3.0.0 3598 2022-11-01T13:50:46Z 2022-11-01T13:50:46Z House HR 2019-06-28 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 173 (Thursday, October 31, 2019)][House][Pages H8720-H8721]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. WEXTON:H.R. 4971.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, clause 7By Miss. RICE of New York:H.R. 4972.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8ADDITIONAL SPONSORSUnder clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills andresolutions, as follows:H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr.Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas.H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse.H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette.H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi.H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis.H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi.H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky.H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois.H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr.Rogers ofKentucky.H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Johnson of Ohio.H.R. 1049: Mr. Lynch.H.R. 1092: Mr. Raskin.H.R. 1110: Mr. Wright.H.R. 1133: Ms. Ocasio-Cortez.H.R. 1155: Mr. Pence.H.R. 1171: Mr. Meeks.H.R. 1175: Mr. Richmond.H.R. 1188: Mr. Doggett.H.R. 1254: Ms. Wexton.H.R. 1257: Mr. Rutherford.H.R. 1289: Ms. Matsui.H.R. 1309: Mr. Richmond and Mr. Bishop of Georgia.H.R. 1367: Mr. Johnson of Georgia and Mr. Levin ofMichigan.H.R. 1383: Mr. Olson.H.R. 1418: Mr. Schrader.H.R. 1468: Mr. Grijalva.H.R. 1498: Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Scanlon, Ms.Dean, and Mr. Grijalva.H.R. 1528: Mr. Trone.H.R. 1652: Mr. Schrader, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Correa, Mr.Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Evans, and Ms. Velazquez.H.R. 1673: Mr. Harris.H.R. 1680: Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Womack, Mr. Ferguson, and Mr.Byrne.H.R. 1705: Mrs. Lawrence.H.R. 1748: Mr. Sherman, Mr. Crow, Mr. Visclosky, Mr.Stauber, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms.Torres Small of New Mexico, and Mr. Keating.H.R. 1754: Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Kind, Ms. Bass, andMr. Larson of Connecticut.H.R. 1765: Mr. McKinley.H.R. 1777: Ms. Meng.H.R. 1923: Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Serrano, Mr.Welch, Mr. Lowenthal, and Ms. Garcia of Texas.H.R. 2051: Mr. Suozzi.H.R. 2075: Ms. Mucarsel-Powell.H.R. 2086: Mrs. Luria.H.R. 2117: Mr. Joyce of Ohio.H.R. 2147: Mr. Kildee, Ms. Moore, Mrs. Luria, Mr.Gottheimer, and Mr. Calvert.H.R. 2210: Mr. Soto.H.R. 2222: Mr. Smith of Nebraska.H.R. 2235: Mr. Crawford, Mr. Payne, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lynch,and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania.H.R. 2279: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Mr.Grothman, Mr. Rush, Mr. Neguse, and Mr. Kennedy.H.R. 2283: Mr. Lewis.H.R. 2301: Mr. Bacon.H.R. 2411: Ms. Spanberger and Mr. Comer.H.R. 2433: Mr. Sires.H.R. 2498: Ms. Sewell of Alabama.H.R. 2501: Mr. Soto.H.R. 2521: Mr. Soto, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Bucshon,Ms. Norton, and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois.H.R. 2584: Mr. Olson and Mr. Hice of Georgia.H.R. 2645: Ms. Jackson Lee.H.R. 2653: Mrs. Axne.H.R. 2656: Ms. Slotkin.H.R. 2668: Mr. Young and Ms. Finkenauer.H.R. 2693: Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Holding, Mr. Smith ofMissouri, and Mr. Arrington.H.R. 2746: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico.H.R. 2747: Ms. Speier and Mr. Michael F. Doyle ofPennsylvania.H.R. 2788: Mr. Amodei.H.R. 2802: Ms. Finkenauer and Ms. Schakowsky.H.R. 2825: Mrs. Walorski.H.R. 2862: Mr. Balderson.H.R. 2867: Ms. Brownley of California.H.R. 2985: Mr. Nunes and Mr. Rouda.H.R. 2986: Mr. Lewis and Mr. Blumenauer.H.R. 2990: Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Norman, Ms.Stevens, and Mr. Davidson of Ohio.H.R. 3048: Mr. Smith of Missouri.H.R. 3062: Mr. Johnson of Ohio.H.R. 3080: Mr. Brindisi and Ms. Waters.H.R. 3127: Mr. Welch and Mr. Smith of Nebraska.H.R. 3138: Mr. Norcross.H.R. 3155: Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Waltz, Mr.Hollingsworth, Mr. Perry, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Hurd ofTexas, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Stauber, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Katko, Ms.Stefanik, Mr. Reed, Mr. Pence, Mr[...]]]> sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-11T15:28:02Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-06-28T19:30:23Z A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to automatically discharge the loans of certain veteran borrowers, and for other purposes. 116 2049 S 2019-06-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4678) Related bill CRS 2020-03-11 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-03-10 13:27:26 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2020-03-10 13:27:25 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1575-1576) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2020-03-10 13:27:25 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2020-03-10 13:12:31 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3598. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2020-03-10 13:12:30 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1575-1577) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2020-03-10 13:12:08 Mrs. Lee (NV) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2019-06-28 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-06-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-06-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000588 Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17] Conor Lamb D PA 17 N F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 1 2019-06-28 True C001069 Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] Joe Courtney D CT 2 2019-06-28 True R000610 Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14] Guy Reschenthaler R PA 14 2019-06-28 True L000592 Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] Andy Levin D MI 9 2019-06-28 True D000631 Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] Madeleine Dean D PA 4 2019-07-10 False D000482 Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18] MIKE DOYLE D PA 18 2019-07-10 False U000040 Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] Lauren Underwood D IL 14 2019-07-12 False T000479 Rep. Taylor, Van [R-TX-3] Van Taylor R TX 3 2019-07-12 False M001196 Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] Seth Moulton D MA 6 2019-07-18 False R000602 Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] Kathleen Rice D NY M. 4 2019-07-18 False L000590 Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] Susie Lee D NV 3 2019-07-18 False B001307 Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] James