Title: PLUS Loan Disability Forgiveness Act
Policy area: Education

Summary:
PLUS Loan Disability Forgiveness Act
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education to forgive federal student loans under the Federal Family Education Loan Program for a parent of a student who: (1) becomes permanently and totally disabled, or (2) is unable to engage in substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or that has lasted (or is expected to last) for a continuous period of no less than 60 months.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2270 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2270

To amend section 437(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide 
    for repayment by the Secretary of loans to parents of disabled 
                               students.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2017

     Mr. Langevin (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Krishnamoorthi, and Mr. Roskam) introduced the following bill; which 
      was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 437(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide 
    for repayment by the Secretary of loans to parents of disabled 
                               students.

    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 ``PLUS Loan Disability Forgiveness 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPAYMENT OF PARENT LOANS DUE TO STUDENT DISABILITY.

    Section 437(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087(d)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``If a student'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) Death.--If a student''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Disability.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall discharge a 
                parent's liability on a loan described in section 428B 
                by repaying the amount owed on the loan if the student 
                on whose behalf the parent has received the loan--
                            ``(i) becomes permanently and totally 
                        disabled (as determined in accordance with 
                        regulations of the Secretary); or
                            ``(ii) is unable to engage in any 
                        substantial gainful activity by reason of any 
                        medically determinable physical or mental 
                        impairment that can be expected to result in 
                        death, has lasted for a continuous period of 
                        not less than 60 months, or can be expected to 
                        last for a continuous period of not less than 
                        60 months.
                    ``(B) Disability determinations.--Subsection (a)(2) 
                shall apply to a disability determination under this 
                paragraph in the same manner as such subsection applies 
                to a determination under subsection (a)(1).
                    ``(C) Safeguards.--The safeguards to prevent fraud 
                and abuse developed under subsection (a)(1) shall apply 
                under this paragraph.
                    ``(D) Reinstatement of loans.--The Secretary may 
                promulgate regulations to reinstate the obligation of, 
                and resume collection on, loans discharged under this 
                paragraph in cases in which the Secretary determines 
                that the reinstatement and resumption is necessary and 
                appropriate based upon the regulations developed under 
                subsection (a)(1).''.
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