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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 Representa-
tives relating to the legal authority to forgive Federal student loan 
debt. 
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] 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Sec-
retary of Education to transmit, respectively, certain doc-
uments to the House of Representatives relating to the 
legal authority to forgive Federal student loan debt. 
Resolved, That the President, Joseph R. Biden, is re-
quested, and the Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, 
is directed, to transmit, respectively, to the House of Rep-
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resentatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the 
adoption of this resolution, unredacted copies of all docu-
ments, memoranda, legal opinions, notes from meetings, 
records (including telephone and electronic mail records), 
correspondence (electronic or otherwise), and other commu-
nications, 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 Of-
fice of the President, or the staff of the Department 
of Education (including any political appointees and 
career employees) to draft a memo regarding the au-
thority to forgive any Federal student loan debt. 
(2) Meetings held between the Executive Office of 
the President and the Department of Education relat-
ing 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 De-
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partment of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, 
or the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection re-
lating to the forgiveness of Federal student loan debt. 
(5) Discussions between Department of Edu-
cation employees and officials, including political ap-
pointees 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 stu-
dent debt. 
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House Calendar No. 149 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1296 
[Report No. 117–550] 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing 
the Secretary of Education to transmit, respec-
tively, certain documents to the House of Rep-
resentatives relating to the legal authority to for-
give Federal student loan debt. 
NOVEMBER 10, 2022 
Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the 
House Calendar, and ordered to be printed 
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