[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7470 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7470

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 7, 2022

  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 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 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 any 
                        organization recognized by the Secretary of 
                        Veterans Affairs for the representation of 
                        veterans under section 5902 of title 38, United 
                        States Code.''.
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