Title: Public Service Loan Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2018
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2017
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the public service loan forgiveness program by expanding the types of payments made by public service employees for Federal Direct Loans that qualify as repayment plans under the program.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4859 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4859

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 2018

Mr. Foster (for himself, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Judy Chu of California, and Mr. 
   Swalwell of California) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Service Loan Forgiveness 
Inclusion Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. QUALIFYING PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting ``subject to paragraph 
        (5),'' before ``has made''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) First 60 monthly payments.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For the purpose of meeting the 
                requirement under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), 
                the first 60 monthly payments may be payments under a 
                repayment plan under subsection (d)(1) or (g).
                    ``(B) Applicability.--This paragraph shall apply to 
                borrowers who on or after the date of the enactment of 
                this paragraph have made less than 120 monthly payments 
                under paragraph (1)(A).''.
    (b) Notification to Borrowers.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall--
            (1) inform each borrower of a loan made under part D of 
        title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a 
        et seq.) of--
                    (A) paragraph (5) of section 455(m) of the Higher 
                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), as amended 
                by this Act; and
                    (B) the effect of such paragraph on loan 
                cancellation under such section 455(m) (20 U.S.C. 
                1087e(m)); and
            (2) provide information to such borrowers on how to change 
        repayment plans.
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