119-s1845

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1845 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1845

 To amend the public service loan forgiveness program under the Higher 
 Education Act of 1965 to ensure qualifying public service excludes 
 employment with organizations that engage in activities that have a 
 substantial illegal purpose.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 21, 2025

 Mr. Banks (for himself and Mr. Tuberville) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
 Education, Labor, and Pensions

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 A BILL

 To amend the public service loan forgiveness program under the Higher 
 Education Act of 1965 to ensure qualifying public service excludes 
 employment with organizations that engage in activities that have a 
 substantial illegal purpose.

 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 ``No Loan Forgiveness for Terrorists 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE 
 A SUBSTANTIAL ILLEGAL PURPOSE FROM PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN 
 FORGIVENESS.

 

Section 455
            (m) (3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e
            (m) (3) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (C) Exclusion from public service job.--
 Notwithstanding subparagraph
        (B) , the term `public 
 service job' excludes employment with any organization 
 that engages in activities that have a substantial 
 illegal purpose, including--
 ``
            (i) aiding or abetting a violation of 
 

section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality 
 Act (8 U.S.C. 1325) or another Federal 
 immigration law;
 ``
            (ii) materially supporting terrorism, 
 including by facilitating funding to, or the 
 operations of, cartels designated as Foreign 
 Terrorist Organizations consistent with 

section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
 U.S.C. 1189), or by engaging in violence for 
 the purpose of obstructing or influencing 
 Federal Government policy;
 ``
            (iii) materially supporting child abuse, 
 including the chemical or surgical castration 
 or mutilation of children or the trafficking of 
 children to transgender sanctuary States for 
 purposes of emancipation from their lawful 
 parents, in violation of applicable law;
 ``
            (iv) engaging in a pattern of aiding or 
 abetting illegal discrimination; or
 ``
            (v) engaging in a pattern of violating 
 State tort laws, including laws against 
 trespassing, disorderly conduct, public 
 nuisance, vandalism, or obstruction of 
 highways.''.
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