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- Rep. Bill Foster and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick introduced the Service Loan Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2026 on September 4, 2026.
- The bill would let Graduated, Extended, and Tiered Standard Repayment Plan payments count toward PSLF for 60 qualifying payments.
- Foster’s office reports that 97 percent of public-service applicants for PSLF have historically been denied.
- The legislation has one Republican co-sponsor, making it one of the few bipartisan student-loan bills this Congress.
- The bill must clear the House Education and Workforce Committee, both chambers, and President Donald Trump’s signature.
