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Bill116th CongressFiled Jun 28, 2019Education
H.R. 3598

FREED Vets Act

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What it doesSummary passed house (Mar 10, 2020)

Federally Requiring Earned Education-debt Discharges for Vets Act or the FREED Vets Act

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED), after providing specified notice, to automatically discharge loans under the Federal Family Education Loan program for certain borrowers who are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Specifically, ED must

  • notify a veteran borrower whom the Department of Veterans Affairs has assigned a rating of total disability for a service-connected disability, or who has been determined to be unemployable due to a service-connected condition, of ED's intent to discharge the borrower's loans;
  • provide the borrower with a period of 60 days to opt out of such loan discharge; and
  • discharge the veteran borrower's loans if the borrower does not opt out of such loan discharge within 60 days.

What just happenedMar 11, 2020

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

Who’s behind it

Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17](D-PA)Sponsor
69 cosponsors48 D21 R
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  1. Mar 11, 2020IntroReferral

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

    Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
  2. Mar 10, 2020FloorH38310

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. Mar 10, 2020FloorH37300

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1575-1576)

  4. Mar 10, 2020Floor8000

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

  5. Mar 10, 2020FloorH8D000

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3598.

  6. Mar 10, 2020FloorH30000

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1575-1577)

  7. Mar 10, 2020FloorH30300

    Mrs. Lee (NV) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  8. Jun 28, 2019IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

    Education and the Workforce Committee
  9. Jun 28, 2019IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  10. Jun 28, 2019IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Passed HouseMar 10, 202053

Federally Requiring Earned Education-debt Discharges for Vets Act or the FREED Vets Act

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED), after providing specified notice, to automatically discharge loans under the Federal Family Education Loan program for certain borrowers who are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Specifically, ED must

  • notify a veteran borrower whom the Department of Veterans Affairs has assigned a rating of total disability for a service-connected disability, or who has been determined to be unemployable due to a service-connected condition, of ED's intent to discharge the borrower's loans;
  • provide the borrower with a period of 60 days to opt out of such loan discharge; and
  • discharge the veteran borrower's loans if the borrower does not opt out of such loan discharge within 60 days.
Introduced in HouseJun 28, 2019

Federally Requiring Earned Education-debt Discharges for Vets Act or the FREED Vets Act

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to automatically discharge loans under the Federal Family Education Loan program for certain borrowers who are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Specifically, ED must

  • automatically discharge a veteran borrower's loan when the Department of Veterans Affairs has assigned the borrower a rating of total disability for a service-connected disability or has determined the borrower to be unemployable due to a service-connected condition,
  • determine whether a state might impose a tax liability for the discharge of such a loan, and
  • provide the borrower with a notification related to potential tax liability and an opportunity to opt out of such loan discharge.
FREED Vets Act — Informed