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[H. Res. 1296 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 House Calendar No. 149
117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1296

                          [Report No. 117-550]

  Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of 
Education to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of 
  Representatives relating to the legal authority to forgive Federal 
                           student loan debt.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2022

Ms. Foxx submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

                           November 10, 2022

 Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, 
                       and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of 
Education to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of 
  Representatives relating to the legal authority to forgive Federal 
                           student loan debt.

    Resolved, That the President, Joseph R. Biden, is requested, and 
the Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, is directed, to transmit, 
respectively, to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days 
after the date of the adoption of this resolution, unredacted copies of 
all documents, memoranda, legal opinions, notes from meetings, records 
(including telephone and electronic mail records), correspondence 
(electronic or otherwise), and other communications, or any portion of 
any such communications, to the extent that any such one or more items 
are within the possession of the President or the Secretary, 
respectively, and refer to the following:
            (1) Any request by the President, Executive Office of the 
        President, or the staff of the Department of Education 
        (including any political appointees and career employees) to 
        draft a memo regarding the authority to forgive any Federal 
        student loan debt.
            (2) Meetings held between the Executive Office of the 
        President and the Department of Education relating to the 
        forgiveness of Federal student loan debt.
            (3) Meetings and conversations, both formal and informal, 
        held between White House officials and any group or 
        organization advocating for Federal student loan debt 
        forgiveness and Department of Education staff, including 
        political appointees and any group with interests relating to 
        student loan forgiveness.
            (4) Meetings held between the Executive Office of the 
        President, the Department of Education, the Department of the 
        Treasury, the Department of Justice, or the Bureau of Consumer 
        Financial Protection relating to the forgiveness of Federal 
        student loan debt.
            (5) Discussions between Department of Education employees 
        and officials, including political appointees and career staff, 
        relating to the drafting of any memoranda related to the 
        forgiveness of Federal student loan debt.
            (6) Any legal opinions sought by the Department of 
        Education related to the forgiveness of Federal student debt.
                                                 House Calendar No. 149

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                              H. RES. 1296

                          [Report No. 117-550]

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                               RESOLUTION

  Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of 
Education to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of 
  Representatives relating to the legal authority to forgive Federal 
                           student loan debt.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           November 10, 2022

 Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, 
                       and ordered to be printed