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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3232
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain individuals
who work on farms or ranches as individuals who are employed in
public service jobs for purposes of eligibility for loan forgiveness under
the Federal Direct Loan program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 12, 2019
Mr. COURTNEY (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. HARDER
of California, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. PIN-
GREE, and Mr. DELGADO) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include
certain individuals who work on farms or ranches as
individuals who are employed in public service jobs for
purposes of eligibility for loan forgiveness under the Fed-
eral Direct Loan program.
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 ‘‘Young Farmer Success
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN FARM AND RANCH WORK-
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ERS FOR STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS.
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(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 455(m)(3)(B) of the
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Higher
Education
Act
of
1965
(20
U.S.C.
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1087e(m)(3)(B)) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (i);
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(2) by striking the period at the end of clause
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(ii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following new
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clause:
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‘‘(iii) a full-time job as an employee or
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manager of a qualified farm or ranch.’’.
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(b) DEFINITION.—Section 455(m)(3) of such Act (20
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U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the
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following new subparagraph:
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‘‘(C) QUALIFIED FARM OR RANCH.—The
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term ‘qualified farm or ranch’ means, with re-
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spect to a year, a farm or ranch whose earnings
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of gross revenue during the year from the sale
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of agricultural products are equal to or greater
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than—
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‘‘(i) in the case of 2019, $35,000; or
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‘‘(ii) in the case of any succeeding
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year, the amount applicable under this
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subparagraph for the previous year in-
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creased
by
the
estimated
percentage
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change in the Consumer Price Index (as
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determined by the Secretary, using the def-
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inition in section 478(f)) for the most re-
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cent year preceding such year.’’.
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