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S. 3524 · 118th Congress · Education

SMARTER Debt Act

Died in committee862 words Introduced Dec 14, 2023 · Latest action Dec 14, 2023

How far it has goneStopped at 2 of 6 · Died in committee
  1. IntroducedDec 14, 2023 Done
  2. CommitteeDied Jan 3, 2025 Stopped here
  3. Senate floorNot yet Not reached yet
  4. House floorNot yet Not reached yet
  5. Chambers agreeNot yet Not reached yet
  6. PresidentNot yet Not reached yet

What it does

The Congressional Research Service hasn’t published a summary of this bill. Read the full text on Congress.gov.

Who lobbies on it

2 organizations · 4 filings · Q4 2023–Q4 2024

One square per quarter since introduction, oldest left. Filled = named it that quarter.

  1. National Treasury Employees Union 3 of 5 quarters
    “Senate 2025 National Defense Authorization Act H.J. Res. 10, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide certain line item veto authority to the President H. Res. 890, Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal…”

    Q2 2024 filing · $1.2M lobbying spend in 2024, all issues

  2. National Education Association 1 of 5 quarters
    “Affordable Housing and Childcare Investment H.R 7139 - Teacher Debt Relief Act H.R. 2567 - School Meals Expansion Act H.R. 2882 - Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 3233 - Diversify Act H.R. 4118 - Department of Defense Student Financial Literacy Act H.R. 5779 - Fiscal Commission Act of 2023 H.R. 6287…”

    Q1 2024 filing · $2.8M lobbying spend in 2024, all issues

Organizations that named S. 3524 in a quarterly lobbying report. Covers organizations with a PAC on file; reports from organizations without one aren’t loaded yet. Spend is the organization’s total across all issues: reports don’t split spending by bill. Source: Senate lobbying disclosures (LD-2) from lda.gov; quotes are word for word from the “specific lobbying issues” field.

Actions

2 actions · newest first
  1. Dec 14, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. Dec 14, 2023Introduced in Senate