,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #deag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bf1      
#bjai,mr4 ,cicilline 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,pappas1 and  
,mr4 ,cuellar7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and ,labor  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,education to carry out an              
apprenticeship loan forgiveness program4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,promoting ,apprenticeships
 in ,public ,service ,act4  #b4         
,apprenticeship loan forgiveness program
 ,part ,g of title ,,iv of the ,higher  
,education ,act of #aife is amended by  
adding at the end the following3        
#dic;,e4 ,apprenticeship loan           
forgiveness program  7a7 ,program       
authorized ,not later than #cj days     
after applying for the loan forgiveness 
under this section1 the ,secretary shall
 repay or cancel the qualifying loan    
amount described in subsection 7b7 of   

any borrower who--  7#a7 receives a     
certificate from a registered           
apprenticeship program2 and  7#b7       
completes #b years of full-time         
employment at a qualifying public       
service job4  7b7 ,qualifying loan      
amount ,the qualifying loan amount      
described in this subsection is1 with   
respect to the loan obligations of a    
borrower on all loans made under part ,b
 or ,d1 the lesser of the following3    
7#a7 ,the amount due on such loans on   
the date of such repayment or           
cancellation4  7#b7 #be1jjj4  7c7       
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,apprenticeship ,the term apprenticeship
 means an apprenticeship registered     
under the ,act of ,august #af1 #aicg    
7commonly known as the ,national        
,apprenticeship ,act2 #ej ,stat4 #ffd1  
chapter #ffc2 #bi ,u4,s4,c4 #ej et      
seq474  7#b7 ,qualifying public service 
job ,the term qualifying public service 
job means a job at-- 7,a7 a ,federal1   
,state1 or local government agency1 or  

tribal organization2 or  7,b7 an        
organization that is described in       
section #eja7;c77#c7 of the ,internal   
,revenue ,code of #aihf and exempt from 
taxation under section #eja7;a7 of such 
,code4  7d7 ,ineligibility for double   
benefits ,no borrower may1 for the same 
service1 receive a reduction of loan    
obligations under both this section and 
section #dee7m71 #dbh;,j1 #dbh,k1       
#dbh,l1 or #dfj4  4