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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 8356

Clean Slate through Consolidation Act

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Introduced 2026-04-16Topic: higher education · economy jobs

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This bill changes the Higher Education Act of 1965 for federal student loan borrowers who were in default. If a borrower gets a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan that pays off a defaulted federal student loan, the Secretary of Education, guaranty agency, or other loan holder must ask the credit reporting agencies that received the default report to remove the default from the borrower's credit history.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-04-16HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.refer
2026-04-16Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-04-16Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-20. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.