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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6792 

To amend the public service loan forgiveness program under the Higher 

Education Act of 1965 to require an on-line portal, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 14, 2023 

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. JOYCE of Ohio) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 

the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the public service loan forgiveness program under 

the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require an online portal, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PSLF Administrative 

5 Improvements Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS 

2 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SEC3 RETARY OF EDUCATION. 

4 Section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

5 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)) is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(5) DATABASE OF PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 

9 months after the date of enactment of the 

10 PSLF Administrative Improvements Act, the 

11 Secretary of Education, in conjunction with the 

12 Secretary of Labor, shall— 

13 ‘‘(i) establish and regularly update a 

14 publicly accessible database of public serv15 ice employers, which shall include informa16 tion required for the process for completion 

17 of the employment certifications forms re18 quired under this subsection; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) ensure that such employment 

20 certification forms are available in lan21 guages other than English. 

22 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 

23 subsection: 

24 ‘‘(i) PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYER.— 

25 The term ‘public service employer’ has the 

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1 ganization’ in section 685.219(b) of title 

2 34, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc3 cessor regulations). 

4 ‘‘(ii) TEPSLF PROGRAM.—The term 

5 ‘TEPSLF program’ means the Temporary 

6 Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness 

7 program carried out by the Department of 

8 Education, including the program carried 

9 out under section 311 of division H of the 

10 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 

11 (Public Law 117–103). 

12 ‘‘(6) NOTICE OF PSLF REQUIREMENTS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) EMPLOYERS.—With respect to each 

14 employer whose contact information is main15 tained in the database described in paragraph 

16 (5), the Secretary shall, on an annual basis and 

17 in a manner that is consistent with Federal 

18 laws on data privacy— 

19 ‘‘(i) provide each such employer with 

20 standardized information on the program 

21 under this subsection, including eligibility 

22 requirements; 

23 ‘‘(ii) encourage the employer to pro24 vide such information to new employees; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) in the case of an employer that 

2 is likely to be subject to a determination by 

3 the Secretary that the employer is failing 

4 to meet the definition of public service em5 ployer— 

6 ‘‘(I) notify such employer that 

7 such a determination is likely, prior to 

8 such determination; and 

9 ‘‘(II) provide the employer an op10 portunity to make changes in order to 

11 avoid such determination, and if ap12 plicable, an opportunity to appeal 

13 such determination. 

14 ‘‘(B) INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU15 CATION.—With respect to each institution of 

16 higher education participating in any program 

17 under this title, the Secretary shall, on an an18 nual basis, provide each such institution with 

19 standardized information on the program under 

20 this subsection, including eligibility require21 ments. 

22 ‘‘(C) BORROWERS.—With respect to each 

23 borrower who was denied loan cancellation 

24 under this subsection, the Secretary shall— 


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1 ‘‘(i) without any further action by the 

2 borrower and subject to the limitation on 

3 total loan volume specified under the 

4 TEPSLF program and the availability of 

5 appropriations for such section 315, deter6 mine whether the borrower qualifies for the 

7 loan cancellation program under the 

8 TEPSLF, and if so, cancel the borrower’s 

9 loans in accordance with such program; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(ii) in a case in which a borrower’s 

12 loans were not cancelled under clause (i), 

13 notify the borrower of other options (such 

14 as loan consolidation) to qualify for loan 

15 cancellation under this subsection, and how 

16 to successfully pursue such options. 

17 ‘‘(7) DATA MATCHING AGREEMENTS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

19 enter into data matching agreements with rel20 evant Federal agencies who possess records 

21 about the status of borrowers of loans made 

22 under this part as employees of public service 

23 employers for the purpose of eliminating, to the 

24 extent practicable, the need for a borrower or 


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1 an employer to submit a certification of employ2 ment to the Secretary. 

3 ‘‘(B) SPECIFIC FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Not4 withstanding any Federal law, the Secretary of 

5 Labor, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 

6 and the Commissioner of Social Security shall 

7 disclose any relevant records to the Secretary 

8 for the purposes of meeting the Secretary’s obli9 gations to reduce barriers to certification of em10 ployment as described in subparagraph (A). 

11 ‘‘(C) NOTICE TO BORROWERS.—If the Sec12 retary receives employer or employment infor13 mation regarding a borrower from a Federal 

14 agency pursuant to this paragraph, the Sec15 retary shall timely notify the borrower that— 

16 ‘‘(i) the Secretary received the infor17 mation; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the borrower, for the duration of 

19 the borrower’s employment by the em20 ployer— 

21 ‘‘(I) is not required to submit a 

22 certification of employment for the 

23 employer under paragraph (8); or 

24 ‘‘(II) if the information is not 

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1 duced set of information to the Sec2 retary for the certification of employ3 ment. 

