IV House Calendar No. 148 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1295 [Report No. 117–549] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2022 Ms. Foxx submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor November 10, 2022 Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic 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.

That the Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, 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.

November 10, 2022 Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to be printed