DELIVER Act

Bill: 113-hr-4974
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2014-06-25
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government lending and loan guarantees

Higher education

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-06-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Doctors' Education Loans Impact VA Employee Retention Act or the DELIVER Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and carry out a program to make each monthly payment owed by a VA employee on a covered loan during such employee's period of service to the VA. </p> <p>Defines a &quot;covered loan&quot; as a loan under the Federal Family Education Loan program or the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program that is in repayment under an income-based repayment plan under the Higher Education Act of 1965.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4974 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 2014 Ms. Shea-Porter (for herself, Mr. Loebsack , and Mr. Tierney ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the repayment of higher education loans for certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Doctors’ Education Loans Impact VA Employee Retention Act or the DELIVER Act . 2. Repayment of higher education loans for employees participating in an income-based repayment plan (a) Program Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 713. Program for repayment of higher education loans for employees participating in an income-based repayment plan (a) Establishment The Secretary shall establish and carry out a program to make each monthly payment owed by an employee of the Department on a covered loan during the period of service of such employee to the Department. (b) Covered loan defined In this section, the term covered loan means a loan— (1) made, insured, or guaranteed under part B or part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq. ); and (2) in repayment under an income-based repayment plan under section 493C of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1098e ). . (b) Table of sections amendment The table of sections for chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 713. Program for repayment of higher education loans for employees participating in an income-based repayment plan. .