Veteran Service Equity Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4609 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include a full-time job with a veterans or military service organization as a public service job eligible for public service loan forgiveness. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 4, 2019 Mr. LEVIN of California (for himself and Ms. PORTER) 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 include a full-time job with a veterans or military service organi- zation as a public service job eligible for public service loan forgiveness. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veteran Service Equity 4 Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:04 Oct 07, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4609.IH H4609 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4609 IH SEC. 2. FULL-TIME JOB WITH VETERANS OR MILITARY 1 SERVICE ORGANIZATION. 2 Section 455(m)(3)(B) of the Higher Education Act 3 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B)) is amended— 4 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 5 (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and in- 6 serting ‘‘; or’’; and 7 (3) by adding at the end the following: 8 ‘‘(iii) a full-time job with a veterans 9 or military service organization (as de- 10 scribed in paragraph (19) or (23) of sec- 11 tion 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) 12 that does not engage in partisan political 13 campaign activity.’’. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:04 Oct 07, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4609.IH H4609 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS