I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2919 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that an individual 
may remain eligible to participate in the teacher loan forgiveness program 
under title IV of such Act if the individual’s period of consecutive 
years of employment as a full-time teacher is interrupted because the 
individual is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is 
relocated during the school year pursuant to military orders for a perma-
nent change of duty station, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2017 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Ms. STEFANIK, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. TAKANO, and Mr. SWALWELL of Cali-
fornia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide 
that an individual may remain eligible to participate in 
the teacher loan forgiveness program under title IV of 
such Act if the individual’s period of consecutive years 
of employment as a full-time teacher is interrupted be-
cause the individual is the spouse of a member of the 
Armed Forces who is relocated during the school year 
pursuant to military orders for a permanent change of 
duty station, and for other purposes. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
03:27 Jun 22, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6652
E:\BILLS\H2919.IH
H2919
rfrederick on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS
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 ‘‘Preserving Teacher 
Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN STU-
DENT LOAN FORGIVENESS OR LOAN CAN-
CELLATION 
PROGRAM 
FOR 
TEACHERS 
WHOSE PERIOD OF CONSECUTIVE EMPLOY-
MENT IS INTERRUPTED BECAUSE OF MILI-
TARY ORDERS REQUIRING SPOUSE TO RELO-
CATE TO NEW RESIDENCE. 
(a) CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) PART B LOANS.—Section 428J(g) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078– 
10(g)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) CONTINUING
ELIGIBILITY
FOR
CERTAIN 
MILITARY SPOUSES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1) of subsection (b), an individual who 
is employed as a full-time teacher for 5 com-
plete years which are not consecutive years may 
be eligible for loan forgiveness pursuant to such 
subsection if the individual was a qualified mili-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
03:27 Jun 22, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2919.IH
H2919
rfrederick on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS
tary spouse with respect to any year during 
which the individual was not employed as a full- 
time teacher. 
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED
MILITARY
SPOUSE
DE-
FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘qualified 
military spouse’ means, with respect to a year, 
an individual who— 
‘‘(i) during the previous year, served 
as a teacher in a school or location meeting 
the requirements of subparagraph (A) of 
subsection (b)(1) and met the require-
ments of subparagraph (B) of subsection 
(b)(1); 
‘‘(ii) is the spouse of a member of the 
Armed Forces who is relocated during the 
year pursuant to military orders for a per-
manent change of duty station; 
‘‘(iii) did not serve as a teacher in a 
school or location meeting the require-
ments of subparagraph (A) of subsection 
(b)(1) during the year or any portion of 
the year because the individual accom-
panied the spouse to a new residence as a 
result of such military orders; and 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
03:27 Jun 22, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2919.IH
H2919
rfrederick on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS
‘‘(iv) during the following year, re-
sumed service as a teacher in a school or 
location meeting the requirements of sub-
paragraph (A) of subsection (b)(1) and 
met the requirements of subparagraph (B) 
of subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(C) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the end of the second aca-
demic year during which this paragraph is in 
effect, and every 2 years thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report de-
scribing the number of individuals who, as a re-
sult of this paragraph, remained eligible for 
loan forgiveness pursuant to subsection (b) dur-
ing the 2 most recent academic years.’’. 
(2) PART
D
LOANS.—Section 460(g) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j(g)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) CONTINUING
ELIGIBILITY
FOR
CERTAIN 
MILITARY SPOUSES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1) of subsection (b), an individual who 
is employed as a full-time teacher for 5 com-
plete years which are not consecutive years may 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
03:27 Jun 22, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2919.IH
H2919
rfrederick on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS