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PSLF Payment Completion Fairness Act
To ensure that borrowers who have performed qualifying public service are eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
Summary
This bill modifies the eligibility requirements for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. It removes a requirement that borrowers must currently be employed in public service and instead allows loan forgiveness for anyone who has performed qualifying public service at any point, regardless of their current employment status.
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Sponsor (1)
30 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ)
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO)
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA)
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL)
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL)
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA)
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN)
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL)
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA)
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX)
- Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3] (D-MD)
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL)
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA)
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY)
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA)
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE)
- Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY)
- Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA)
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY)
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME)
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR)
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA)
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Chrissy Houlahan’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $12,234
- GOOGLE $8,350
- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA $7,450
- SKADDEN ARPS $7,418
- LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP $7,350
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Chrissy Houlahan → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- May 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- May 8, 2025 Introduced in House
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Text versions (1)
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 8, 2025
Ms. Houlahan (for herself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To ensure that borrowers who have performed qualifying public service are 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 “Public Service Loan Forgiveness Payment Completion Fairness Act” or the “PSLF Payment Completion Fairness Act”.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS.
Section 455(m)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(1)(B)) is amended by striking “(i) is employed” and all that follows through “(ii) has been” and inserting “has been”. <all>
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