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Comprehensive Student Loan Protection Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set the interest rate on Direct Loans, for any 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30, at the bond equivalent rate of 10-year Treasury bills auctioned at the final auction held prior to such June 1, plus 3%.
Makes: (1) that formula applicable to Direct Loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2013, and (2) the rate set on such loans applicable for the life of the loans.
Requires any savings to the federal government that result from this Act's amendment to be used for deficit reduction.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 1003 as introduced in Senate on May 21, 2013. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Senate Jun 6, 2013
Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 1003
Cloture Motion Rejected
40 Yea 57 Nay 2 not voting
Party-line vote 6 of 97 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Democrat, 5 Republicans.
DemocratsIndependentsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
99 members on this roll call, from the official Senate record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S. 1003 and vote against it. 3 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named S. 1003 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
106 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.