3.0.0 2829 2026-07-17T23:51:57Z 2026-07-17T23:51:57Z House H HR 2025-04-10 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2829 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 65 (Thursday, April 10, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. COURTNEY:H.R. 2829.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H1601]]]> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-04-10T13:06:40Z LOAN Act 119 4862 HR 2025-08-01 Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2025-04-10 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 2025-04-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-04-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001069 Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] Joe Courtney D CT 2 N D000623 Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] Mark DeSaulnier D CA 10 2025-04-10 True J000305 Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] Sara Jacobs D CA 51 2025-12-05 False S001226 Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] Andrea Salinas D OR 6 2025-12-16 False C001130 Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] Jasmine Crockett D TX 30 2026-02-09 False L000557 Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] John Larson D CT B. 1 2026-03-12 False T000488 Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] Shri Thanedar D MI 13 2026-05-13 False Education Education 2025-05-19T14:40:24Z 00 2025-04-10 Introduced in House 2026-03-26T18:49:42Z Strengthening Efforts for Relief and Vital Incentives for Community Service and Engagement Act or the SERVICE Act

This bill makes changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

Under the current PSLF program, the Department of Education (ED) must cancel the balance of interest and principal due on a borrower's Federal Direct Loans after the borrower makes 120 monthly loan payments while employed in a public service job and, at the time of loan forgiveness, the borrower is employed in a public service job.

Among other changes to the PSLF program, this bill 

  • reduces from 120 to 96 the number of monthly payments required for loan forgiveness;
  • expands qualifying monthly payments, deferments, and forbearances allowed under the PSLF program;
  • removes the requirement that a borrower must be employed in a public service job at the time of loan forgiveness;
  • establishes a reconsideration process for borrowers who have their initial PSLF application denied; and
  • prohibits interest capitalization on loans after deferment or forbearance.

The bill directs ED to (1) establish an online portal that provides borrowers with information on loans and the PSLF program, and (2) establish and regularly update a database listing public service jobs.

The bill allows an eligible teacher to use the same teaching service to qualify for both the Teacher Loan Forgiveness program and the PSLF program.

The Government Accountability Office must study and report on the feasibility of establishing data matching agreements for PSLF that allows borrowers to forgo requesting employment certification from their employer.

]]> SERVICE Act Display Title 45 SERVICE Act 2026-07-17T23:51:57Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 SERVICE Act 2025-04-26T03:23:17Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Strengthening Efforts for Relief and Vital Incentives for Community Service and Engagement Act 2025-04-26T03:23:17Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and reduce interest rates. 2025-04-26T03:18:19Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-04-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr2829ih/xml/BILLS-119hr2829ih.xml 2025-04-10 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.