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Student Financial Assistance Technical Corrections Act of 1986

Public Law 99-320 · S. 2329 · 99th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on May 23, 1986 · Education

Sponsor: Sen. Dan Quayle (R-IN)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votes

  • HouseVoice vote
  • SenateVoice vote
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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Student Financial Assistance Technical Corrections Act of 1986 - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to provide for reimbursement of the administrative costs of supplemental preclaim assistance for default prevention under the guaranteed student loan program.

Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 9 actions.

  1. May 23, 1986Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-320.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. May 14, 1986PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
  4. May 13, 1986FloorFloor · Passed House by Voice Vote.
  5. FloorFloor · Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
  6. Apr 24, 1986FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
  7. CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
  8. Apr 17, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
  9. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.

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Official record

The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.