Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Service Workers Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
Strengthens Public Service Loan Forgiveness for new Direct Loans by providing partial cancellation after 24, 48, 72, and 96 payments and full cancellation after 120 payments.
Who Benefits and How
Public service workers receive earlier and more predictable student loan cancellation while staying in qualifying employment.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of Education must implement the staged forgiveness schedule, certify employment, and process deferment and interest cancellation.
Key Provisions
- Provides a new staged PSLF structure for new Direct Loans with 15 percent cancellation after each 24-payment milestone through 96 payments.
- Cancels the remaining balance after 120 qualifying payments.
- Requires employment certification, automatic deferment during processing, and associated interest cancellation.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Strengthens Public Service Loan Forgiveness for new Direct Loans by providing partial cancellation after 24, 48, 72, and 96 payments and full cancellation after 120 payments.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Government Operations, Labor
Primary Purpose
Strengthens Public Service Loan Forgiveness for new Direct Loans by providing partial cancellation after 24, 48, 72, and 96 payments and full cancellation after 120 payments.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Public service workers with eligible Federal Direct Loans
- Borrowers seeking more predictable PSLF relief
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Education loan program administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Luján, Ms. Hirono, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
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Public service workers with eligible Federal Direct Loans
Department of Education loan program administrators
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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