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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6792 
To amend the public service loan forgiveness program under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 to require an on-line portal, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 14, 2023 
Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. JOYCE of Ohio) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the public service loan forgiveness program under 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require an on- 
line portal, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘PSLF Administrative 
Improvements Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS 
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SEC-
RETARY OF EDUCATION. 
Section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(5) DATABASE OF PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of the 
PSLF Administrative Improvements Act, the 
Secretary of Education, in conjunction with the 
Secretary of Labor, shall— 
‘‘(i) establish and regularly update a 
publicly accessible database of public serv-
ice employers, which shall include informa-
tion required for the process for completion 
of the employment certifications forms re-
quired under this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) ensure that such employment 
certification forms are available in lan-
guages other than English. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
subsection: 
‘‘(i) PUBLIC
SERVICE
EMPLOYER.— 
The term ‘public service employer’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘public service or-
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ganization’ in section 685.219(b) of title 
34, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-
cessor regulations). 
‘‘(ii) TEPSLF PROGRAM.—The term 
‘TEPSLF program’ means the Temporary 
Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness 
program carried out by the Department of 
Education, including the program carried 
out under section 311 of division H of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 
(Public Law 117–103). 
‘‘(6) NOTICE OF PSLF REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) EMPLOYERS.—With respect to each 
employer whose contact information is main-
tained in the database described in paragraph 
(5), the Secretary shall, on an annual basis and 
in a manner that is consistent with Federal 
laws on data privacy— 
‘‘(i) provide each such employer with 
standardized information on the program 
under this subsection, including eligibility 
requirements; 
‘‘(ii) encourage the employer to pro-
vide such information to new employees; 
and 
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‘‘(iii) in the case of an employer that 
is likely to be subject to a determination by 
the Secretary that the employer is failing 
to meet the definition of public service em-
ployer— 
‘‘(I) notify such employer that 
such a determination is likely, prior to 
such determination; and 
‘‘(II) provide the employer an op-
portunity to make changes in order to 
avoid such determination, and if ap-
plicable, an opportunity to appeal 
such determination. 
‘‘(B) INSTITUTIONS
OF
HIGHER
EDU-
CATION.—With respect to each institution of 
higher education participating in any program 
under this title, the Secretary shall, on an an-
nual basis, provide each such institution with 
standardized information on the program under 
this subsection, including eligibility require-
ments. 
‘‘(C) BORROWERS.—With respect to each 
borrower who was denied loan cancellation 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall— 
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‘‘(i) without any further action by the 
borrower and subject to the limitation on 
total loan volume specified under the 
TEPSLF program and the availability of 
appropriations for such section 315, deter-
mine whether the borrower qualifies for the 
loan 
cancellation 
program 
under 
the 
TEPSLF, and if so, cancel the borrower’s 
loans in accordance with such program; 
and 
‘‘(ii) in a case in which a borrower’s 
loans were not cancelled under clause (i), 
notify the borrower of other options (such 
as loan consolidation) to qualify for loan 
cancellation under this subsection, and how 
to successfully pursue such options. 
‘‘(7) DATA MATCHING AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
enter into data matching agreements with rel-
evant Federal agencies who possess records 
about the status of borrowers of loans made 
under this part as employees of public service 
employers for the purpose of eliminating, to the 
extent practicable, the need for a borrower or 
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an employer to submit a certification of employ-
ment to the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIC FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Not-
withstanding any Federal law, the Secretary of 
Labor, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 
and the Commissioner of Social Security shall 
disclose any relevant records to the Secretary 
for the purposes of meeting the Secretary’s obli-
gations to reduce barriers to certification of em-
ployment as described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) NOTICE TO BORROWERS.—If the Sec-
retary receives employer or employment infor-
mation regarding a borrower from a Federal 
agency pursuant to this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall timely notify the borrower that— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary received the infor-
mation; and 
‘‘(ii) the borrower, for the duration of 
the borrower’s employment by the em-
ployer— 
‘‘(I) is not required to submit a 
certification of employment for the 
employer under paragraph (8); or 
‘‘(II) if the information is not 
complete, only needs to submit a re-
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duced set of information to the Sec-
retary for the certification of employ-
ment. 
