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Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands. 
SEC. 230. The Department of Health and Human Services 
may accept donations from the private sector, nongovernmental 
organizations, and other groups independent of the Federal Govern-
ment for the care of unaccompanied alien children (as defined 
in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of 
the Administration for Children and Families, including medical 
goods and services, which may include early childhood develop-
mental screenings, school supplies, toys, clothing, and any other 
items intended to promote the wellbeing of such children. 
SEC. 231. None of the funds made available in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Adminis-
tration for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’ 
may be obligated to a grantee or contractor to house unaccompanied 
alien children (as such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in any facility 
that is not State-licensed for the care of unaccompanied alien chil-
dren, except in the case that the Secretary determines that housing 
unaccompanied alien children in such a facility is necessary on 
a temporary basis due to an influx of such children or an emergency, 
provided that— 
(1) the terms of the grant or contract for the operations 
of any such facility that remains in operation for more than 
six consecutive months shall require compliance with— 
(A) the same requirements as licensed placements, as 
listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores Settlement Agreement 
that the Secretary determines are applicable to non-State 
licensed facilities; and 
(B) staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty Youth Care Worker 
for every eight (8) children or youth during waking hours, 
one (1) on-duty Youth Care Worker for every sixteen (16) 
children or youth during sleeping hours, and clinician ratios 
to children (including mental health providers) as required 
in grantee cooperative agreements; 
(2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver for a contrac-
tor’s or grantee’s non-compliance with paragraph (1) if the 
Secretary certifies and provides a report to Congress on the 
contractor’s or grantee’s good-faith efforts and progress towards 
compliance; 
(3) not more than four consecutive waivers under paragraph 
(2) may be granted to a contractor or grantee with respect 
to a specific facility; 
(4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the monitoring 
requirements set forth in section 5.5 of its Policies and Proce-
dures Guide as of May 15, 2019; 
(5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation for more 
than three consecutive months, ORR shall conduct a minimum 
of one comprehensive monitoring visit during the first three 
months of operation, with quarterly monitoring visits there-
after; and 
(6) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate outlining the
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requirements of ORR for influx facilities including any require-
ment listed in paragraph (1)(A) that the Secretary has deter-
mined are not applicable to non-State licensed facilities. 
SEC. 232. In addition to the existing Congressional notification 
for formal site assessments of potential influx facilities, the Sec-
retary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days before 
operationalizing an unlicensed facility, and shall (1) specify whether 
the facility is hard-sided or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis 
that indicates that, in the absence of the influx facility, the likely 
outcome is that unaccompanied alien children will remain in the 
custody of the Department of Homeland Security for longer than 
72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children will be otherwise 
placed in danger. Within 60 days of bringing such a facility online, 
and monthly thereafter, the Secretary shall provide to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report detailing the total number of children in care 
at the facility, the average length of stay and average length of 
care of children at the facility, and, for any child that has been 
at the facility for more than 60 days, their length of stay and 
reason for delay in release. 
SEC. 233. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to prevent a United States Senator or Member of the 
House of Representatives from entering, for the purpose of con-
ducting oversight, any facility in the United States used for the 
purpose of maintaining custody of, or otherwise housing, unaccom-
panied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), provided that such 
Senator or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the 
Office of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business days 
in advance to ensure that such visit would not interfere with 
the operations (including child welfare and child safety operations) 
of such facility. 
SEC. 234. Not later than 14 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, and make publicly available online, a report 
with respect to children who were separated from their parents 
or legal guardians by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 
(regardless of whether or not such separation was pursuant to 
an option selected by the children, parents, or guardians), subse-
quently classified as unaccompanied alien children, and transferred 
to the care and custody of ORR during the previous month. Each 
report shall contain the following information: 
(1) the number and ages of children so separated subse-
quent to apprehension at or between ports of entry, to be 
reported by sector where separation occurred; and 
(2) the documented cause of separation, as reported by 
DHS when each child was referred. 
SEC. 235. Funds appropriated in this Act that are available 
for salaries and expenses of employees of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention shall also be available for the primary 
and secondary schooling of eligible dependents of personnel sta-
tioned in a U.S. territory as defined in section 229 of this Act 
at costs not in excess of those paid for or reimbursed by the 
Department of Defense.
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(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 236. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Nonrecurring 
Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of division G of Public 
Law 110–161, $650,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than 
September 30, 2023. 
SEC. 237. The Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
waive penalties and administrative requirements in title XXVI of 
the Public Health Service Act for awards under such title from 
amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services—Health Resources and Services Administration’’ 
in this or any other appropriations Act for this fiscal year, including 
amounts made available to such heading by transfer. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of title II 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (referred 
to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 418A of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), $19,087,790,000, 
of which $8,159,490,000 shall become available on July 1, 2023, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2024, and of 
which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on October 1, 2023, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2024, for aca-
demic year 2023–2024: Provided, That $6,459,401,000 shall be for 
basic grants under section 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, 
That up to $5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the 
Secretary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) 
on October 1, 2022, to obtain annually updated local educational 
agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: 
Provided further, That $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration 
grants under section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 
$5,282,550,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 1125 
of the ESEA: Provided further, That $5,282,550,000 shall be for 
education finance incentive grants under section 1125A of the 
ESEA: Provided further, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying 
out subpart 2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That $52,123,000 
shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA. 
IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally 
affected schools authorized by title VII of the ESEA, $1,618,112,000, 
of which $1,468,242,000 shall be for basic support payments under 
section 7003(b), $48,316,000 shall be for payments for children 
with disabilities under section 7003(d), $18,406,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2024, shall be for construction under 
section 7007(b), $78,313,000 shall be for Federal property payments 
under section 7002, and $4,835,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section 7008: 
Provided, That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 
for an eligible local educational agency under section 7003(a) for
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school year 2022–2023, children enrolled in a school of such agency 
that would otherwise be eligible for payment under section 
7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both parents 
or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody 
of such children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal 
guardian while on active duty (so long as such children reside 
on Federal property as described in section 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no 
longer eligible under such section, shall be considered as eligible 
students under such section, provided such students remain in 
average daily attendance at a school in the same local educational 
agency they attended prior to their change in eligibility status. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by 
part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of part A of title 
IV, part B of title IV, part B of title V, and parts B and C 
of title VI of the ESEA; the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act; section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 
2002; the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; 
and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $5,810,642,000, of which 
$3,952,312,000 shall become available on July 1, 2023, and remain 
available through September 30, 2024, and of which $1,681,441,000 
shall become available on October 1, 2023, and shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2024, for academic year 2023–2024: 
Provided, That $390,000,000 shall be for part B of title I: Provided 
further, That $1,329,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: Provided 
further, That $45,897,000 shall be for part B of title VI, which 
may be used for construction, renovation, and modernization of 
any public elementary school, secondary school, or structure related 
to a public elementary school or secondary school that serves a 
predominantly Native Hawaiian student body, and that the 5 per-
cent limitation in section 6205(b) of the ESEA on the use of funds 
for administrative purposes shall apply only to direct administrative 
costs: Provided further, That $44,953,000 shall be for part C of 
title VI, which shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and may 
be used for construction, and that the 5 percent limitation in 
section 6305 of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative 
purposes shall apply only to direct administrative costs: Provided 
further, That $55,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 
203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 and the 
Secretary shall make such arrangements as determined to be nec-
essary to ensure that the Bureau of Indian Education has access 
to services provided under this section: Provided further, That 
$24,464,000 shall be available to carry out the Supplemental Edu-
cation Grants program for the Federated States of Micronesia and 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may reserve up to 5 percent of the amount referred 
to in the previous proviso to provide technical assistance in the 
implementation 
of 
these 
grants: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$215,000,000 shall be for part B of title V: Provided further, That 
$1,380,000,000 shall be available for grants under subpart 1 of 
part A of title IV. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise 
provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, $194,746,000, of which
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$72,000,000 shall be for subpart 2 of part A of title VI and 
$12,365,000 shall be for subpart 3 of part A of title VI: Provided, 
That the 5 percent limitation in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 
6133(g) of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes 
shall apply only to direct administrative costs: Provided further, 
That grants awarded under sections 6132 and 6133 of the ESEA 
with funds provided under this heading may be for a period of 
up to 5 years. 
INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 3 and 
4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and subparts 1 
and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $1,253,000,000: Provided, 
That $286,000,000 shall be for subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B 
of title II and shall be made available without regard to sections 
2201, 2231(b) and 2241: Provided further, That $683,000,000 shall 
be for parts C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, 
and shall be made available without regard to sections 4311, 
4409(a), and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, That section 
4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds available for part C 
of title IV: Provided further, That of the funds available for part 
C of title IV, the Secretary shall use not less than $60,000,000 
to carry out section 4304, of which not more than $10,000,000 
shall be available to carry out section 4304(k), $140,000,000, to 
remain available through March 31, 2024, to carry out section 
4305(b), and not more than $16,000,000 to carry out the activities 
in section 4305(a)(3): Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
4601(b), $284,000,000 shall be available through December 31, 2023 
for subpart 1 of part F of title IV: Provided further, That of the 
funds available for subpart 4 of part F of title IV, not less than 
$8,000,000 shall be used for continuation grants for eligible national 
nonprofit organizations, as described in the Applications for New 
Awards; Assistance for Arts Education Program published in the 
Federal Register on May 31, 2022, for activities described under 
section 4642(a)(1)(C). 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 and 3 
of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $457,000,000, to remain available 
through December 31, 2023: Provided, That $216,000,000 shall 
be available for section 4631, of which up to $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for the Project School Emergency 
Response to Violence (Project SERV) program: Provided further, 
That $150,000,000 shall be available for section 4625: Provided 
further, That $91,000,000 shall be for section 4624. 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, $890,000,000, 
which shall become available on July 1, 2023, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2024, except that 6.5 percent 
of such amount shall be available on October 1, 2022, and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2024, to carry out activities 
under section 3111(c)(1)(C).
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SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment 
Act of 2004, $15,453,264,000, of which $5,870,321,000 shall become 
available on July 1, 2023, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2024, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become 
available on October 1, 2023, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2024, for academic year 2023–2024: Provided, That 
the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal to 
the lesser of the amount available for that activity during fiscal 
year 2022, increased by the amount of inflation as specified in 
section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percent change in the 
funds appropriated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 
than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2022: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall, without regard to section 611(d) 
of the IDEA, distribute to all other States (as that term is defined 
in section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount by 
which a State’s allocation under section 611, from funds appro-
priated under this heading, is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B), 
according to the following: 85 percent on the basis of the States’ 
relative populations of children aged 3 through 21 who are of 
the same age as children with disabilities for whom the State 
ensures the availability of a free appropriate public education under 
this part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ 
relative populations of those children who are living in poverty: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may not distribute any funds 
under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction in alloca-
tion from funds appropriated under this heading made funds avail-
able for such a distribution: Provided further, That the States 
shall allocate such funds distributed under the second proviso to 
local educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): Pro-
vided further, That the amount by which a State’s allocation under 
section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) 
and the amounts distributed to States under the previous provisos 
in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not be considered 
in calculating the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 
or for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal 
year in which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) is reduced 
for failure to comply with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), 
the Secretary may apply the reduction specified in section 
612(a)(18)(B) over a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 
5, until the entire reduction is applied: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s allocation 
under section 611 is reduced in accordance with section 
612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may reserve under section 
611(e)(1) by an amount that bears the same relation to the max-
imum amount described in that paragraph as the reduction under 
section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State would 
have received in that fiscal year under section 611(d) in the absence 
of the reduction: Provided further, That the Secretary shall either 
reduce the allocation of funds under section 611 for any fiscal 
year following the fiscal year for which the State fails to comply 
with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by 
section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under section 452 
of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided
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further, That the funds reserved under 611(c) of the IDEA may 
be used to provide technical assistance to States to improve the 
capacity of the States to meet the data collection requirements 
of sections 616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other 
services and activities to improve data collection, coordination, 
quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may use funds made available for the 
State Personnel Development Grants program under part D, sub-
part 1 of IDEA to evaluate program performance under such sub-
part: Provided further, That States may use funds reserved for 
other State-level activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of 
the IDEA to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institu-
tions of higher education, other public agencies, and private non- 
profit organizations to carry out activities authorized by those sec-
tions: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) 
of the IDEA, if 5 or fewer States apply for grants pursuant to 
section 643(e) of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant 
to each State in an amount equal to the maximum amount described 
in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That if more 
than 5 States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) of the 
IDEA, the Secretary shall award funds to those States on the 
basis of the States’ relative populations of infants and toddlers 
except that no such State shall receive a grant in excess of the 
amount described in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That States may use funds allotted under section 643(c) of 
the IDEA to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institu-
tions of higher education, other public agencies, and private non- 
profit organizations to carry out activities authorized by section 
638 of IDEA: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 638 
of the IDEA, a State may use funds it receives under section 
633 of the IDEA to offer continued early intervention services 
to a child who previously received services under part C of the 
IDEA from age 3 until the beginning of the school year following 
the child’s third birthday with parental consent and without regard 
to the procedures in section 635(c) of the IDEA. 
