U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB9609: Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act
Status: In committee, July 15, 2026
To ensure the Department of Treasury will manage all federal student loans, federal student debt, and policies regarding student aid eligibility, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To ensure the Department of Treasury will manage all federal student loans, federal student debt, and policies regarding student aid eligibility, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, July 9, 2026:
A BILL To ensure the Department of Treasury will manage all federal student loans, federal student debt, and policies regarding student aid eligibility, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act . SECTION 2. Transfer of Department of Education functions relating to Federal student aid (a) In general There are transferred, in accordance with the applicable effective dates in subsection (b), to the Department of the Treasury-- (1) functions of the Secretary of Education (including the performance-based organization established pursuant to section 141 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1018 ) and all related functions of any officer or employee of the Department of Education) related to the servicing and voluntary and involuntary collections of defaulted Federal student loan debt, including certification of debt, due process, borrower notification, disputes, bankruptcy, rehabilitation, consolidation, compromise, repayment agreements, and credit reporting; (2) functions of the Secretary of Education (including the performance-based organization established pursuant to section 141 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1018 ) and all related functions of any officer or employee of the Department of Education) related to the servicing of non-defaulted Federal student loan debt, including borrower notification, processing of payments, repayment plan administration, consolidation, disputes, and credit …
Sponsors
- Tim Walberg (R, HD-005) · primary sponsor
- Michael Rulli (R, HD-006)
Latest actions
- : Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 16.
- : Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- : Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Department of Education, Executive agency funding and structure, Student aid and college costs, Education, Department of the Treasury, Government lending and loan guarantees
Common questions
- What is HB9609?
- HB9609 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act.
- What does HB9609 do?
- In its own words: To ensure the Department of Treasury will manage all federal student loans, federal student debt, and policies regarding student aid eligibility, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB9609?
- In committee as of July 15, 2026. Latest action: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 16. (July 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB9609?
- Tim Walberg (R, HD-005), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB9609?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9609
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