Scott DesJarlais has a bill aimed at debt left by service members:

Up for a House vote this afternoon, DesJarlais' Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act would prohibit the IRS from collecting taxes on forgiven student loans held by veterans whose active-duty injuries led to death.

The bill is retroactive to Oct. 7, 2001 -- the start of the war in Afghanistan. Families who already have paid taxes on such loans would be eligible for a refund, according to DesJarlais' office.

A freshman congressman seeking re-election, DesJarlais said the bill represents an easy way to fix a baffling tax code issue. It's the first of DesJarlais' five bills to get a standalone House vote.

"Committee chairmen, the majority leaders, veterans in Congress -- everybody felt this was the right thing to do," he said.