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citation: "S. 848"
bill: "117-s-848"
heading: "Consider Teachers Act of 2021"
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from_label: "Introduced in Senate"
to: "es"
to_label: "Engrossed in Senate"
sections_amended: 1
sections_added: 0
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/117/s/848/changes/es"
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# S. 848 — what changed

S. 848, Consider Teachers Act of 2021 — 1 section amended between Introduced in Senate and Engrossed in Senate.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## Sec. 4 Extension of time to fulfill service obligation due to COVID–19

- (a) Section 3519(a) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 20 U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended—
  - (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “For the purpose of section 420N of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. <del>1070g-2), </del><ins>1070g–2), </ins>during a qualifying emergency,” and inserting “Notwithstanding any provision of subpart 9 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070g et seq.),”;
  - (2) in paragraph (1), by striking “and” after the semicolon;
  - (3) in paragraph (2), by striking “such section 420N.” and inserting “section 420N of such Act; and”; and
  - (4) by adding at the end the following:
    - “(3) shall extend the service obligation window (as described in section 420N(b)(1)(A) of such Act) for a period of not more than 3 years, in addition to any extensions provided in accordance with subpart 9 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070g et seq.), in the case of a grant recipient whose service obligation window begins during, or includes—
    - “(A) the qualifying emergency period; or
    - “(B) a period of recession or economic downturn related to the qualifying emergency period, as determined by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of Labor.”
- (b) Section 3519 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 20 U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
  - “(c) Federal perkins loans—Notwithstanding section 465 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ee), the Secretary shall waive the requirements of such section in regard to full-time service and shall consider an incomplete year of service of a borrower as fulfilling the requirement for a complete year of service under such section, if the service was interrupted due to a qualifying emergency.”
- (c) Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136).