Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Service Workers Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
Accelerates public service loan forgiveness for new federal student loans by providing phased cancellation before year ten and cancelling accrued interest during qualifying periods.
Who Benefits and How
Borrowers in public service jobs would receive partial loan cancellation after every 24 qualifying payments and full balance cancellation after 120 payments.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Education Department and federal loan program would bear higher administrative and fiscal costs from earlier and larger forgiveness.
Key Provisions
- Adds phased forgiveness of 15 percent of eligible new loan balances after 24, 48, 72, and 96 qualifying payments.
- Retains full balance cancellation after 120 qualifying payments for covered new loans.
- Requires automatic deferment during processing and cancels accrued interest in specified periods.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Accelerates public service loan forgiveness for new federal student loans by providing phased cancellation before year ten and cancelling accrued interest during qualifying periods.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Labor, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Accelerates public service loan forgiveness for new federal student loans by providing phased cancellation before year ten and cancelling accrued interest during qualifying periods.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Public service workers with eligible federal student loans
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Education Department loan administrators
- Federal student loan finances
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Swalwell (for himself, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Garamendi, …
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Education Department loan administrators and servicers, Federal student loan finances
Public service borrowers with eligible new Federal Direct Loans
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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