SEC. 3. PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS ELIGIBILITY. 
Section 455(m)(3)(B)(i) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B)(i)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘public service as a service coordinator,’’ after 
‘‘school-based services,’’. 
SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF FUNDING FOR SERVICES FOR PUB-
LIC AND INDIAN HOUSING RESIDENTS. 
Section 34 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $45,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2027.’’. 
SEC. 5. STUDY ON RURAL SERVICE COORDINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall conduct a study regard-
ing the coordination of the provision of supportive services 
(in this section referred to as ‘‘service coordination’’) by 
one or more individuals (in this section referred to as a 
‘‘service coordinator’’) in rural covered federally assisted 
housing projects, which shall include the following: 
(1) An identification of the number of service 
coordinators that work in rural covered federally as-
sisted housing projects. 
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(2) An identification of the number of rural 
covered federally assisted housing projects that do 
not employ a service coordinator. 
(3) A description of the effect of service coordi-
nators on the well-being of residents of rural covered 
federally assisted housing projects. 
(4) A comparison of the met and unmet needs 
of residents of rural covered federally assisted hous-
ing projects— 
(A) that employ a service coordinator; and 
(B) that do not employ a service coordi-
nator. 
(5) A description of models of service coordina-
tion that are used in programs other than rural cov-
ered federally assisted housing projects. 
(6) A description of barriers, if any, to the op-
eration of service coordinators in rural covered fed-
erally assisted housing projects. 
(7) A description of promising service coordina-
tion practices that should be explored for use by 
service coordinators in rural covered federally as-
sisted housing projects, including the following: 
(A) Multi-site service coordination. 
(B) Part-time service coordination. 
(C) Remote service coordination. 
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(b) REPORT.—Upon completion of the study required 
under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report regarding the results of such 
study. 
(c) COVERED FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered federally as-
sisted housing’’ means— 
(1) federally assisted housing, as such term is 
defined in section 683(2) of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
13641(2)); and 
(2) housing that is assisted under section 514, 
515, 516, or 538 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1484, 1485, 1486, or 1490p–2). 
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