I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4560 
To allow members of the Armed Forces and National Guard to defer principal 
on Federal student loans for a certain period in connection with receipt 
of orders for mobilization for war or national emergency, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2014 
Ms. SHEA-PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To allow members of the Armed Forces and National Guard 
to defer principal on Federal student loans for a certain 
period in connection with receipt of orders for mobiliza-
tion for war or national emergency, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Service Members Stu-
dent Loan Relief Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFERRAL FOR CERTAIN PERIOD IN CONNECTION 
WITH RECEIPT OF ORDERS FOR MOBILIZA-
TION FOR WAR OR NATIONAL EMERGENCY. 
(a) FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOANS.—Section 
428(b)(1)(M) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1078(b)(1)(M)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik-
ing ‘‘, during any period’’; 
(2) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘during which’’ 
and inserting ‘‘during any period during which’’; 
(3) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘during which’’ 
and inserting ‘‘during any period during which’’; 
(4) in clause (iii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘during which’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘during any period during which’’; and 
(B) in the matter following subclause (II), 
by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
(5) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (vi); 
(6) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 
‘‘(iv) in the case of any borrower who 
has received a call or order to duty de-
scribed in subclause (I) or (II) of clause 
(iii), during the shorter of— 
‘‘(I) the period beginning on the 
date such call or order to duty is re-
ceived by the borrower and ending on 
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the first day of the service described 
in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (iii); 
and 
‘‘(II) the 180-day period pre-
ceding the first day of such service; 
‘‘(v) notwithstanding clause (iv)— 
‘‘(I) in the case of any borrower 
described in such clause whose call or 
order to duty is cancelled before the 
first day of the service described in 
subclause (I) or (II) of clause (iii) be-
cause of a personal injury in connec-
tion with training to prepare for such 
service, during the period described in 
clause (iv) and during an additional 
period equal to the duration of such 
service, as specified by or otherwise 
determined in the original call or 
order to duty; and 
‘‘(II) in the case of any borrower 
whose call or order to duty is can-
celled before the first day of such 
service for a reason other than an in-
jury described in subclause (I), during 
the period beginning on the date the 
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call or order to duty is received by the 
borrower and ending on the date that 
is 14 days after such call or order to 
duty is cancelled; and’’; and 
(7) in clause (vi) (as redesignated by paragraph 
(5)), by striking ‘‘not in excess’’ and inserting ‘‘dur-
ing any period not in excess’’. 
(b) DIRECT LOANS.—Section 455(f)(2) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(f)(2)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘during any period’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘during 
which’’ and inserting ‘‘during any period during 
which’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘not in ex-
cess’’ and inserting ‘‘during any period not in ex-
cess’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘during which’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘during any period during which’’; and 
(B) in the matter following clause (ii), by 
striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
(5) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (F); 
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(6) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) in the case of any borrower who has 
received a call or order to duty described in 
clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (C), during 
the shorter of— 
‘‘(i) the period beginning on the date 
such call or order to duty is received by 
the borrower and ending on the first day 
of the service described in clause (i) or (ii) 
of subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(ii) the 180-day period preceding the 
first day of such service; 
‘‘(E) notwithstanding subparagraph (D)— 
‘‘(i) in the case of any borrower de-
scribed in such subparagraph whose call or 
order to duty is cancelled before the first 
day of the service described in clause (i) or 
(ii) of subparagraph (C) because of a per-
sonal injury in connection with training to 
prepare for such service, during the period 
described in subparagraph (D) and during 
an additional period equal to the duration 
of such service, as specified by or otherwise 
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determined in the original call or order to 
duty; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of any borrower 
whose call or order to duty is cancelled be-
fore the first day of such service for a rea-
son other than an injury described in 
clause (i), during the period beginning on 
the date the call or order to duty is re-
ceived by the borrower and ending on the 
date that is 14 days after such call or 
order to duty is cancelled; and’’; and 
(7) in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated by 
paragraph (5)), by striking ‘‘not in excess’’ and in-
serting ‘‘during any period not in excess’’. 
(c) PERKINS LOANS.—Section 464(c)(2)(A) of the 
Higher 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1087dd(c)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik-
ing ‘‘during any period’’; 
(2) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘during which’’ 
and inserting ‘‘during any period during which’’; 
(3) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘not in excess’’ 
and inserting ‘‘during any period not in excess’’; 
(4) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘during which’’ 
and inserting ‘‘during any period during which’’; 
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(5) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as 
clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; 
(6) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 
‘‘(iv) in the case of any borrower who has 
received a call or order to duty described in 
subclause (I) or (II) of clause (iii), during the 
shorter of— 
‘‘(I) the period beginning on the date 
such call or order to duty is received by 
the borrower and ending on the first day 
of the service described in subclause (I) or 
(II) of clause (iii); and 
‘‘(II) the 180-day period preceding 
the first day of such service; 
‘‘(v) notwithstanding clause (iv)— 
‘‘(I) in the case of any borrower de-
scribed in such clause whose call or order 
to duty is cancelled before the first day of 
the service described in subclause (I) or 
(II) of clause (iii) because of a personal in-
jury in connection with training to prepare 
for such service, during the period de-
scribed in clause (iv) and during an addi-
tional period equal to the duration of such 
service, as specified by or otherwise deter-
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mined in the original call or order to duty; 
and 
‘‘(II) in the case of any borrower 
whose call or order to duty is cancelled be-
fore the first day of such service for a rea-
son other than an injury described in sub-
clause (I), during the period beginning on 
the date the call or order to duty is re-
ceived by the borrower and ending on the 
date that is 14 days after such call or 
order to duty is cancelled;’’; 
(7) in clause (vi) (as redesignated by paragraph 
(5)), by striking ‘‘not in excess’’ and inserting ‘‘dur-
ing any period not in excess’’; and 
(8) in clause (vii) (as redesignated by para-
graph (5)), by striking ‘‘during which’’ and inserting 
‘‘during any period during which’’. 
(d) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the 
amendments made by this section shall be construed to 
authorize any refunding of any repayment of a loan. 
(e) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to all loans made, insured, 
or guaranteed under title IV of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.). 
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SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) is further amended— 
(1) in section 428B(d)(1)(A)(ii) (20 U.S.C. 
1078–2(d)(1)(A)(ii)), 
by 
striking 
‘‘428(b)(1)(M)(i)(I)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (i)(I), 
(iv), or (v) of section 428(b)(1)(M)’’; and 
(2) in section 493D(a) (20 U.S.C. 1098f(a)), by 
striking ‘‘section 428(b)(1)(M)(iii), 455(f)(2)(C), or 
464(c)(2)(A)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (iii) or (iv) 
of section 428(b)(1)(M), subparagraph (C) or (D) of 
section 455(f)(2), or clause (iii) or (iv) of section 
464(c)(2)(A)’’. 
Æ 
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