Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act of 2017

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

IRR Ros-LehtinenSponsor

72 cosponsors · 56 D, 16 R

JDR Duncan MDR Diaz-Balart CPD Peterson EPD Perlmutter DWD Wasserman Schultz DSD Soto ESD Swalwell DKD Kilmer JMD McGovern TMR MacArthur PTD Tonko MTD Takano JPD Polis MDD DeSaulnier JRD Raskin JCD Chu EBD Blumenauer BBD Boyle KCD Castor JGR González-Colón JBD Beatty NBD Barragán YCD Clarke BCR Comstock RGD Grijalva MGR Gaetz SJD Jackson Lee JMD McNerney GND Napolitano AED Eshoo CBD Bustos ZLD Lofgren SBD Bonamici JRD Rosen ASD Schiff PAD Aguilar SCD Cohen BFD Foster TLD Lieu LRD Roybal-Allard CSD Shea-Porter DYR Young MCD Capuano JCD Courtney PDD DeFazio DKD Kildee TSD Sewell AKD Kuster RGD Gallego MMR McCaul JYD Yarmuth DYR Young JDR Denham RDR Davis DVR Valadao MLD Lujan Grisham GMD Moore BWR Westerman AMD McEachin DDR Donovan MDD Doyle RDD DeLauro BMD McCollum AHD Hastings FUR Upton ECD Cummings ECD Cleaver FWD Wilson SMD Moulton CCR Curbelo JKD Kennedy JDD Delaney

5 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers to defer student loans while they are receiving cancer treatment and during the six months after treatment.