[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1718 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1718

 To provide additional student loan forgiveness to teachers of foreign 
                               languages.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 27, 2007

Mr. Moore of Kansas (for himself, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. Hirono, 
 Mr. Holt, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Shays, and Mr. Wexler) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide additional student loan forgiveness to teachers of foreign 
                               languages.

    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 ``Foreign Language Education Expansion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR TEACHERS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES.

    (a) FFEL Loans.--Section 428J(c)(3)(A)(ii) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(c)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking 
``mathematics or science'' and inserting ``mathematics, science, or a 
foreign language''.
    (b) Direct Loans.--Section 460(c)(3)(A)(ii) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1087j(c)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ``mathematics or science'' 
and inserting ``mathematics, science, or a foreign language''.
    (c) New Borrower Eligibility.--An individual who is a teacher of a 
foreign language shall not qualify under the amendments made by this 
section unless such individual is a new borrower (as such term is 
defined in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1003)) on or after October 1, 2001.
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