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H.R. 8393 116th Congress House

Frontline Health Care Worker Student Loan Assistance Act of 2020

Official title: To provide student loan forgiveness to health care workers who are on the frontline in response to COVID-19.

Introduced: September 24, 2020 Introduced by: Jefferson Van Drew Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
Education Administrative remediesCardiovascular and respiratory healthEducation programs fundingEmergency medical services and trauma care
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Executive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHealth personnelHigher educationInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical educationMedical researchMedical tests and diagnostic methodsNursingStudent aid and college costs
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 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.
Sep 24, 2020
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 Latest action 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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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.

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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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