US Congress Senate Bill 2049 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4678)
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Education (ED) to automatically discharge loans under the Federal Family Education Loan program for certain borrowers who are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. Specifically, ED must automatically discharge a veteran borrower's loan when the Department of Veterans Affairs has assigned the borrower a rating of total disability for a service-connected disability or has determined the borrower to be unemployable due to a service-connected condition, determine whether a state might impose a tax liability for the discharge of such a loan, and provide the borrower with a notification related to potential tax liability and an opportunity to opt out of such loan discharge.

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to automatically discharge the loans of certain veteran borrowers, and for other purposes.

Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]

Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4678)

HB3598 (Related) 2020-03-11 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2049/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2049/BILLS-116s2049is.pdf