[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3788 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3788

 To permit the Secretary of Education to waive the consecutive service 
    requirements of the loan forgiveness program for teachers whose 
  employment is interrupted by the major disaster caused by Hurricane 
                                Katrina.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2005

Mr. Cole of Oklahoma (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Jindal, Mr. Baker, 
Mr. Alexander, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Pickering, and Mr. McKeon) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To permit the Secretary of Education to waive the consecutive service 
    requirements of the loan forgiveness program for teachers whose 
  employment is interrupted by the major disaster caused by Hurricane 
                                Katrina.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Teacher Loan Hurricane Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER AUTHORITY.

    The Secretary of Education may waive the requirement of section 
428J(b)(1) or 460(b)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1078-10(b)(1), 1087j(b)(1)(A)) that the 5 years of service be 
consecutive academic years for teachers whose employment is interrupted 
if the teacher was employed in a school located in an area in which the 
President has declared that a major disaster exists, in accordance with 
section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), as a consequence of Hurricane Katrina.
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