REHABILITATION SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller National Center 
Act, $4,092,906,000, of which $3,949,707,000 shall be for grants 
for vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the Rehabilita-
tion Act: Provided, That the Secretary may use amounts provided 
in this Act, and unobligated balances from title III of the Depart-
ments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022, (division H of Public 
Law 117–103), that remain available subsequent to the reallotment 
of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation 
Act for innovative activities aimed at increasing competitive 
integrated employment as defined in section 7 of such Act for 
youth and other individuals with disabilities, including related Fed-
eral administrative expenses, and for improving monitoring and 
oversight of grants for vocational rehabilitation services under title 
I of the Rehabilitation Act, including information technology mod-
ernization: Provided further, That up to 15 percent of the amounts
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available subsequent to reallotment for the activities described in 
the first proviso from funds provided under this paragraph in this 
Act, may be used for evaluation and technical assistance related 
to such activities: Provided further, That States may award sub-
grants for a portion of the funds to other public and private, 
nonprofit entities: Provided further, That any funds provided in 
this Act and made available subsequent to reallotment for the 
purposes described in the first proviso shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
transfer funds provided in this Act and made available subsequent 
to the reallotment of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) 
of the Rehabilitation Act to ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ for 
the evaluation of outcomes for students receiving services and sup-
ports under IDEA and under title I, section 504 of title V, and 
title VI of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority in the preceding proviso is in addition to any other 
transfer authority in this Act. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education of the 
Blind of March 3, 1879, $43,431,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles 
I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $92,500,000: 
Provided, That from the total amount available, the Institute may 
at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized 
under section 207 of such Act. 
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model 
Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet 
University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf 
Act of 1986, $165,361,000, of which up to $15,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for construction, as defined by 
section 201(2) of such Act: Provided, That from the total amount 
available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the 
endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such Act. 
CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (‘‘Per-
kins Act’’) and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act 
(‘‘AEFLA’’), $2,191,436,000, of which $1,400,436,000 shall become 
available on July 1, 2023, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2024, and of which $791,000,000 shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2023, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That $25,000,000 shall be available 
for innovation and modernization grants under such section 114(e) 
of the Perkins Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available for AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership 
activities under section 242.
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STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and part 
C of title IV of the HEA, $24,615,352,000 which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2024. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible 
during award year 2023–2024 shall be $6,335. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of 
title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and parts B, 
C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 1 of part A 
of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, $2,033,943,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2024: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall allocate new student loan borrower accounts to 
eligible student loan servicers on the basis of their past performance 
compared to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, 
and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process new 
and existing accounts: Provided further, That for student loan con-
tracts awarded prior to October 1, 2017, the Secretary shall allow 
student loan borrowers who are consolidating Federal student loans 
to select from any student loan servicer to service their new consoli-
dated student loan: Provided further, That in order to promote 
accountability and high-quality service to borrowers, the Secretary 
shall not award funding for any contract solicitation for a new 
Federal student loan servicing environment, including the solicita-
tion for the Federal Student Aid (FSA) Next Generation Processing 
and Servicing Environment, unless such an environment provides 
for the participation of multiple student loan servicers that contract 
directly with the Department of Education to manage a unique 
portfolio of borrower accounts and the full life-cycle of loans from 
disbursement to pay-off with certain limited exceptions, and allo-
cates student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 
servicers based on performance: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall re-allocate accounts from servicers for recurring non- 
compliance with FSA guidelines, contractual requirements, and 
applicable laws, including for failure to sufficiently inform borrowers 
of available repayment options: Provided further, That such 
servicers shall be evaluated based on their ability to meet contract 
requirements (including an understanding of Federal and State 
law), future performance on the contracts, and history of compliance 
with applicable consumer protections laws: Provided further, That 
to the extent FSA permits student loan servicing subcontracting, 
FSA shall hold prime contractors accountable for meeting the 
requirements of the contract, and the performance and expectations 
of subcontractors shall be accounted for in the prime contract and 
in the overall performance of the prime contractor: Provided further, 
That FSA shall ensure that the Next Generation Processing and 
Servicing Environment, or any new Federal loan servicing environ-
ment, incentivize more support to borrowers at risk of delinquency 
or default: Provided further, That FSA shall ensure that in such 
environment contractors have the capacity to meet and are held 
accountable for performance on service levels; are held accountable 
for and have a history of compliance with applicable consumer 
protection laws; and have relevant experience and demonstrated 
effectiveness: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide