Fairness in Forgiveness Act of 2019

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3097 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3097

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand eligibility for 
public service student loan forgiveness to certain contractor employees 
                       of national laboratories.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2019

  Mr. Swalwell of California (for himself, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. 
    Panetta, Mr. Soto, Mr. Peters, and Ms. DeGette) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand eligibility for 
public service student loan forgiveness to certain contractor employees 
                       of national laboratories.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness in Forgiveness Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES OF NATIONAL LABORATORIES 
              FOR PUBLIC SERVICE STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS.

    Section 455(m)(3)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(m)(3)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(iii) a full-time job as an employee of a 
                        management and operating contractor of a 
                        National Laboratory (as defined in section 2(3) 
                        of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
                        15801(3))) assigned to a position at such 
                        laboratory.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect as 
if enacted on October 1, 2007.
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