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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3740 
To amend chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, to require Senior 
Executive Service and schedule C employees to disclose Federal student 
loan debt, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2023 
Mr. BIGGS (for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. JACK-
SON of Texas, Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, and Mr. WEBER 
of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Accountability 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, to 
require Senior Executive Service and schedule C employ-
ees to disclose Federal student loan debt, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employee Stu-
dent Debt Transparency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN DEBT BY 
SES AND SCHEDULE C EMPLOYEES. 
Section 13104 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) DISCLOSURE
OF FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN 
DEBT BY SES AND SCHEDULE C EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘covered employee’ means an employee of the execu-
tive branch who occupies— 
‘‘(A) a Senior Executive Service position 
(as defined in section 3132(a)); or 
‘‘(B) a position of a confidential or policy- 
determining nature under schedule C of subpart 
C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regu-
lations, or any successor regulation. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS BY COVERED EMPLOYEES.—Not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
the Federal Employee Student Debt Transparency 
Act, and not later than February 28 of each year 
thereafter, each covered employee shall file a report 
containing a full and complete statement of the out-
standing balance of principal and interest owed by 
the covered employee on— 
‘‘(A) each loan made under part D of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1087a et seq.); and 
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‘‘(B) any loan made, insured, or guaran-
teed under part B or E of such title (20 U.S.C. 
1071 et seq., 1087aa et seq.). 
‘‘(3) NEW
COVERED
EMPLOYEES.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date on which an individual 
assumes the position of a covered employee, the indi-
vidual shall file a report containing the information 
required under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
May 1 of each year, the Director of the Office of 
Government Ethics shall transmit to Congress a re-
port containing— 
‘‘(A) the total amount owed by all covered 
employees as reported pursuant to paragraphs 
(2) and (3); and 
‘‘(B) the name of any covered employee 
who failed to file or report any information re-
quired to be reported pursuant to paragraph 
(2) or (3).’’. 
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