I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8242 
To establish that an individual who is convicted of any offense under any 
Federal or State law related to the individual’s conduct at and during 
the course of a protest that occurs at an institution of higher education 
shall be ineligible for forgiveness, cancellation, waiver, or modification 
of certain Federal student loans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2024 
Mr. WILLIAMS of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish that an individual who is convicted of any of-
fense under any Federal or State law related to the 
individual’s conduct at and during the course of a protest 
that occurs at an institution of higher education shall 
be ineligible for forgiveness, cancellation, waiver, or modi-
fication of certain Federal student loans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Bailouts for Cam-
pus Criminals Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR CER-
TAIN INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, an individual described in para-
graph (2) shall not be eligible to have any covered 
loan, or a portion of such loan, forgiven, cancelled, 
waived, or modified under the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) or under any other 
Executive Order or action of the Department of 
Education. 
(2) AFFECTED INDIVIDUAL.—An individual de-
scribed in this paragraph is an individual who is 
convicted of any offense under any Federal or State 
law related to the individual’s conduct at and during 
the course of a protest that occurs at an institution 
of higher education. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED LOAN.—The term ‘‘covered loan’’ 
means— 
(A) a loan made, insured, or guaranteed 
under part B, D, or E of title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.; 
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1087a et seq.; 1087aa et seq.) before, on, or 
after the date of enactment of this Act; or 
(B) a loan under the Health Education As-
sistance Loan Program under title VII of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292 et 
seq.) made before, on, or after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 102 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 
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