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.
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Evidence
Congress.gov lists Joe Courtney as a Democratic House member for Connecticut District 2 in the 110th-119th Congresses, beginning in 2007.
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.
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.
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.
Assessments
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.