# 2025-04103: No Free Loans for Smugglers in Public Service Overhaul

2025-04103, Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-03-12, effective Signed March 7, 2025; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04103
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-04103
- Title: Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 11885
- Published: 2025-03-12
- Effective: Signed March 7, 2025
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

No Free Loans for Smugglers in Public Service Overhaul

## Summary

The government is fixing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to make sure only people working for truly good, legal public service jobs get their student loans forgiven. If you work for groups involved in illegal activities, like human smuggling or breaking immigration laws, you won’t qualify anymore. These changes start soon and aim to protect taxpayers and national security while keeping the program fair and focused on real public service heroes.

## Effects PRIA read

- PSLF Ineligibility for Illegal-Activity Employers: cost, high. If you have federal student loans and work in public service, this order directs the Secretary of Education to propose changes to 34 CFR 685.219 so that employees of organizations with a "substantial illegal purpose" are not eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). The order lists speci…

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## Sources
- [2025-04103 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/12/2025-04103/restoring-public-service-loan-forgiveness)
- [2025-04103 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-12/pdf/2025-04103.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04103 (as of 2026-11-04).