Title: Of inquiry directing the Secretary of Education to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the Department of Education's cost estimates for the Secretary's waivers related to public service loan forgiveness and income-driven repayment.
Policy area: Education

Summary:
This resolution directs the Department of Education to transmit, within 14 days, certain information and documents concerning cost estimates for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver announced on October 6, 2021, and the income-driven repayment waiver announced on April 19, 2022.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1295 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1295

  Of inquiry directing the Secretary of Education to transmit certain 
documents to the House of Representatives relating to the Department of 
   Education's cost estimates for the Secretary's waivers related to 
      public service loan forgiveness and income-driven repayment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2022

Ms. Foxx submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Of inquiry directing the Secretary of Education to transmit certain 
documents to the House of Representatives relating to the Department of 
   Education's cost estimates for the Secretary's waivers related to 
      public service loan forgiveness and income-driven repayment.

    Resolved, That the Secretary of Education is directed to transmit 
to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date 
of the adoption of this resolution, copies of all documents, memoranda, 
legal opinions, notes from meetings, records (including telephone and 
electronic mail records), correspondence (electronic or otherwise), and 
other communications, or any portion of any such communications, to the 
extent that any such one or more items are within the possession of the 
Secretary and refer or relate to the following:
            (1) Impact analyses, cost benefit analyses, eligibility 
        determinations, and budget estimates generated by the 
        Department of Education, including any estimates and 
        assumptions used to generate each analysis or estimate, 
        relating to the public service loan forgiveness waiver 
        announced on October 6, 2021, and the income-driven repayment 
        waiver announced on April 19, 2022.
            (2) Meetings and conversations that included discussions of 
        the number of borrowers potentially eligible to benefit and the 
        amount of outstanding debt potentially affected, budget 
        estimates, impact analyses, and other related discussions 
        regarding the public service loan forgiveness waiver announced 
        on October 6, 2021, and the income-driven repayment waiver 
        announced on April 19, 2022, including any formal or informal 
        discussions held between the White House officials, the 
        Department of Education, Members of Congress, researchers and 
        academics, and any group or organization advocating for such 
        waivers.
            (3) Budget estimates, impact analyses, cost benefit 
        analyses, and related estimates regarding the public service 
        loan forgiveness waiver announced on October 6, 2021, and the 
        income-driven repayment waiver announced on April 19, 2022, 
        arising from or used for purposes of discussions held between 
        the Executive Office of the President, the Department of 
        Education, the Department of the Treasury, and the Bureau of 
        Consumer Financial Protection.
            (4) Discussions and deliberations between Department of 
        Education employees and officials, including political 
        appointees and career staff, relating to making public budget 
        estimates, impact analyses, and the number of borrowers 
        potentially eligible to benefit and the amount of outstanding 
        debt potentially affected under the public service loan 
        forgiveness waiver announced on October 6, 2021, and the 
        income-driven repayment waiver announced on April 19, 2022.
            (5) Budget estimates, impact analyses, cost benefit 
        analyses, and the number of borrowers potentially eligible to 
        benefit and the amount of outstanding debt potentially affected 
        under the public service loan forgiveness waiver announced on 
        October 6, 2021, and the income-driven repayment waiver 
        announced on April 19, 2022.
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