HOUSE 2441116th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
What You Can Do For Your Country Act
- Last Action
- 5/1/2019
Actions
- 2019-05-01Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- 2019-05-01Introduced in House
- 2019-05-01Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-05-01 (00)
What You Can Do For Your Country Act
This bill revises the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, including by
- allowing borrowers with loans under the Federal Family Education Loan program to be eligible for the PSLF program,
- allowing borrowers to receive loan forgiveness on half of their total loans after satisfying 60 qualifying payment obligations,
- revising provisions related to loan consolidation,
- revising the types of payments that count toward qualifying payment obligations,
- defining full-time employment as 30 hours per week,
- requiring the Department of Education (ED) to provide certain notices to borrowers,
- revising the process for certification of employment,
- requiring ED to establish a database of qualifying employers,
- providing a process for borrowers to satisfy past monthly payment obligations,
- requiring lenders to provide to ED necessary borrower repayment history information, and
- requiring ED to establish a dispute resolution process.
Cosponsors (20)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- Donna Shalala (D-FL)
- Jared Golden (D-ME)
- Susan Wild (D-PA)
- BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- ANNA ESHOO (D-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- Mary Scanlon (D-PA)
- Angie Craig (D-MN)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- James Himes (D-CT)
- Chris Pappas (D-NH)
Subjects
- Family services
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Health personnel
- Higher education
- Law enforcement officers
- Lawyers and legal services
- Libraries and archives
- Military personnel and dependents
- Nursing
- Preschool education
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
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