[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1573 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1573

 To require the Secretary of Education to accept certain documentation 
 from the Department of Defense as proof of employment for purposes of 
              the public service loan forgiveness program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2023

 Mr. Connolly introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Education to accept certain documentation 
 from the Department of Defense as proof of employment for purposes of 
              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. REPAYMENT PLAN FOR PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES.

    Section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Treatment of certain documentation from the 
        department of defense.--In determining the eligibility of a 
        borrower for loan forgiveness under this subsection, the 
        Secretary of Education--
                    ``(A) shall accept a DD Form 214 submitted by the 
                borrower as proof of the borrower's employment in the 
                position indicated on such form during the time period 
                indicated on such form; and
                    ``(B) shall not require a borrower who submits a DD 
                Form 214 to submit a separate employment certification 
                form as proof of the borrower's employment in such 
                position during such time period.''.
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