Public Service Loan Forgiveness Protection Act This bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to waive monthly payments under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program during a qualifying emergency (e.g., a public health emergency). Specifically, ED may waive the requirement that a borrower make a monthly payment under the PSLF program during a month in which there is a qualifying emergency in the borrower's state of employment. The bill specifies that a borrower will not be disqualified from receiving loan cancellation under the PSLF program due to failure to make a payment during a qualifying emergency.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Education
Emergency medical services and trauma careFirst responders and emergency personnelGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHealth personnelHigher educationInfectious and parasitic diseasesLaw enforcement officersLawyers and legal servicesMilitary personnel and dependentsSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curricula
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Protection Act
USA116th CongressS-3543| Senate
| Updated: 3/19/2020
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Protection Act This bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to waive monthly payments under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program during a qualifying emergency (e.g., a public health emergency). Specifically, ED may waive the requirement that a borrower make a monthly payment under the PSLF program during a month in which there is a qualifying emergency in the borrower's state of employment. The bill specifies that a borrower will not be disqualified from receiving loan cancellation under the PSLF program due to failure to make a payment during a qualifying emergency.
Emergency medical services and trauma careFirst responders and emergency personnelGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHealth personnelHigher educationInfectious and parasitic diseasesLaw enforcement officersLawyers and legal servicesMilitary personnel and dependentsSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curricula