Bill116th CongressFiled Apr 11, 2019Education
S. 1203
What You Can Do For Your Country Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Apr 11, 2019)
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.
What just happenedApr 11, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Who’s behind it
Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY](D-NY)Sponsor
28 cosponsors27 D1 I
28cosponsors1committees2actions2related bills15subjects
- Introduced in SenateApr 11, 2019
- Apr 11, 2019IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee - Apr 11, 2019IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate