United States · Bill · S
S. 2049 (116th)
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to automatically discharge the loans of certain veteran borrowers, and for other purposes.
Introduced
28 June 2019
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4678)
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Summary
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to automatically discharge loans under the Federal Family Education Loan program for certain borrowers who are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. Specifically, ED must automatically discharge a veteran borrower's loan when the Department of Veterans Affairs has assigned the borrower a rating of total disability for a service-connected disability or has determined the borrower to be unemployable due to a service-connected condition, determine whether a state might impose a tax liability for the discharge of such a loan, and provide the borrower with a notification related to potential tax liability and an opportunity to opt out of such loan discharge.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 28 June 2019
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 28 June 2019
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 28 June 2019
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2049
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/2049