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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3096 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a percentage 

of student loan forgiveness for public service employment, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2019 

Mr. SWALWELL of California (for himself, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. WELCH, Ms. DEGETTE, 

Mr. MOULTON, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 

MEEKS, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. SOTO, Mr. RYAN, Ms. 

HAALAND, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. DELBENE, 

and Ms. PINGREE) 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 provide 

for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for public 

service employment, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Loan 

5 Forgiveness for Public Servants Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM. 

2 Section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

3 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 

5 subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, except as provided 

6 in paragraph (5),’’ after ‘‘on any eligible Federal Di7 rect Loan not in default’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(5) LOAN CANCELLATION FOR NEW LOANS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning after the 

11 date of enactment of the Strengthening Loan 

12 Forgiveness for Public Servants Act, after the 

13 conclusion of each employment period in a pub14 lic service job, as described in subparagraph 

15 (B), the Secretary shall cancel the percent spec16 ified in such subparagraph of the total amount 

17 due on any eligible Federal Direct Loan made 

18 after the date of enactment of the Strength19 ening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act 

20 for a borrower who is employed in such public 

21 service job and submits an employment certifi22 cation form described in subparagraph (C). 

23 ‘‘(B) PERCENT AMOUNT.—The percent of 

24 a loan that shall be canceled under subpara25 graph (A) is as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(i) In the case of a borrower who 

2 completes 2 years of employment in a pub3 lic service job, 15 percent of the total 

4 amount due on the eligible Federal Direct 

5 Loan on the date the borrower commenced 

6 employment in such public service job. 

7 ‘‘(ii) In the case of a borrower who 

8 completes 4 years of employment in a pub9 lic service job, 15 percent of the total 

10 amount due on the eligible Federal Direct 

11 Loan on the date the borrower commenced 

12 employment in such public service job. 

13 ‘‘(iii) In the case of a borrower who 

14 completes 6 years of employment in a pub15 lic service job, 20 percent of the total 

16 amount due on the eligible Federal Direct 

17 Loan on the date the borrower commenced 

18 employment in such public service job. 

19 ‘‘(iv) In the case of a borrower who 

20 completes 8 years of employment in a pub21 lic service job, 20 percent of the total 

22 amount due on the eligible Federal Direct 

23 Loan on the date the borrower commenced 

24 employment in such public service job. 


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1 ‘‘(v) In the case of a borrower who 

2 completes 10 years of employment in a 

3 public service job, 30 percent of the total 

4 amount due on the eligible Federal Direct 

5 Loan on the date the borrower commenced 

6 employment in such public service job. 

7 ‘‘(C) EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATION

8 FORM.— 

9 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive 

10 loan cancellation under this paragraph, a 

11 borrower shall submit to the Secretary an 

12 employment certification form that is de13 veloped by the Secretary and includes self14 certification of employment and a separate 

15 part for employer certification that indi16 cates the dates of employment. 

17 ‘‘(ii) DEFERMENT.—If a borrower 

18 submits to the Secretary the employment 

19 certification form described in clause (i), 

20 during the period in which the borrower is 

21 employed in a public service job for which 

22 loan cancellation is eligible under this 

23 paragraph, the borrower’s eligible Federal 

24 Direct Loan shall be placed in deferment. 


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1 ‘‘(D) INTEREST CANCELED.—If a portion 

2 of a loan is canceled under this paragraph for 

3 any year, the entire amount of interest on such 

4 loan that accrues for such year shall be can5 celed.’’. 

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