HR 2561

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To protect the United States by targeting terrorists at the border, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Charles W. Dent (R) PA

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6/5/2007--Introduced.Fast and Secure Travel at the Borders Act of 2007 or FAST Borders Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, to establish an automated system for the purpose of the enforcement of U.S. law, including antiterrorism and border security law, to assist in the screening of persons seeking to enter or depart the United States. States that: (1) such system shall provide an administrative process for an individual to apply to correct any information retained by the system; and (2) such corrective process shall not be construed as creating a private right of action and no court shall have jurisdiction on any case or claim arising from the application of such system or corrective administrative process. Authorizes: (1) the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection to require each vessel, vehicle, and aircraft arriving in the United States from, or departing the United States to, a foreign port or place to transmit to United States Customs and Border Protection a passenger manifest and crew manifest; (2) a civil penalty for non-compliance; and (3) sharing of manifest and passenger name record information with other government agencies.

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HR 2561 IH

111th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2561

To amend section 484B of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to forgive certain loans for servicemembers who withdraw from an institution of higher education as a result of service in the uniformed services, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 21, 2009

Mr. KIND (for himself, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. ALTMIRE, and Mr. HUNTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

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 ‘Help Student Soldiers Act’.

SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS.

Section 484B(e) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091b(e)) is amended to read as follows--

‘(e) Loan Forgiveness for Servicemembers-
‘(1) LOAN FORGIVENESS AUTHORIZED- Whenever a student’s withdrawal from an institution of higher education is necessitated by reason of service in the uniformed services, the Secretary shall, with respect to the payment period or period of enrollment for which such student did not receive academic credit as a result of such withdrawal--
‘(A) waive the amounts the student is required to return for such payment period or period of enrollment under subsection (b)(2); and
‘(B) carry out a program--
‘(i) through the holder of the loan, to assume the obligation to repay--
‘(I) the outstanding principal and accrued interest on any loan assistance awarded to the student under part B for such payment period or period of enrollment; minus
‘(II) any amount of such loan assistance returned by the institution in accordance with subsection (b)(1) for such payment period or period of enrollment; and
‘(ii) to cancel--
‘(I) the outstanding principal and accrued interest on the loan assistance awarded to the student under part D or E for such payment period or period of enrollment; minus
‘(II) any amount of such loan assistance returned by the institution in accordance with subsection (b)(1) for such payment period or period of enrollment.
‘(2) PLUS LOANS- Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary may not provide loan forgiveness under this subsection for any excepted PLUS loan.
‘(3) REIMBURSEMENT FOR CANCELLATION OF PERKINS LOANS- The Secretary shall pay to each institution for each fiscal year an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts of Federal Perkins loans in such institutions’s student loan fund which are cancelled pursuant to paragraph (1)(B)(ii) for such fiscal year, minus an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts of any such loans so canceled which were made from Federal capital contributions to its student loan fund provided by the Secretary under section 468. None of the funds appropriated pursuant to section 461(b) shall be available for payments pursuant to this paragraph. To the extent feasible, the Secretary shall pay the amounts for which any institution qualifies under this paragraph not later than 3 months after the institution files an institutional application for campus-based funds.
‘(4) LOAN ELIGIBILITY AND LIMITS FOR STUDENTS- Any amounts that are returned by an institution in accordance with subsection (b)(1), or forgiven or waived by the Secretary under this subsection, with respect to a payment period or period of enrollment for which a student did not receive academic credit as a result of withdrawal necessitated by reason of service in the uniformed services, shall not be included in the calculation of a student’s annual or aggregate loan limits for assistance under this title, or otherwise affect the student’s eligibility for grants or loans under this title.
‘(5) DEFINITIONS- In this subsection:
‘(A) EXCEPTED PLUS LOAN- The term ‘excepted PLUS loan’ has the meaning given such term in section 493C.
‘(B) SERVICE IN THE UNIFORMED SERVICES- The term ‘service in the uniformed services’ has the meaning given such term in section 484C(a).
‘(6) EFFECTIVE DATE- This subsection shall take effect on July 1, 2010.’.