based repayment plan for a loan under part D, 
the Secretary, with respect to such individual 
and any spouse of such individual, shall— 
‘‘(i) provide to such individuals the 
notification 
described 
in 
paragraph 
(1)(A)(i); 
‘‘(ii) require, as a condition of eligi-
bility for such repayment plan, that such 
individuals— 
‘‘(I) affirmatively approve the 
disclosure described in paragraph 
(1)(A)(i) and agree that such approval 
shall serve as an ongoing approval of 
such disclosure until the date on 
which the individual elects to opt out 
of such disclosure under section 
455(e)(8) or the equivalent procedures 
established 
under 
section 
493C(c)(2)(B), as applicable; or 
‘‘(II) provide such information as 
the Secretary may require to confirm 
the eligibility of such individual for 
such repayment plan. 
‘‘(B) RECERTIFICATIONS.—With respect to 
the first written or electronic recertification 
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(after the date of the enactment of the Faster 
Access to Federal Student Aid Act of 2019) of 
an individual’s income or family size for pur-
poses of an income-contingent or income-based 
repayment plan (entered into before the date of 
the enactment of the Faster Access to Federal 
Student Aid Act of 2019) for a loan under part 
D, the Secretary, with respect to such indi-
vidual and any spouse of such individual, shall 
meet the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of 
subparagraph (A) with respect to such recertifi-
cation. 
‘‘(3) TOTAL AND PERMANENT DISABILITY.—In 
the case of any written or electronic application by 
an individual for a discharge of a loan under this 
title based on total and permanent disability (within 
the meaning of section 437(a)) that requires income 
monitoring, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) provide to such individual the notifi-
cation described in paragraph (1)(A)(i); and 
‘‘(B) require, as a condition of eligibility 
for such discharge, that such individual— 
‘‘(i) affirmatively approve the disclo-
sure described in paragraph (1)(A)(i) and 
agree that such approval shall serve as an 
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ongoing approval of such disclosure until 
the earlier of— 
‘‘(I) the date on which the indi-
vidual elects to opt out of such disclo-
sure under section 437(a)(3)(A); or 
‘‘(II) the first day on which such 
loan may no longer be reinstated; or 
‘‘(ii) provide such information as the 
Secretary may require to confirm the eligi-
bility of such individual for such discharge. 
‘‘(b) LIMIT
ON AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall 
only have authority to request that the Secretary of the 
Treasury disclose return information under section 
6103(l)(13) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with 
respect to an individual if the Secretary of Education has 
obtained approval under subsection (a) for such disclo-
sure.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 484(q) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(q)) 
is repealed. 
SEC. 6. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than each specified 
date, the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall issue joint reports to the Committees on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and Finance of 
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the Senate and the Committees on Education and Labor 
and Ways and Means of the House of Representatives re-
garding the amendments made by this Act. Each such re-
port shall include, as applicable— 
(1) an update on the status of implementation 
of the amendments made by this Act; 
(2) an evaluation of how such implementation 
had affected the processing of applications for Fed-
eral student financial aid, applications for income- 
based repayment and income-contingent repayment, 
and applications for discharge of loans under title IV 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070 et seq.) based on total and permanent dis-
ability; and 
(3) implementation issues and suggestions for 
potential improvements. 
(b) SPECIFIED DATE.—For purposes of subsection 
(a), the term ‘‘specified date’’ means— 
(1) the date that is 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act; 
(2) the date that is 120 days after the first day 
that the disclosure process established under section 
6103(l)(13) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
as amended by section 3(a) of this Act, is oper-
ational and accessible to officers, employees, and 
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contractors of the Department of Education (as spe-
cifically authorized and designated by the Secretary 
of Education); and 
(3) the date that is 1 year after the report date 
described in paragraph (2). 
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