Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2949
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-09-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense

Department of Education

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government lending and loan guarantees

Higher education

Military personnel and dependents

Student aid and college costs

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-17
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Department of Education to ensure that current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees who are eligible for the public service loan forgiveness program have their periods of employment (beginning on October 1, 2007) automatically certified and counted towards the program.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2949 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 27 (legislative day, September 22), 2023 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Moran ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To require the Secretary of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Secretary of Education in order to ensure individuals who are current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees and are otherwise eligible for assistance under the public service loan forgiveness program have their periods of employment automatically certified and counted towards the public service loan forgiveness program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023 . 2. Data matching agreement with the Department of Education Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall complete a data matching agreement with the Secretary of Education in order to ensure that individuals who are current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees and are otherwise eligible for assistance under the public service loan forgiveness program under section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m) ) have their periods of employment, beginning on October 1, 2007, automatically certified and counted towards the public service loan forgiveness program.