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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 8361

Introduced

Clean Slate through Rehabilitation Act

Sponsor
DNikema Williams· Georgia
Introduced
April 16, 2026
Policy area
Education
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.April 16, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8361 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8361

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove all adverse credit 
history related to a loan from the credit history of a borrower who has 
rehabilitated the loan.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 16, 2026

Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself, Ms. Ross, Ms. Adams, and Ms. 
Stevens) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Workforce

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove all adverse credit 
history related to a loan from the credit history of a borrower who has 
rehabilitated the loan.

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 ``Clean Slate through Rehabilitation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFAULT REDUCTION PROGRAM.

Section 428F(a)(1)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1078-6(a)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ``to remove the record 
of the default from the borrower's credit history'' and inserting ``to 
remove any adverse information relating to such loan from the 
borrower's credit history''.
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