such a loan. The term "qualified education refinance loan" means any indebtedness used solely to refinance a qualified education loan with respect to which the lender offers the borrower protection in the event of unemployment or financial hardship.

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- 115-hr-7368: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
- 115-hr-7123: Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7105: Brian Tally VA Medical Care and Liability Improvement Act
- 115-hr-7062: Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act
- 115-hr-6852: Grants for Reliable, Efficient, and Accountable Transit Act
- 115-hr-6805: Pregnant Women in Custody Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-4000 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4000)

## Related
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- [115-hr-7123: Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7123)
- [115-hr-7105: Brian Tally VA Medical Care and Liability Improvement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7105)
- [115-hr-7062: Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim C…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7062)
- [115-hr-6852: Grants for Reliable, Efficient, and Accountable Transit Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6852)
- [115-hr-6805: Pregnant Women in Custody Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6805)
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