Veteran Service Equity Act

Bill: 117-hr-7470
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2022-04-07
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-04-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Veteran Service Equity Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands the definition of <em>public service job</em> for participation in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to include a full-time job with a veterans service organization.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7470 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 7, 2022 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 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 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 any organization recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the representation of veterans under section 5902 of title 38, United States Code. .