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S. 2717

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 2717, the Student Loan Deduction Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Sep 4, 2025 by Sen. Peter Welch (D) with 9 co-sponsors. It was referred to Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry, and last saw action on Sep 4, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Record

Text

S. 2717 has 9 co-sponsors.

sb2717/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S2717 IS: Student Loan Deduction Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-09-04
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 2717  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   September 4, 2025   Mr. Welch  (for himself,  Mr. Padilla ,  Mrs. Shaheen ,  Mr. Blumenthal ,  Mr. Wyden ,  Ms. Duckworth ,  Mrs. Gillibrand ,  Mr. Sanders , and  Mr. Booker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry    A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow for deductions of
 student loan payments from income.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Student Loan Deduction Act of 2025  .
2.
Deduction for student loan payments
Section 5(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014(e) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(7)
Deduction for student loan payments
(A)
Definition of student loan
In this paragraph, the term  student loan  means any of the following:
(i)
A loan that is made, insured, or guaranteed under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq. ).
(ii)
A private education loan (as defined in section 140(a) of the Truth in Lending Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1650(a) )).
(B)
Deduction
Beginning 180 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, a household shall be entitled, at certification or recertification, as applicable, with respect to expenses other than expenses paid on behalf of the household by a third party, to a deduction for the amount of monthly payments made by a household member on a student loan of that household member or any other household member.
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Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-09-04
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow for deductions of student loan payments from income.

Sponsors

Sen. Peter Welch (D) sponsors S. 2717, and 9 members have co-sponsored it, 8 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 2717 went before 1 committee: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Referred To · Sep 4, 2025 · 334 Bills

Actions

S. 2717 has taken 2 actions since Sep 4, 2025.

ChamberAction
Sep 4, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Sep 4, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 2717 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 2717 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Student Loan Deduction Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Student Loan Deduction Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow for deductions of student loan payments from income. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 1 registered lobbyist who named S. 2717 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Agriculture, Education.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER—District of Columbia14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ELLEN TELLER114

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2026 second_quarter$41.4K2nd Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2025 fourth_quarter$33.8K4th Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2025 third_quarter$29.8K3rd Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2026 first_quarter$28.7K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 2717 under Agriculture and Food, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2717’s is Agriculture and Food.

s2717/policy-areas.txt
Agriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

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