No Loan Forgiveness for Terrorists Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced
Summary
Would bar borrowers from receiving Public Service Loan Forgiveness if their employer materially supports terrorism, serious child abuse, or other specified illegal activity. The bill would amend the Higher Education Act to say time spent working for organizations that 'engage in activities that have a substantial illegal purpose' would not count as qualifying public service for PSLF purposes.
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- Borrowers: Time that a borrower spends working for an excluded organization would not count toward the service requirement for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, so those borrowers could lose eligibility for forgiveness tied to that job.
- Employers and organizations: Nonprofits, government employers, and other organizations could be disqualified as qualifying public service employers if they engage in listed misconduct.
- Listed exclusions: The bill names five triggers that would create an exclusion: aiding or abetting immigration law violations; materially supporting terrorism, including funding cartels designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations; materially supporting child abuse, including chemical or surgical castration or trafficking children to transgender sanctuary States for emancipation from lawful parents; patterns of aiding illegal discrimination; and patterns of violating state tort laws such as trespassing, disorderly conduct, public nuisance, vandalism, or obstruction of highways.
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Tighter PSLF rules for some employers
This bill would change which jobs count for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). Work would not qualify if your employer mainly engages in listed illegal activities. Examples include helping break federal immigration law; materially supporting terrorism (including cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations) or using violence to sway federal policy. The bill also lists certain child‑abuse conduct, repeated illegal discrimination, and repeated state‑law harms like trespassing, vandalism, or blocking highways. If your employer falls under these rules, your months would not count for PSLF, which could delay or stop forgiveness and raise your total loan costs.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
FL • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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