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Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act

USA116th CongressHR-6720| House 
| Updated: 5/5/2020
Carolyn B. Maloney

Carolyn B. Maloney

Democratic Representative

New York

Cosponsors (40)
Dwight Evans (Democratic)Al Lawson (Democratic)Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Marc A. Veasey (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Joyce Beatty (Democratic)Derek Kilmer (Democratic)Jefferson Van Drew (Republican)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Ilhan Omar (Democratic)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Juan Vargas (Democratic)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Ann Kirkpatrick (Democratic)Daniel T. Kildee (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Stephen F. Lynch (Democratic)Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)Joseph D. Morelle (Democratic)Jahana Hayes (Democratic)Jerrold Nadler (Democratic)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democratic)William R. Keating (Democratic)Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Bennie G. Thompson (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Financial Services Committee, Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act This bill establishes temporary programs to provide federal and private student loan forgiveness to certain frontline health care workers. Frontline health care workers are those individuals who have made significant contributions to the medical response (e.g., patient care, medical research, or testing) to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national emergency. Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) must carry out a program to forgive the outstanding balance of principal and interest due on federal student loans for borrowers who are frontline health care workers. Additionally, the Department of the Treasury must carry out a program to repay in full the outstanding balance of principal and interest due on certain private student loans for borrowers who are frontline health care workers. ED and Treasury must coordinate to ensure that eligibility determinations are consistent across both programs and that frontline health care workers who are eligible for both programs may apply for loan forgiveness with a single application. Further, such programs must be available to frontline health care workers who were borrowers of eligible loans and who died as a result of COVID-19. The bill specifies the notification requirements related to the availability of these programs. ED, Treasury, and the Department of Health and Human Services must jointly establish an intergovernmental working group to assist with the administration of these programs, including the development of the application process. The bill also excludes discharged student loan debt under these programs from an individual's gross income.
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Timeline
May 5, 2020
Introduced in House
May 5, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • May 5, 2020
    Introduced in House


  • May 5, 2020
    Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Education

Administrative remediesCardiovascular and respiratory healthDepartment of EducationDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of the TreasuryEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHealth personnelHigher educationIncome tax exclusionInfectious and parasitic diseasesInterest, dividends, interest ratesStudent aid and college costsWorker safety and health

Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act

USA116th CongressHR-6720| House 
| Updated: 5/5/2020
Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act This bill establishes temporary programs to provide federal and private student loan forgiveness to certain frontline health care workers. Frontline health care workers are those individuals who have made significant contributions to the medical response (e.g., patient care, medical research, or testing) to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national emergency. Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) must carry out a program to forgive the outstanding balance of principal and interest due on federal student loans for borrowers who are frontline health care workers. Additionally, the Department of the Treasury must carry out a program to repay in full the outstanding balance of principal and interest due on certain private student loans for borrowers who are frontline health care workers. ED and Treasury must coordinate to ensure that eligibility determinations are consistent across both programs and that frontline health care workers who are eligible for both programs may apply for loan forgiveness with a single application. Further, such programs must be available to frontline health care workers who were borrowers of eligible loans and who died as a result of COVID-19. The bill specifies the notification requirements related to the availability of these programs. ED, Treasury, and the Department of Health and Human Services must jointly establish an intergovernmental working group to assist with the administration of these programs, including the development of the application process. The bill also excludes discharged student loan debt under these programs from an individual's gross income.
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Timeline
May 5, 2020
Introduced in House
May 5, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • May 5, 2020
    Introduced in House


  • May 5, 2020
    Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Carolyn B. Maloney

Carolyn B. Maloney

Democratic Representative

New York

Cosponsors (40)
Dwight Evans (Democratic)Al Lawson (Democratic)Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Marc A. Veasey (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Joyce Beatty (Democratic)Derek Kilmer (Democratic)Jefferson Van Drew (Republican)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Ilhan Omar (Democratic)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Juan Vargas (Democratic)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Ann Kirkpatrick (Democratic)Daniel T. Kildee (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Stephen F. Lynch (Democratic)Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)Joseph D. Morelle (Democratic)Jahana Hayes (Democratic)Jerrold Nadler (Democratic)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democratic)William R. Keating (Democratic)Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Bennie G. Thompson (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Financial Services Committee, Education and Workforce Committee

Education

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative remediesCardiovascular and respiratory healthDepartment of EducationDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of the TreasuryEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHealth personnelHigher educationIncome tax exclusionInfectious and parasitic diseasesInterest, dividends, interest ratesStudent aid and college costsWorker safety and health