[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1877 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1877

To authorize the cancellation of Perkins Loans for students who perform 
     public service as librarians in low-income schools and public 
                               libraries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2007

 Mr. Becerra (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Ehlers, and Mr. Shimkus) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the cancellation of Perkins Loans for students who perform 
     public service as librarians in low-income schools and public 
                               libraries.

    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 ``Librarian Incentive to Boost 
Recruitment and Retention in Areas of Need Act of 2007'' or the 
``LIBRARIAN Act''.

SEC. 2. LOAN CANCELLATION.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 465(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1087ee(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``section 111(c)'' in subparagraph 
                (A) and inserting ``section 1113(a)(5)'';
                    (B) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (H);
                    (C) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (I) and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (D) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 
                following new subparagraph:
            ``(J) as a full time librarian, if the librarian has a 
        master's degree in library science and is employed in--
                    ``(i) an elementary school or secondary school that 
                is eligible for assistance under title I of the 
                Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; or
                    ``(ii) a public library that serves a geographic 
                area that contains 1 or more schools eligible for 
                assistance under title I of the Elementary and 
                Secondary Education Act of 1965.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by striking out ``(H), or (I)'' 
        and inserting ``(H), (I), or (J)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to any year of service that is completed after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
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