S.Amdt. 2176

SA 2176. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Moran) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. 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, certified.
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