Title: Promoting Apprenticeships in Public Service Act
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
Promoting Apprenticeships in Public Service Act
This bill establishes a student loan forgiveness program for borrowers who (1) receive a certificate from a registered apprenticeship program; and (2) complete two years of full-time, public-service employment. The amount forgiven is limited to $25,000.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4517 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4517

  To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out an apprenticeship 
                       loan forgiveness program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2019

Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Pappas, and Mr. 
   Cuellar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out an apprenticeship 
                       loan forgiveness program.

    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 ``Promoting Apprenticeships in Public 
Service Act''.

SEC. 2. APPRENTICESHIP LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.

    Part G of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended 
by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 493E. APPRENTICESHIP LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Program Authorized.--Not later than 30 days after applying 
for the loan forgiveness under this section, the Secretary shall repay 
or cancel the qualifying loan amount described in subsection (b) of any 
borrower who--
            ``(1) receives a certificate from a registered 
        apprenticeship program; and
            ``(2) completes 2 years of full-time employment at a 
        qualifying public service job.
    ``(b) Qualifying Loan Amount.--The qualifying loan amount described 
in this subsection is, with respect to the loan obligations of a 
borrower on all loans made under part B or D, the lesser of the 
following:
            ``(1) The amount due on such loans on the date of such 
        repayment or cancellation.
            ``(2) $25,000.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Apprenticeship.--The term `apprenticeship' means an 
        apprenticeship registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 
        (commonly known as the `National Apprenticeship Act'; 50 Stat. 
        664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.).
            ``(2) Qualifying public service job.--The term `qualifying 
        public service job' means a job at--
                    ``(A) a Federal, State, or local government agency, 
                or tribal organization; or
                    ``(B) an organization that is described in section 
                501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
                exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.
    ``(d) Ineligibility for Double Benefits.--No borrower may, for the 
same service, receive a reduction of loan obligations under both this 
section and section 455(m), 428J, 428K, 428L, or 460.''.
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