# 115-hr-5549: HIGHER ED Act

115-hr-5549, HIGHER ED Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5549
- Congress: 115
- Title: HIGHER ED Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
- Introduced: 2018-04-18
- Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Helping Individuals Get a Higher Education while Reducing Education Debt Act or the HIGHER ED Act This bill assists certain student borrowers with reducing their debt for higher education. Among other things, the bill allows existing public and private students loans to be refinanced into federal loans, broadly changes loan terms, such as repayment and interest for student loans, authorizes graduate and professional students to receive subsidized Stafford Loans, and makes federal student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy proceedings.

## Related bills

- 115-hr-7368: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
- 115-hr-7228: Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7082: To prohibit the provision of United States security assistance to the Government of Saudi Arabia, and for other purposes.
- 115-hr-7005: Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6869: Violence Against Women Veterans Act
- 115-hr-6840: Hold the LYNE Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-5549 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5549)

## Related
- [115-hr-7368: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7368)
- [115-hr-7228: Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7228)
- [115-hr-7082: To prohibit the provision of United States security assistance to the Governmen…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7082)
- [115-hr-7005: Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7005)
- [115-hr-6869: Violence Against Women Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6869)
- [115-hr-6840: Hold the LYNE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6840)
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