S 942 · in committee · niche
REDI Act
- education
What this bill does
- Allows medical and dental residents to pause student loan payments during their training programs.
- Affects doctors and dentists completing internships or residencies.
- Defers payments until program completion with no specified cost or funding mechanism.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would pausing resident loan payments affect the total amount of interest owed by the time they complete training?
- 02
What is the estimated federal cost of deferring these loans, and how would Congress fund this program?
- 03
Should this deferral apply equally to all medical residents regardless of specialty or income level?
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Sponsor · D-NV
Jacky Rosen
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
14/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2026-03-19
Joining the bill
John Boozman
R-AR · original
Maria Cantwell
D-WA
Jim Banks
R-IN
Jon Ossoff
D-GA
Christopher A. Coons
D-DE
Elissa Slotkin
D-MI
Jeff Merkley
D-OR
Mark Kelly
D-AZ
Adam B. Schiff
D-CA
Lisa Blunt Rochester
D-DE
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
D-NY
Ben Ray Luján
D-NM
+ 2 more
Legislative timeline
2026-03-19 · senate · Committee
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
2025-03-11 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2025-03-11 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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