[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8549 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8549

 To prohibit any person convicted of an unlawful activity on or after 
  October 7, 2023, on a college campus from being eligible for public 
                       service loan forgiveness.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2024

  Mr. Ogles (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit any person convicted of an unlawful activity on or after 
  October 7, 2023, on a college campus from being 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 ``No Loan Forgiveness for Hamas 
Supporters Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Any person convicted of an unlawful activity on or 
after October 7, 2023, on a campus of an institution of higher 
education shall be ineligible for the public service loan forgiveness 
program under section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1087e(m)).
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``unlawful activity'' 
means--
            (1) an act of physical violence, as defined in section 5104 
        of title 40, United States Code; or
            (2) any other violation of State or Federal law.
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