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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.

Introduced Apr 27, 2023

Latest action (Apr 10, 2024) Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-552.

Referred to
Economic Policy Subcommittee Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Policy area
Education
Issues
Education

Summary

This bill would modify the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program by amending eligibility requirements in the Higher Education Act of 1965. The amendment changes language regarding employment status to allow borrowers who have performed qualifying public service to be eligible for loan forgiveness, rather than requiring current employment in a qualifying position. The specific change relaxes the employment requirement for borrowers seeking Public Service Loan Forgiveness benefits.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Actions (3)
  1. Apr 10, 2024 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-552. · senate
  2. Apr 27, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
  3. Apr 27, 2023 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 3267 — PSLF Payment Completion Fairness Act · Introduced May 8, 2025 · Cong. 119 97%
  • S 3487 — PSLF Payment Completion Fairness Act · Introduced Dec 16, 2025 · Cong. 119 93%
  • HR 6284 — Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Service Workers Act · Introduced Nov 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%
  • S 3277 — Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Service Workers Act · Introduced Nov 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 3739 — No Loan Forgiveness for Terrorists Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • S 772 — Employer Participation in Repayment Act · Introduced Feb 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 27, 2023

Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. Braun) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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