Senate bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-139

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers, to extend current law with respect to special allowances for lenders, and for other purposes.

S. 1762Introduced Dec 4, 2001Policy area: Education

Became law on Feb 8, 2002.

Sponsor: Sen. Tim Johnson D-SD

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Where it went

IntroducedDec 4, 2001
Committee actionDec 12, 2001
Passed SenateDec 14, 2001 · by unanimous consent
Passed HouseJan 24, 2002 · 372–3
To the PresidentJan 30, 2002
Became lawFeb 8, 2002

Latest action: Feb 8, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-139.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1762.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1762, An act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers, to extend current law with respect to special allowances for lenders, and for other purposes” on January 30, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on January 24, 2002</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 30, 2002 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13508
CBO publication date
January 30, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1762, 107th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1762, An act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers, to extend current law with respect to special allowances for lenders, and for other purposes” on January 30, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on January 24, 2002”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 30, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13508
CBO publication date
January 30, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1762, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1762
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cf3067f4960d6c9e343c52cc872a3846126efcf1737b9e5edefd43fd5402c1c2
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

1 cosponsor — 1 Republican

1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.

Susan Collins (R-ME).

More from the sponsor

Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Tim Johnson.

Sponsor’s state and district

South Dakota in Congress

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.