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HR 501 108th Congress House Education Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to education Government lending Health Higher education Nurses Nursing education Scholarships Student loan funds

Nurse Loan Forgiveness Act of 2003

Introduced: February 5, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 3, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Jan 29, 2003
Introduced in House
Jan 29, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Nurse Loan Forgiveness Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to include, under HEA student loan forgiveness and cancellation programs, nurses who serve at least one calendar year in an approved health care facility or setting.

Limits the maximum amount of such loan repayment by the Secretary of Education to not more than $2,000 after the first year of such a nurse's employment, with incremental increases after the second through fourth years, up to $5,000 after the fifth year of such employment.

What's happening now March 3, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 7 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jun 24, 2003
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 13, 2003
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Mar 4, 2003
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 13, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 11, 2003
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 5, 2003
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 5, 2003
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 5, 2003
TIAHRT, TODD
· Feb 5, 2003
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Feb 5, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 501: Nurse Loan Forgiveness Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-501/
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"H.R. 501: Nurse Loan Forgiveness Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-501/.
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H.R. 501, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-501/.
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