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Frontline Health Care Worker Student Loan Assistance Act of 2020

Introduced: September 24, 2020 Introduced by: Van Drew, Jefferson Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 24, 2020
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Frontline Health Care Worker Student Loan Assistance Act of 2020

This bill establishes a temporary program to provide federal and private student loan forgiveness to certain frontline health care workers. Frontline health care workers are those individuals who have made significant contributions to the medical response (e.g., patient care, medical research, or testing) to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national emergency.

What's happening now September 24, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8393: Frontline Health Care Worker Student Loan Assistance Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8393/
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"H.R. 8393: Frontline Health Care Worker Student Loan Assistance Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8393/.
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H.R. 8393, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8393/.
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