H.R. 2441
116th Congress
House
What You Can Do For Your Country Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to improve the public service loan forgiveness program, and for other purposes.
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May 1, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
May 1, 2019
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
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.
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
58
D
Pingree, Chellie
Levin, Andy
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Frankel, Lois
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Sherman, Brad
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
D
Beatty, Joyce
D
DeGette, Diana
D
Luján, Ben Ray
D
Stanton, Greg
D
Courtney, Joe
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
D
Davids, Sharice
D
Soto, Darren
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
DOYLE, MIKE
D
Evans, Dwight
D
Foster, Bill
D
Neguse, Joe
D
DelBene, Suzan K.
SERRANO, JOSE
Brown, Anthony
D
Pocan, Mark
D
Larson, John B.
Rice, Kathleen
D
Boyle, Brendan F.
D
Nadler, Jerrold
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
Lawson, Al
D
Peters, Scott H.
D
Lieu, Ted
D
Dean, Madeleine
ENGEL, ELIOT
D
Slotkin, Elissa
Sablan, Gregorio
D
Carson, André
D
Case, Ed
D
Cohen, Steve
D
Quigley, Mike
D
Lofgren, Zoe
D
Raskin, Jamie
D
Pallone, Frank
D
Dingell, Debbie
VISCLOSKY, PETER
D
Himes, James A.
D
Pappas, Chris
D
Chu, Judy
D
Craig, Angie
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Scanlon, Mary Gay
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Jayapal, Pramila
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