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Veteran Service Equity Act

H.R. 4609 · 116th Congress · Oct 4, 2019 · Lineage

A BILL

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

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Veteran Service Equity Act”.

2. Full-time job with veterans or military 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 a veterans or military service organization (as described in paragraph (19) or (23) of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) that does not engage in partisan political campaign activity.”