S. 4097Senate bill · 119th CongressOn the calendarEducation

State-Based Education Loan Awareness Act

Sponsored byLisa MurkowskiR-AKIntroduced Mar 16, 2026Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Aug 4, 2026) — under General Orders. Calendar No. 539.

What it does

Congressional Research Service

This bill excludes certain arrangements or agreements regarding education loans from the definition of a preferred lender arrangement.

A preferred lender arrangement is an arrangement or agreement between a lender and an institution of higher education (IHE) that receives federal funding or assistance (1) under which a lender issues education loans to students attending the IHE; and (2) that relates to the IHE recommending, promoting, or endorsing the education loan products of the lender.

The bill provides that arrangements or agreements made under a state-based education loan program do not meet the definition of a preferred lender agreement for purposes of certain required disclosures to student borrowers.

Face Value

as reported to the Senate
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How much of this bill its name accounts for.

  • Every bill starts at100
  • Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.

Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out

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m.kowalczykDemoLA-1voted Yea2mo ago
Support. The reporting requirements alone would be worth it. You can't fix what nobody is required to measure.
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delta_dawn_laDemoHI-2voted Yea2mo ago
Fair, but the alternative on the table is nothing, and nothing has a cost too.
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