H.R. 3598 116th Congress House

FREED Vets Act

Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to automatically discharge the loans of certain veteran borrowers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 28, 2019 See on congress.gov

Education Disability and paralysisDisability assistanceGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guarantees

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Higher educationIncome tax exclusionState and local taxationStudent aid and college costsVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVeterans' pensions and compensation

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Mar 11, 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Mar 10, 2020

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Mar 10, 2020

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1575-1576)

Mar 10, 2020

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

Mar 10, 2020

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3598.

Mar 10, 2020

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1575-1577)

Mar 10, 2020

Mrs. Lee (NV) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Jun 28, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Jun 28, 2019

Introduced in House

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Latest action March 11, 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federally Requiring Earned Education-debt Discharges for Vets Act or the FREED Vets Act

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED), after providing specified notice, to automatically discharge loans under the Federal Family Education Loan program for certain borrowers who are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Specifically, ED must

notify a veteran borrower whom the Department of Veterans Affairs has assigned a rating of total disability for a service-connected disability, or who has been determined to be unemployable due to a service-connected condition, of ED's intent to discharge the borrower's loans;
provide the borrower with a period of 60 days to opt out of such loan discharge; and
discharge the veteran borrower's loans if the borrower does not opt out of such loan discharge within 60 days.

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