[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4290 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4290

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to qualify public defenders 
  for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2000

    Mr. Campbell (for himself, Mr. Payne, Mr. Horn, Mr. LaHood, Ms. 
 Sanchez, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
  Greenwood, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Graham, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Camp, Ms. 
Baldwin, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Waters, Mr. Kind, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. 
  Tierney, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Scott, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Ford, Mr. 
Dixon, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Walsh, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Owens, Ms. 
 McKinney, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lantos, and Mr. 
    Baird) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to qualify public defenders 
  for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR PUBLIC DEFENDERS.

    Section 465(a)(2)(F) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087ee(a)(2)(F)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the 
end the following: ``or as a full-time public defender for service to a 
local, State, or Federal agency''.

SEC. 2. OFFSETTING REDUCTION.

    The amount of Federal capital contributions pursuant to section 461 
to Federal student loan funds shall be reduced in an amount equal to 
the amount expended pursuant to the amendment made by section 1 of this 
Act.
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