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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1633
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow certain payments
made by public service employees to qualify for public service repayment,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 8, 2021
Mr. FOSTER (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms.
NORTON, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. CARSON, Ms. LEE of California,
Mr. KEATING, and Ms. WEXTON) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow certain
payments made by public service employees to qualify
for public service repayment, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Service Loan
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Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2021’’.
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SEC. 2. QUALIFYING PAYMENTS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 455(m) of the Higher
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Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)) is amend-
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ed—
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(1) in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting ‘‘subject to
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paragraph (5),’’ before ‘‘has made’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(5) FIRST 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS.—
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For the purpose of
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meeting the requirement under subparagraph
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(A) of paragraph (1), the first 60 monthly pay-
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ments may be payments under a repayment
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plan under subsection (d)(1) or (g).
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‘‘(B)
APPLICABILITY.—This
paragraph
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shall apply to borrowers who on or after the
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date of the enactment of this paragraph have
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made less than 120 monthly payments under
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paragraph (1)(A).’’.
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(b) NOTIFICATION TO BORROWERS.—Not later than
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180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
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Secretary of Education shall—
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(1) inform each borrower of a loan made under
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part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of
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1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) of—
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(A) paragraph (5) of section 455(m) of the
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Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
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1087e(m)), as amended by this Act; and
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(B) the effect of such paragraph on loan
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cancellation under such section 455(m) (20
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U.S.C. 1087e(m)); and
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(2) provide information to such borrowers on
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how to change repayment plans.
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