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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 6134

Introduced

STUDENT Act

Sponsor
RRandy Feenstra· Iowa
Introduced
November 19, 2025
Policy area
Education
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.November 19, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6134 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6134

To require disclosure of the total amount of interest that would be 
paid over the life of a loan for certain Federal student loans.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 19, 2025

Mr. Feenstra (for himself, Mrs. Hinson, and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and Workforce

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A BILL

To require disclosure of the total amount of interest that would be 
paid over the life of a loan for certain Federal student loans.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Student Transparency for 
Understanding Decisions in Education Net Terms Act'' or the ``STUDENT 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INTEREST DISCLOSURE.

Section 455(p) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(p)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``shall, with respect to loans'' and 
inserting the following: ``shall--
``(1) with respect to loans'';
(2) by striking ``part B.'' and inserting ``part B; and''; 
and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) include in the disclosure required under section 
433(a) the total amount of interest that would be paid over the 
life of the loan, using the standard repayment plan applicable 
based on the total outstanding principal of all loans of the 
borrower.''.
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