Senate Bill 3543
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Protection Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 19, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
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
3543
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.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Protection Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to waive monthly payments under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program during a qualifying emergency (e.g., a public health emergency).
Specifically, ED may waive the requirement that a borrower make a monthly payment under the PSLF program during a month in which there is a qualifying emergency in the borrower's state of employment.
The bill specifies that a borrower will not be disqualified from receiving loan cancellation under the PSLF program due to failure to make a payment during a qualifying emergency.
March 19, 2020
03/19/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
03/19/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 9, 2022 1:11:03 AM