OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions

Floor Speech

Date: July 22, 2021
Location: Washington, DC


2442

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 ``Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act of 2021''. SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR ADJUNCT FACULTY.

Section 455(m)(3)(B)(ii) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended--

(1) by striking ``teaching as'' and inserting the following: ``teaching--

``(I) as'';

(2) by striking ``, foreign language faculty, and part-time faculty at community colleges), as determined by the Secretary.'' and inserting ``and foreign language faculty), as determined by the Secretary; or''; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

``(II) as a part-time faculty member or instructor who--

``(aa) teaches not less than 1 course at an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a)), a postsecondary vocational institution (as defined in section 102(c)), or a Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316(b)); and

``(bb) is not employed on a full-time basis by any other employer.''. ______

By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Casey, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Menendez, and Mrs. Murray):

S. 2452. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide matching payments for retirement savings contributions by certain individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT


Source
arrow_upward