Treasury takes over student loans from Education Department
H.R. 9609 — Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act · Filed by Tim Walberg (R-MI) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 9, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill moves student loan work to the Treasury Department. The Treasury will handle loan payments and collect money owed. About 1.5 million loan accounts would move. The bill removes rules that protect student loans from harsh collection methods.
Who it affects
The 43 million people with federal student loans would be affected. Students applying for Pell Grants and Direct Loans would be affected.
One thing to notice
Section 9 ends the shield that protects student loans from harsh collection methods. People could have money taken from paychecks or tax refunds without a court order.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 9, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 9, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and…”
- Jul 15, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jul 15, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 16”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (12,506 characters) on Jul 20, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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