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No Student Loans for Campus Criminals Act
To establish that an individual who is convicted of any offense under any Federal or State law related to the individual's conduct at and during the course of a protest that occurs at an institution of higher education shall be ineligible to receive a Federal student loan or for forgiveness, cancellation, waiver, or modification of certain Federal student loans.
Summary
This bill would make individuals ineligible for federal student loans and student loan forgiveness if they are convicted of any federal or state offense related to their conduct during a protest at an institution of higher education. The prohibition would apply to all federal student loans made under the Higher Education Act of 1965, including Stafford loans, PLUS loans, and loans under the Health Education Assistance Loan Program. Individuals with existing federal student loans would become ineligible for forgiveness, cancellation, waiver, or modification of those loans under any program, including those created by executive order or Department of Education action. The ban would apply retroactively to loans made before, on, or after the date of enactment. The bill does not define what constitutes conduct "related to a protest," leaving that determination to courts on a case-by-case basis.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Tom Cotton’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $80,461
- APOLLO MANAGEMENT $25,600
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $19,800
- BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL PARTNERS $13,200
- APOLLO $11,600
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Actions (2)
- Mar 11, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Mar 11, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025
Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To establish that an individual who is convicted of any offense under any Federal or State law related to the individual’s conduct at and during the course of a protest that occurs at an institution of higher education shall be ineligible to receive a Federal student loan or for forgiveness, cancellation, waiver, or modification of certain Federal student loans.
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 “No Student Loans for Campus Criminals Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS ON RECEIPT OF FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS AND LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.
(a) Prohibitions.—
(1) Loan forgiveness.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual described in paragraph (3) shall not be eligible to have any covered loan, or a portion of such loan, forgiven, cancelled, waived, or modified under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) or under any other Executive Order or action of the Department of Education.
(2) Loan receipt.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual described in paragraph (3) shall not be eligible to receive a loan made under part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.).
(3) Affected individual.—An individual described in this paragraph is an individual who is convicted of any offense under any Federal or State law related to the individual’s conduct at and during the course of a protest that occurs at an institution of higher education.
(b) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Covered loan.—The term “covered loan” means—
(A) a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part B, D, or E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.; 1087a et seq.; 1087aa et seq.) before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act; or
(B) a loan under the Health Education Assistance Loan Program under title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292 et seq.) made before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Institution of higher education.—The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). <all>
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