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Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023
To require the Secretary of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Secretary of Education in order to ensure individuals who are current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees and are otherwise eligible for assistance under the public service loan forgiveness program have their periods of employment automatically certified and counted towards the public service loan forgiveness program.
Summary
This bill would require the Secretary of Defense to enter into a data matching agreement with the Secretary of Education within one year to automatically certify military service and employment toward the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Current and former active-duty military service members and Department of Defense civilian employees who are otherwise eligible for loan forgiveness would have their employment periods automatically counted, beginning from October 1, 2007. The automatic certification would streamline the process for military members to have their service recognized toward the loan forgiveness program's requirements.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS)
Actions (3)
- Sep 17, 2024 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Senate Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-744. · senate
- Sep 27, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. · senate
- Sep 27, 2023 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 27 (legislative day, September 22), 2023
Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Secretary of Education in order to ensure individuals who are current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees and are otherwise eligible for assistance under the public service loan forgiveness program have their periods of employment automatically certified and counted towards the public service loan forgiveness program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023”.
SEC. 2. DATA MATCHING AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall complete a data matching agreement with the Secretary of Education in order to ensure that individuals who are current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees and are otherwise eligible for assistance under the public service loan forgiveness program under section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)) have their periods of employment, beginning on October 1, 2007, automatically certified and counted towards the public service loan forgiveness program. <all>
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