Fairness in Forgiveness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2992
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2017-06-21
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Department of Energy

Energy research

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Higher education

Public contracts and procurement

Research administration and funding

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fairness in Forgiveness Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include as a public service job for purposes of the public service loan forgiveness program a full-time job as an employee of a management and operating contractor of a national laboratory owned by the Department of Energy. </p> <p> This bill and its amendments take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2007.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2992 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 21, 2017 Mr. Swalwell of California (for himself, Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico , Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico , Ms. Lee , Mr. Perlmutter , and Mr. Cárdenas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand eligibility for public service student loan forgiveness to certain contractor employees of national laboratories.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness in Forgiveness Act of 2017 . 2. Eligibility of contractor employees of National Laboratories for public service student loan forgiveness Section 455(m)(3)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking or at the end; (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iii) a full-time job as an employee of a management and operating contractor of a National Laboratory (as defined in section 2(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801(3) )) assigned to a position at such laboratory. . 3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2007.