,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfhi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aj1 #bjai,ms4 
,shalala 7for herself and ,mr4 ,walker7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and ,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
prohibit ,states from suspending1       
revoking1 or denying ,state-issued      
professional licenses or issuing        
penalties due to student default4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protecting ,job ,opportunities for 
,borrowers ,act or the ,protecting      
,j,o,bs ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition against 
suspension1 revocation1 or denial of    
,state-issued professional licenses or  
penalties due to student default  7a7   
,higher ,education ,act of #aife loans  
,part ,b of title ,i of the ,higher     
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajaa et seq47 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #abd4           
,prohibition against suspension1        
revocation1 or denial of ,state-issued  

professional licenses or penalties due  
to student default  7a7 ,prohibition    
,beginning #b years after the date of   
enactment of the ,protecting ,job       
,opportunities for ,borrowers ,act1 a   
,state that receives assistance under   
this ,act may not suspend1 revoke1 or   
deny the approval or renewal of a       
,state-issued license described in      
subsection 7b7 or issue a fine or other 
penalty with respect to an individual   
based solely on such individual's       
default or delinquency on a loan made1  
insured1 or guaranteed under title ,,iv4
  7b7 ,types of licenses ,a             
,state-issued license described in this 
subsection means any of the following3  
7#a7 ,a ,state-issued driver's license  
7including any ,state-issued document   
permitting a specific individual to     
operate one or more types of motorized  
vehicles1 such as a motorcycle1 car1    
truck1 or bus on a public road74  7#b7  
,a ,state-issued teaching license4  7#c7
 ,a ,state-issued professional license  

involved in or affecting interstate     
commerce 7including any license1 permit1
 certificate1 registration1 charter1    
authority or similar form of permission 
required for lawful employment in a     
particular career field74  7c7          
,injunctive relief ,any individual      
aggrieved as a result of a violation of 
subsection 7a7 may bring a civil action 
in an appropriate district court of the 
,united ,states to obtain prospective   
injunctive relief against an individual 
,state officer in the officer's official
 capacity4  4  7b7 ,health education    
loans  7#a7 ,in general ,a ,state may   
not suspend1 revoke1 or deny the        
approval or renewal of a ,state-issued  
license described in section #abd7;b7 of
 the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife or
 issue a fine or other penalty with     
respect to an individual based solely on
 such individual's default or           
delinquency on a ,health ,education     
,assistance ,loan or ,primary ,care     
,loan made under part ,a of title ,,vii 

of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bib et seq474  7#b7     
,injunctive relief ,any individual      
aggrieved as a result of a violation of 
paragraph 7#a7 may bring a civil action 
in an appropriate district court of the 
,united ,states to obtain prospective   
injunctive relief against an individual 
,state officer in the officer's official
 capacity4