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HR 198 109th Congress House Education Crime and Law Enforcement Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to education Higher education Public defenders Public prosecutors Scholarships Student loan funds

Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act

Introduced: March 9, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Feb 9, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Jan 4, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 4, 2005
Introduced in House
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Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a program of student loan forgiveness for borrowers who agree to remain employed, for at least three years, as public attorneys who are: (1) State or local criminal prosecutors; or (2) State, local, or Federal public defenders in criminal cases.

Directs the Secretary of Education to provide such student loan repayment benefits for such public attorneys on a first-come, first-served basis, and subject to the availability of appropriations. Requires priority to be given to borrowers who received repayment benefits for the preceding fiscal year and have completed less than three years of the first required service period. Allows the borrower and the Secretary to enter into an additional agreement, after the required three-year period, for a successive period of service which may be less than three years. Limits the amount paid under such program on behalf of any borrower to $6,000 per calendar year and $40,000 total.

Includes public defenders among those eligible under a current HEA program of cancellation of student loans for certain public service.

What's happening now February 9, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 198: Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-198/
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