# 116-hr-3598: FREED Vets Act

116-hr-3598, FREED Vets Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17] (D-PA); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-3598
- Congress: 116
- Title: FREED Vets Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Introduced: 2019-06-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 69
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Federally Requiring Earned Education-debt Discharges for Vets Act or the FREED Vets Act This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to automatically discharge loans under the Federal Family Education Loan program for certain borrowers who are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. Specifically, ED must automatically discharge a veteran borrower's loan when the Department of Veterans Affairs has assigned the borrower a rating of total disability for a service-connected disability or has determined the borrower to be unemployable due to a service-connected condition, determine whether a state might impose a tax liability for the discharge of such a loan, and provide the borrower with a notification related to potential tax liability and an opportunity to opt out of such loan discharge.

## Cosponsors (69)

- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2019-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2019-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14] (R-PA), 2019-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] (D-MI), 2019-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32] (D-TX), 2019-10-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2019-10-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watkins, Steve [R-KS-2] (R-KS), 2019-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6] (R-FL), 2019-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2019-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2019-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2019-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ), 2019-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2019-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2019-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8] (R-WI), 2019-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] (R-OH), 2019-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2019-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2019-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2019-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2019-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21] (R-FL), 2019-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2019-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2019-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2019-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2019-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7] (D-TX), 2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horn, Kendra S. [D-OK-5] (D-OK), 2019-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2019-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] (D-TX), 2019-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2019-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2019-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2019-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI), 2020-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL), 2020-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2020-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2020-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2020-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2020-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] (D-NY), 2020-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2020-02-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA), 2020-02-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2020-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2020-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2020-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] (R-IL), 2020-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2019-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18] (D-PA), 2019-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (D-IL), 2019-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Taylor, Van [R-TX-3] (R-TX), 2019-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2019-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2019-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV), 2019-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] (R-IN), 2019-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2019-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME), 2019-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA), 2019-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2019-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2019-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2019-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2019-08-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] (D-CA), 2019-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] (D-VA), 2019-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2019-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] (D-CO), 2019-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16] (R-OH), 2019-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2019-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH), 2019-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2019-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] (R-OH), 2019-10-15T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-3598 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3598)

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