Fairness in Forgiveness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3097
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2019-06-04
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: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fairness in Forgiveness Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill&nbsp;revises the&nbsp;public service loan forgiveness program to expand eligibility for&nbsp;student loan forgiveness&nbsp;to include&nbsp;contractor employees who work at&nbsp;national laboratories owned by the Department of Energy. </p> <p>This bill takes effect as if enacted on October 1, 2007.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3097 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 4, 2019 Mr. Swalwell of California (for himself, Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Soto , Mr. Peters , and Ms. DeGette ) 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 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 2019 . 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.