‘‘(8) ON-LINE PORTAL.— 
‘‘(A) BORROWERS.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of the 
PSLF Administrative Improvements Act, the 
Secretary shall ensure that borrowers have ac-
cess to an on-line portal, integrated with the 
Federal Student Aid dashboard (or any suc-
cessor dashboard or similar website) that pro-
vides each borrower who signs on to such portal 
with the following: 
‘‘(i) Instructions on how to access the 
database under paragraph (5) so that the 
borrower can determine whether the bor-
rower is employed in a public service job. 
‘‘(ii) An identification of the loans of 
the borrower that are eligible Federal Di-
rect Loans. 
‘‘(iii) With respect to each such eligi-
ble Federal Direct Loan, the number of 
monthly payments on such loan that qual-
ify as a monthly payment under paragraph 
(1)(A), and the estimated number of 
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monthly payments under paragraph (1)(A) 
remaining on such loan before the bor-
rower may be eligible for loan cancellation 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(iv) With respect to each loan of the 
borrower that is not eligible for loan can-
cellation under this subsection, an expla-
nation of why the loan is not so eligible 
and instructions on what, if anything, the 
borrower may do to make the loan so eligi-
ble. 
‘‘(v) Instructions for the submission of 
any forms associated with such loan can-
cellation, and an ability for the borrower to 
use the portal to electronically sign and 
submit such forms. 
‘‘(vi) In the case of a borrower who 
disputes a determination of the Secretary 
relating to the entitlement of the borrower 
to loan cancellation under paragraph (2) or 
with respect to a determination that a loan 
is not eligible pursuant to clause (iv)— 
‘‘(I) an ability for the borrower 
to file a claim with the Secretary to 
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dispute such determination through 
the portal; and 
‘‘(II) in the case of such a claim 
that has been filed the status of such 
claim, for which updates shall be pro-
vided not fewer than once every 90 
days. 
‘‘(B) EMPLOYERS.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that an employer of a borrower has the 
ability to electronically sign and submit any 
forms associated with loan cancellation under 
this subsection. 
‘‘(C) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that any information provided through 
the on-line portal described in this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) is up-to-date information; and 
‘‘(ii) that such information is also pro-
vided in a written-format through email or 
regular mail, if so requested by the bor-
rower or employer. 
‘‘(9) STANDARD PROCEDURES.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of the PSLF 
Administrative Improvements Act, the Secretary 
shall develop and make publicly available the proce-
dures the Secretary (including the contractors and 
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servicers involved) uses to determine whether a bor-
rower meets the requirements for loan cancellation 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(10) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall 
submit to the authorizing committees, an annual re-
port with respect to the preceding fiscal year, on— 
‘‘(A) the number of borrowers who received 
loan cancellation under this subsection, and the 
number of such borrowers whose application for 
such loan cancellation had been previously re-
jected, disaggregated by each category of public 
service job listed in the employment certifi-
cation form required under this subsection; 
‘‘(B) the number of borrowers whose appli-
cation for loan cancellation under this sub-
section was rejected, and a description of why 
each 
such 
application 
was 
so 
rejected, 
disaggregated by each category of public service 
job described in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(C) the number of borrowers whose appli-
cation for loan cancellation under this sub-
section had been rejected and who contacted the 
Secretary to determine how to qualify for such 
loan cancellation or loan cancellation under the 
TEPSLF program; 
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‘‘(D) each reason why a payment made on 
an eligible Federal Direct Loan did not qualify 
as one of the 120 monthly payments under 
paragraph (1)(A); 
‘‘(E) the number of borrowers employed by 
an employer that— 
‘‘(i) is not an organization described 
in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax-
ation under section 501(a) of such Code; 
and 
‘‘(ii) was determined to meet the defi-
nition of public service employer; and 
‘‘(F) the number of borrowers employed by 
an employer described in subparagraph (E)(i) 
that was determined to not meet the definition 
of public service employer.’’. 
SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF TEPSLF. 
A borrower may qualify for loan forgiveness under 
the Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgive-
ness program carried out by the Department of Edu-
cation, including the program carried out under section 
311 of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2022 (Public Law 117–103), without regard to whether 
the borrower’s application for loan cancellation under sec-
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tion 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1087e(m)), as amended by this Act, is rejected. 
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