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Opportunities for Heroes Act of 2020

H.R. 6699 · 116th Congress · May 5, 2020 · Lineage

A BILL

To establish a commission to determine essential employment during the COVID–19 crisis period and provide loan repayment and education credit to workers employed in such essential employment during such crisis, and for other purposes.

1. Short title; table of contents

(a)
Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Opportunities for Heroes Act of 2020”.
(b)
Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act are as follows:

2. Definitions

In this Act:
(1)
Covered loan— The term covered loan means—
(A)
a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.);
(B)
a loan made under part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.); and
(C)
a Federal Perkins Loan made pursuant to part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.).
(2)
COVID–19 crisis period— The term COVID–19 crisis period means the period beginning January 27, 2020, and ending December 31, 2020.
(3)
Essential worker— The term essential worker means an individual who—
(A)
was employed in an essential employment area (as published in the list required under section 101(b)(1)) for not less than 480 hours in a 120-day consecutive period during the COVID–19 crisis period;
(B)
was employed in an essential employment area (as published in the list required under section 101(b)(1)) but was unable to complete 480 hours of work in a 120-day consecutive period due to the diagnosis or suspected case of COVID–19 with respect to such individual or the family member (a child, spouse, grandparent, or relative that lives in the primary residence of the essential worker) of such individual for which such individual provided care; or
(C)
was employed in an essential employment area (as published in the list required under section 101(b)(1)) but was unable to complete 480 hours of work in a 120-day consecutive period due perishing from COVID–19 or a suspected case of COVID–19.
(4)
Private education loan— The term private education loan has the meaning given the term in section 140 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1650).
(5)
Qualified borrower— The term qualified borrower means—
(A)
a borrower of a covered loan or a private education loan; and
(B)
who is an essential worker.
(6)
Secretaries concerned— The term Secretaries concerned means—
(A)
the Secretary of Education, with respect to covered loans and borrowers of such covered loans; and
(B)
the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to private education loans and borrowers of such private education loans.
(7)
Institution of higher education— The term institution of higher education means an institution of higher education, as defined in section 101, or a postsecondary vocational institution, as defined in section 102(c), of the Higher Education Act.
(8)
Workforce development program— The term workforce development program means a program of training services, provided through an eligible training provider, as described under section 122(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
(9)
Continuing medical education— The term continuing medical education means educational activities which serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public or the profession. The content of continuing medical education is the body of knowledge and skills generally recognized and accepted by the profession as within the basic medical sciences, the discipline of clinical medicine and the provision of health care to the public.