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S. 1203 (116th)

What You Can Do For Your Country Act

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Introduced

11 April 2019

Last action

11 April 2019 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Sponsors

Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN], Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT], Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]

Subjects

Education

Source updated

5 December 2025

Education

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Summary

What You Can Do For Your Country Act This bill revises the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, including by allowing borrowers with loans under the Federal Family Education Loan program to be eligible for the PSLF program, allowing borrowers to receive loan forgiveness on half of their total loans after satisfying 60 qualifying payment obligations, revising provisions related to loan consolidation, revising the types of payments that count toward qualifying payment obligations, defining full-time employment as 30 hours per week, requiring the Department of Education (ED) to provide certain notices to borrowers, revising the process for certification of employment, requiring ED to establish a database of qualifying employers, providing a process for borrowers to satisfy past monthly payment obligations, requiring lenders to provide to ED necessary borrower repayment history information, and requiring ED to establish a dispute resolution process.

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Timeline

  1. 11 April 2019

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 11 April 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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