4 ‘‘(8) ON-LINE PORTAL.— 

5 ‘‘(A) BORROWERS.—Not later than 18 

6 months after the date of enactment of the 

7 PSLF Administrative Improvements Act, the 

8 Secretary shall ensure that borrowers have ac9 cess to an on-line portal, integrated with the 

10 Federal Student Aid dashboard (or any suc11 cessor dashboard or similar website) that pro12 vides each borrower who signs on to such portal 

13 with the following: 

14 ‘‘(i) Instructions on how to access the 

15 database under paragraph (5) so that the 

16 borrower can determine whether the bor17 rower is employed in a public service job. 

18 ‘‘(ii) An identification of the loans of 

19 the borrower that are eligible Federal Di20 rect Loans. 

21 ‘‘(iii) With respect to each such eligi22 ble Federal Direct Loan, the number of 

23 monthly payments on such loan that qual24 ify as a monthly payment under paragraph 

25 (1)(A), and the estimated number of 


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1 monthly payments under paragraph (1)(A) 

2 remaining on such loan before the bor3 rower may be eligible for loan cancellation 

4 under this subsection. 

5 ‘‘(iv) With respect to each loan of the 

6 borrower that is not eligible for loan can7 cellation under this subsection, an expla8 nation of why the loan is not so eligible 

9 and instructions on what, if anything, the 

10 borrower may do to make the loan so eligi11 ble. 

12 ‘‘(v) Instructions for the submission of 

13 any forms associated with such loan can14 cellation, and an ability for the borrower to 

15 use the portal to electronically sign and 

16 submit such forms. 

17 ‘‘(vi) In the case of a borrower who 

18 disputes a determination of the Secretary 

19 relating to the entitlement of the borrower 

20 to loan cancellation under paragraph (2) or 

21 with respect to a determination that a loan 

22 is not eligible pursuant to clause (iv)— 

23 ‘‘(I) an ability for the borrower 

24 to file a claim with the Secretary to 


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1 dispute such determination through 

2 the portal; and 

3 ‘‘(II) in the case of such a claim 

4 that has been filed the status of such 

5 claim, for which updates shall be pro6 vided not fewer than once every 90 

7 days. 

8 ‘‘(B) EMPLOYERS.—The Secretary shall 

9 ensure that an employer of a borrower has the 

10 ability to electronically sign and submit any 

11 forms associated with loan cancellation under 

12 this subsection. 

13 ‘‘(C) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall 

14 ensure that any information provided through 

15 the on-line portal described in this paragraph— 

16 ‘‘(i) is up-to-date information; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) that such information is also pro18 vided in a written-format through email or 

19 regular mail, if so requested by the bor20 rower or employer. 

21 ‘‘(9) STANDARD PROCEDURES.—Not later than 

22 180 days after the date of enactment of the PSLF 

23 Administrative Improvements Act, the Secretary 

24 shall develop and make publicly available the proce25 dures the Secretary (including the contractors and 


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1 servicers involved) uses to determine whether a bor2 rower meets the requirements for loan cancellation 

3 under this subsection. 

4 ‘‘(10) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall 

5 submit to the authorizing committees, an annual re6 port with respect to the preceding fiscal year, on— 

7 ‘‘(A) the number of borrowers who received 

8 loan cancellation under this subsection, and the 

9 number of such borrowers whose application for 

10 such loan cancellation had been previously re11 jected, disaggregated by each category of public 

12 service job listed in the employment certifi13 cation form required under this subsection; 

14 ‘‘(B) the number of borrowers whose appli15 cation for loan cancellation under this sub16 section was rejected, and a description of why 

17 each such application was so rejected, 

18 disaggregated by each category of public service 

19 job described in subparagraph (A); 

20 ‘‘(C) the number of borrowers whose appli21 cation for loan cancellation under this sub22 section had been rejected and who contacted the 

23 Secretary to determine how to qualify for such 

24 loan cancellation or loan cancellation under the 

25 TEPSLF program; 


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1 ‘‘(D) each reason why a payment made on 

2 an eligible Federal Direct Loan did not qualify 

3 as one of the 120 monthly payments under 

4 paragraph (1)(A); 

5 ‘‘(E) the number of borrowers employed by 

6 an employer that— 

7 ‘‘(i) is not an organization described 

8 in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev9 enue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax10 ation under section 501(a) of such Code; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(ii) was determined to meet the defi13 nition of public service employer; and 

14 ‘‘(F) the number of borrowers employed by 

15 an employer described in subparagraph (E)(i) 

16 that was determined to not meet the definition 

17 of public service employer.’’. 

18 SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF TEPSLF. 

19 A borrower may qualify for loan forgiveness under 

20 the Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgive21 ness program carried out by the Department of Edu22 cation, including the program carried out under section 

23 311 of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

24 2022 (Public Law 117–103), without regard to whether 

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1 tion 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

2 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), as amended by this Act, is rejected. 

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