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S 4345 117th Congress Senate Education

Simplifying and Strengthening Public Service Loan Forgiveness Act

Introduced: May 26, 2022 Introduced by: Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 26, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Simplifying and Strengthening Public Service Loan Forgiveness Act

This bill makes changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, including by (1) lowering the number of monthly payments required for loan forgiveness from 120 to 60; and (2) making permanent certain limited waivers, such as a waiver that allowed certain late or partial loan payments to count as qualifying payments for PSLF loan forgiveness.

What's happening now May 26, 2022

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 8330 Related bill Strengthening and Improving Public Service Loan Forgiveness Act of 2022
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · May 26, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4345: Simplifying and Strengthening Public Service Loan Forgiveness Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4345/
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"S. 4345: Simplifying and Strengthening Public Service Loan Forgiveness Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4345/.
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S. 4345, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4345/.
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