HR 1133
117th Congress
House
Education
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health personnel
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Tax-exempt organizations
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment as a health care practitioner as eligible for public service loan forgiveness, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 18, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 18, 2021
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
This bill makes certain full-time health care practitioners eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Specifically, the bill extends program eligibility to health care practitioners who work at a nonprofit or public hospital or facility but are prohibited under state law from being directly employed by the hospital or facility.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Related & companion bills
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
30
Cárdenas, Tony
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
D
Panetta, Jimmy
R
Crenshaw, Dan
R
Fallon, Pat
Lowenthal, Alan
R
Sessions, Pete
Garcia, Mike
R
Gooden, Lance
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
R
Valadao, David G.
D
Vargas, Juan
Vela, Filemon
D
Bera, Ami
Gohmert, Louie
R
Kim, Young
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
R
Jackson, Ronny
D
Peters, Scott H.
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
D
Chu, Judy
D
Costa, Jim
D
Garamendi, John
D
Levin, Mike
Bass, Karen
D
Huffman, Jared
R
Issa, Darrell
D
Castro, Joaquin
R
Obernolte, Jay
Taylor, Van
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1133: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment as a health care practitioner as eligible for public service loan forgiveness, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1133/
"H.R. 1133: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment as a health care practitioner as eligible for public service loan forgiveness, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1133/.
H.R. 1133, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1133/.
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