[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5481 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5481

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize institutions of 
 higher education to provide additional loan counseling, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2016

  Mr. Salmon (for himself and Mr. Grothman) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize institutions of 
 higher education to provide additional loan counseling, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Ensure Responsible Borrowing Act''.

SEC. 2. ENTRANCE COUNSELING FOR BORROWERS.

    Section 485(l) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1092(l)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Additional counseling.--In addition to the entrance 
        counseling under paragraph (1), an eligible institution may 
        require any borrower, at or prior to the time of a disbursement 
        to the borrower of a loan made under part D (other than a 
        Federal Direct Consolidation Loan or a Federal Direct PLUS loan 
        made on behalf of a student), to receive the information 
        described in paragraph (2) with respect to such loan, or any 
        other financial counseling, including financial literacy 
        counseling.
            ``(4) Annual loan acceptance.--Prior to making the first 
        disbursement of a loan made under part D (other than a Federal 
        Direct Consolidation Loan) to a borrower for an award year, an 
        eligible institution, shall ensure that after receiving the 
        applicable counseling under paragraph (2) or (3), the borrower 
        accepts the loan for such award year by--
                    ``(A) signing the master promissory note for the 
                loan;
                    ``(B) signing and returning to the institution a 
                separate written statement that affirmatively states 
                that the borrower accepts the loan; or
                    ``(C) electronically signing an electronic version 
                of the statement described in subparagraph (B).''.
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