Baird R IN R. 4 2019-07-22 False L000570 Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] Ben Lujan D NM R. 3 2019-07-25 False G000592 Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] Jared Golden D ME F. 2 2019-07-25 False K000376 Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] Mike Kelly R PA 16 2019-07-25 False K000386 Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] John Katko R NY 24 2019-07-25 False O000171 Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] Tom O'Halleran D AZ 1 2019-07-25 False K000379 Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] Joseph Kennedy D MA P. 4 2019-08-02 False K000391 Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] Raja Krishnamoorthi D IL 8 2019-08-09 False R000486 Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD D CA 40 2019-08-27 False L000591 Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] Elaine Luria D VA G. 2 2019-08-27 False V000133 Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [D-NJ-2] Jefferson Van Drew D NJ 2 2019-08-27 False C001121 Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] Jason Crow D CO 6 2019-09-06 False G000588 Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16] Anthony Gonzalez R OH 16 2019-09-09 False C001123 Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39] Gilbert Cisneros D CA Ray 39 2019-09-11 False B001306 Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] Troy Balderson R OH 12 2019-09-19 False H001090 Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10] Josh Harder D CA 10 2019-09-19 False J000295 Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] David Joyce R OH P. 14 2019-10-15 False A000376 Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32] Colin Allred D TX Z. 32 2019-10-18 False E000296 Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] Dwight Evans D PA 3 2019-10-18 False W000824 Rep. Watkins, Steve [R-KS-2] Steve Watkins R KS 2 2019-10-21 False W000823 Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6] Michael Waltz R FL 6 2019-10-28 False R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] TIM RYAN D OH 13 2019-10-28 False T000482 Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] Lori Trahan D MA 3 2019-10-28 False N000191 Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] Joe Neguse D CO 2 2019-10-28 False S001211 Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-9] Greg Stanton D AZ 9 2019-10-28 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2019-10-28 False P000614 Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] Chris Pappas D NH 1 2019-10-29 False G000579 Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8] Mike Gallagher R WI 8 2019-10-30 False S001187 Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] Steve Stivers R OH 15 2019-10-30 False S001208 Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8] Elissa Slotkin D MI 8 2019-10-30 False C001112 Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] Salud Carbajal D CA O. 24 2019-10-31 False G000581 Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-15] Vicente Gonzalez D TX 15 2019-10-31 False S001205 Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] Mary Scanlon D PA Gay 5 2019-11-18 False M001199 Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18] Brian Mast R FL J. 18 2019-11-19 False R000606 Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] Jamie Raskin D MD 8 2019-11-26 False B001286 Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] Cheri Bustos D IL 17 2019-11-26 False T000483 Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] David Trone D MD J. 6 2019-11-26 False K000380 Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5] Daniel Kildee D MI T. 5 2019-11-26 False F000468 Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7] Lizzie Fletcher D TX 7 2019-12-04 False H001083 Rep. Horn, Kendra S. [D-OK-5] Kendra Horn D OK S. 5 2019-12-09 False B001285 Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] Julia Brownley D CA 26 2019-12-12 False C001063 Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] Henry Cuellar D TX 28 2019-12-18 False T000467 Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] Glenn Thompson R PA 15 2019-12-18 False W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2019-12-18 False T000472 Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] Mark Takano D CA 41 2019-12-18 False M001194 Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-4] John Moolenaar R MI R. 4 2020-01-13 False B001295 Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] Mike Bost R IL 12 2020-01-14 False S001156 Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] Linda Sánchez D CA T. 38 2020-01-15 False T000470 Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] Scott Tipton R CO R. 3 2020-02-07 False S001207 Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] Mikie Sherrill D NJ 11 2020-02-13 False P000613 Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20] Jimmy Panetta D CA 20 2020-02-13 False R000613 Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] Max Rose D NY 11 2020-02-18 False C001090 Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] Matt Cartwright D PA 8 2020-02-21 False H001085 Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] Chrissy Houlahan D PA 6 2020-02-21 False B001298 Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] Don Bacon R NE 2 2020-02-26 False S001214 Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] W. Steube R FL Gregory 17 2020-03-02 False L000582 Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] Ted Lieu D CA 33 2020-03-09 False K000378 Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] Adam Kinzinger R IL 16 2020-03-09 False Education Disability and paralysis Disability assistance Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Income tax exclusion State and local taxation Student aid and college costs Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' pensions and compensation Education 00 2019-06-28 Introduced in House 2020-03-11T14:31:46Z 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.
]]> 53 2020-03-10 Passed House 2020-03-16T15:51:44Z Federally Requiring Earned Education-debt Discharges for Vets Act or the FREED Vets Act

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED), after providing specified notice, 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

  • notify a veteran borrower whom the Department of Veterans Affairs has assigned a rating of total disability for a service-connected disability, or who has been determined to be unemployable due to a service-connected condition, of ED's intent to discharge the borrower's loans;
  • provide the borrower with a period of 60 days to opt out of such loan discharge; and
  • discharge the veteran borrower's loans if the borrower does not opt out of such loan discharge within 60 days.
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