[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4232 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4232

  To clarify the cancellation of loans of members of the Armed Forces 
                under the Federal Perkins Loan Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2014

Ms. Gabbard (for herself and Mr. Gibson) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To clarify the cancellation of loans of members of the Armed Forces 
                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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Higher Education 
Opportunity Act''.

SEC. 2. CANCELLATION OF LOANS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES MADE FROM 
              STUDENT LOAN FUNDS.

    Section 465(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087ee(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(8) For the purpose of this subsection, the term `year of 
service' where applied to service by a member of the Armed Forces 
described in paragraph (2)(D) means a qualified tour of duty that--
            ``(A) is for 6 months or longer; or
            ``(B) was less than 6 months because the member was 
        discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces for 
        an injury or disability incurred in or aggravated by service in 
        the Armed Forces.''.
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