Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-7477
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
Introduced: 2024-02-29
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: 2024-02-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-02-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2024</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) certified.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7477 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 29, 2024 Mr. Van Orden (for himself, Mr. Davis of North Carolina , Mr. Peters , and Ms. Stefanik ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services , and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 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 2024 . 2. Data matching agreement with the department of education Not later than one 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, certified.