House Bill 3598
116th Congress(2019-2020)
FREED Vets Act
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Passed House on Mar 10, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
3598
Congress
116
Policy Area
Education
Education
Primary focus of measure is elementary, secondary, or higher education including special education and matters of academic performance, school administration, teaching, educational costs, and student aid.
checkPassed on March 10, 2020
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Summary
Federally Requiring Earned Education-debt Discharges for Vets Act or the FREED Vets Act
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.
03/11/2020
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
03/10/2020
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
03/10/2020
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1575-1576)
03/10/2020
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
03/10/2020
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3598.
03/10/2020
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1575-1577)
03/10/2020
Mrs. Lee (NV) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
06/28/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
06/28/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:50:46 PM