Veteran Service Equity Act

Bill: 116-hr-4609
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2019-10-04
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees

Military personnel and dependents

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Student aid and college costs

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2019-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-10-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Veteran Service Equity Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands the definition of a public service job for participation in the student loan repayment plan for public service employees to include a full-time job with certain veterans or military service organizations.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4609 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 4, 2019 Mr. Levin of California (for himself and Ms. Porter ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include a full-time job with a veterans or military service organization as a public service job eligible for public service loan forgiveness.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veteran Service Equity Act . 2. Full-time job with veterans or military service organization 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 and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (iii) a full-time job with a veterans or military service organization (as described in paragraph (19) or (23) of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) that does not engage in partisan political campaign activity. .