Full Title To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate interest on student loans, establish the Education Affordability Trust Fund, increase annual and aggregate loan limits, and for other purposes.
Increase annual and aggregate federal student loan limits through legislation amending the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Congress.gov lists Joe Courtney as a Democratic House member for Connecticut District 2 in the 110th-119th Congresses, beginning in 2007.
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Congress.gov records H.R.5715 as Public Law 110-227 and summarizes section 2 as increasing annual unsubsidized Stafford loan amounts by $2,000 and setting aggregate undergraduate limits.
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Public Law 110-227 section 2 amends HEA section 428H, adds $2,000 to dependent undergraduate annual limits, and sets aggregate limits at $31,000 and $57,500.
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The U.S. Code shows 20 U.S.C. 1078-8(d) loan-limit provisions and notes Public Law 110-227 amended subsection (d) generally, effective for loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2008.
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Public Law 110-227 amended section 428H(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Section 2 set undergraduate dependent unsubsidized Stafford annual limits at the section 428 amount plus $2,000, set aggregate limits at $31,000, set independent undergraduate annual limits above the base amounts, and set the independent aggregate limit at $57,500, effective for loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2008.
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GovInfo's official bill metadata for H.R. 5715 lists Joe Courtney of Connecticut as a cosponsor of the reported House bill, whose title was to ensure continued availability of access to the federal student loan program for students and families, with U.S. Code references including 20 U.S.C. 1078-8.
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Current U.S. Code text for 20 U.S.C. 1078-8 includes loan-limit provisions and notes: "2008-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110-227 amended subsec. (d) generally" and "Loan limit increases authorized by the amendments made by this section" apply to eligible students.
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GovInfo bill metadata for H.R. 5715 lists the short title as Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008, cites U.S. Code references including 20 U.S.C. 1078-8, and lists Joe Courtney (CT) among the cosponsors.
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Dependent undergraduates (excluding those whose parents can’t get Direct PLUS Loans) | $31,000 | $23,000 Independent undergraduates (and dependent undergraduates whose parents can’t get Direct PLUS Loans) | $57,500 | $23,000
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maintains current annual limits under the Federal Direct Stafford Loan Program for undergraduate and graduate students
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Loan limit increases authorized by the amendments made by this section
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Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase, by $2,000, the maximum annual unsubsidized Stafford loan amounts
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Joe Courtney (CT)
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House Connecticut, District 2 110th-119th (2007-Present)
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To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to terminate Federal student loan limits
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which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
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Subsection (d) of section 428H of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-8(d)) is amended
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Joe Courtney (CT)
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maintains current annual limits under the Federal Direct Stafford Loan Program for undergraduate and graduate students
Assessments
The verified commitment describes a proposal to amend the Higher Education Act to increase annual and aggregate loan limits. Verified evidence shows Public Law 110-227 amended the relevant HEA section, but the verified passage provided does not itself establish that annual and aggregate limits were increased, nor does any verified passage establish Joe Courtney materially contributed to the enacted outcome. Recent verified passages show a later bill was referred, not enacted. Because delivery requires verified outcome plus material candidate attribution, the claim remains unresolved on the verified record.
Public Law 110-227, enacted May 7, 2008 during Courtney's first House term, amended Higher Education Act section 428H and increased both annual and aggregate federal student loan limits. Official bill metadata ties Courtney to the enacted measure as a cosponsor of H.R. 5715, so the promised legislative outcome was delivered in the same term with candidate credit.
Public Law 110-227 was enacted in May 2008 during Joe Courtney's first House term and amended the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase annual and aggregate federal student loan limits. Courtney was serving as Connecticut's 2nd District representative in the 110th Congress and was listed as a cosponsor of H.R. 5715, the bill that became the enacted law, giving him direct candidate credit for materially supporting the delivered federal legislation.
Public Law 110-227, enacted on May 7, 2008 during Joe Courtney's service in the 110th Congress, amended the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase annual unsubsidized Stafford loan limits by $2,000 and raise aggregate undergraduate limits to $31,000 and $57,500. This directly matches the promised federal legislative outcome, and the timing is within the same congressional term in which Courtney held the relevant federal office.