HR-2441 : Still Just a Bill


What You Can Do For Your Country Act

This bill revises the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, including by

  • allowing borrowers with loans under the Federal Family Education Loan program to be eligible for the PSLF program,
  • allowing borrowers to receive loan forgiveness on half of their total loans after satisfying 60 qualifying payment obligations,
  • revising provisions related to loan consolidation,
  • revising the types of payments that count toward qualifying payment obligations,
  • defining full-time employment as 30 hours per week,
  • requiring the Department of Education (ED) to provide certain notices to borrowers,
  • revising the process for certification of employment,
  • requiring ED to establish a database of qualifying employers,
  • providing a process for borrowers to satisfy past monthly payment obligations,
  • requiring lenders to provide to ED necessary borrower repayment history information, and
  • requiring ED to establish a dispute resolution process.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2019-05-01IntroReferralReferred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.House floor actions
2019-05-01IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

John P. Sarbanes [D] (MD-3)
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Policy Area :

Education
Related Subjects
  • Family services
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Health personnel
  • Higher education
  • Law enforcement officers
  • Lawyers and legal services
  • Libraries and archives
  • Military personnel and dependents
  • Nursing
  • Preschool education
  • Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
  • Student aid and college costs
  • Teaching, teachers, curricula
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