[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4609 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4609

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include a full-time job 
 with a veterans or military service organization as a public service 
           job eligible for public service loan forgiveness.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 2019

  Mr. Levin of California (for himself and Ms. Porter) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include a full-time job 
 with a veterans or military service organization as a public service 
           job eligible for public service loan forgiveness.

    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 ``Veteran Service Equity Act''.

SEC. 2. FULL-TIME JOB WITH VETERANS OR MILITARY SERVICE ORGANIZATION.

    Section 455(m)(3)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(m)(3)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) a full-time job with a veterans or 
                        military service organization (as described in 
                        paragraph (19) or (23) of section 501(c) of the 
                        Internal Revenue Code) that does not engage in 
                        partisan political campaign activity.''.
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