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S. 1238 · 113th Congress

Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013

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Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013, to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1,…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 27, 2013

Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013, to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2014.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify rules for required distributions from tax-exempt pension plans to an employee who dies before such employee's entire interest is distributed to require such interest to be distributed within five years after the death of such employee, subject to exceptions for an eligible designated beneficiary and surviving spouse of such employee. Defines "eligible designated beneficiary" to include a disabled or chronically-ill individual. Exempts from such modification a binding annuity contract in effect on the enactment date of this Act.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013

Latest action (Jul 17, 2013): Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5717-5718)

Policy area: Education · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 27, 2013

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Latest vote · Senate · Jul 15, 2013

Requiring attendance — Motion for Attendance Agreed to. Vote details

Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid

Table of every position
MemberParty at voteSeatPosition
Lisa MurkowskiRAKYea
Mark BegichDAKYea
Jeff SessionsRALNay
Richard ShelbyRALYea
John BoozmanRARNay
Mark PryorDARYea
Jeff FlakeRAZYea
John McCainRAZYea
Barbara BoxerDCAYea
Dianne FeinsteinDCAYea
Mark UdallDCOYea
Michael BennetDCOYea
Christopher MurphyDCTYea
Richard BlumenthalDCTYea
Christopher CoonsDDEYea
Thomas CarperDDEYea
Bill NelsonDFLYea
Marco RubioRFLNot Voting
Johnny IsaksonRGANay
Saxby ChamblissRGANay
Brian SchatzDHIYea
Mazie HironoDHIYea
Chuck GrassleyRIAYea
Tom HarkinDIAYea
James RischRIDNay
Mike CrapoRIDNay
Mark KirkRILYea
Richard DurbinDILYea
Daniel CoatsRINYea
Joe DonnellyDINYea
Jerry MoranRKSNay
Pat RobertsRKSNay
Mitch McConnellRKYYea
Rand PaulRKYNay
David VitterRLANay
Mary LandrieuDLAYea
Elizabeth WarrenDMAYea
Mo CowanDMAYea
Barbara MikulskiDMDYea
Benjamin CardinDMDYea
Angus KingIMEYea
Susan CollinsRMEYea
Carl LevinDMIYea
Debbie StabenowDMIYea
Al FrankenDMNYea
Amy KlobucharDMNYea
Claire McCaskillDMOYea
Roy BluntRMONay
Roger WickerRMSYea
Thad CochranRMSYea
Jon TesterDMTYea
Max BaucusDMTYea
Kay HaganDNCYea
Richard BurrRNCNay
Heidi HeitkampDNDYea
John HoevenRNDNay
Deb FischerRNEYea
Mike JohannsRNEYea
Jeanne ShaheenDNHNot Voting
Kelly AyotteRNHNay
Bob MenendezDNJNot Voting
Jeffrey ChiesaRNJNay
Martin HeinrichDNMYea
Tom UdallDNMYea
Dean HellerRNVNay
Harry ReidDNVYea
Chuck SchumerDNYYea
Kirsten GillibrandDNYYea
Rob PortmanROHYea
Sherrod BrownDOHYea
Jim InhofeROKNay
Thomas CoburnROKNay
Jeff MerkleyDORYea
Ron WydenDORYea
Bob CaseyDPAYea
Pat ToomeyRPANay
Jack ReedDRIYea
Sheldon WhitehouseDRIYea
Lindsey GrahamRSCYea
Tim ScottRSCNay
John ThuneRSDNay
Tim JohnsonDSDYea
Bob CorkerRTNYea
Lamar AlexanderRTNNay
John CornynRTXNay
Ted CruzRTXNay
Mike LeeRUTNay
Orrin HatchRUTYea
Mark WarnerDVAYea
Tim KaineDVAYea
Bernie SandersIVTYea
Patrick LeahyDVTYea
Maria CantwellDWAYea
Patty MurrayDWAYea
Ron JohnsonRWINay
Tammy BaldwinDWIYea
Jay RockefellerDWVYea
Joe ManchinDWVYea
John BarrassoRWYNay
Michael EnziRWYNay
All recorded votes (2)
  • Requiring attendance Motion for Attendance Agreed to
    Senate · Jul 15, 2013 · “On the Motion for Attendance S. 1238” · Majority Leader: Harry Reid
  • Ending debate (cloture) Cloture Motion Rejected
    Senate · Jul 10, 2013 · “On the Cloture Motion S. 1238” · Majority Leader: Harry Reid