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Legislation Sponsored for Easier Student Loan Refinancing

published May 21, 2013

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05/21/13

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is promoting new legislation for refinancing federal student loans with steep interest rates and converting them into loans with easier burdens. Private lenders and investors are concerned that the bill, if passed, could hurt their existing stake in the market.


According to Gillibrand's new plan, federal student loans with interest rates above 4 percent would automatically be converted to fixed 4-percent loans, thus affecting almost 90 percent of current federally supported student loans. The new legislation can help almost 37 million borrowers.

Speaking on the move, Gillibrand said, "At a time when corporations, homeowners and even local governments are refinancing at historically low interest rates … students and families who take out loans to pay for college are getting left behind.

Gillibrand further said that the move was aimed at "ensuring that our graduates are not saddled with unmanageable debt …"

The bill requires the Education Secretary to create a system to refinance FFEL loans that are currently owned by private lenders, and specifically targets loans that are owned by the Education Department's Direct Loan Program. The proposed legislation also targets government-guaranteed debt under the Federal Family Education Loan program.

If passed, the bill can almost devastate companies education loan companies like Sallie Mae, which derive most of their incomes from FFEL debt. Investors in FFEL debt programs may likewise be hurt if the interest income they were expecting is lost.

However, in recent months, federal government officials have been stressing repeatedly that the record student debt level is undermining economic growth as people burdened with non-dischargeable loans are reducing consumer activities and other types of borrowings like buying houses and cars.

According to estimates of Sallie Mae, while private lenders and investors own about $291 billion of FFEL debts, the Education Department owns about $147 billion. Besides these, the Education Department also owns about $494 billion in Direct Loans.

published May 21, 2013

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