[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8960 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8960

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow participation in 
certain Fulbright programs to qualify for the repayment plan for public 
               service employees, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2024

  Mr. Beyer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow participation in 
certain Fulbright programs to qualify for the repayment plan for public 
               service employees, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPAYMENT PLAN FOR PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES.

    Section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(m)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Fulbright eligibility.--For purposes of loan 
        cancellation under this subsection, participation in a 
        Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program or the Fulbright English 
        Teaching Assistant Program shall be treated as employment in a 
        public service job.''.
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